{"id":2438,"date":"2008-09-23T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2020-06-19T22:31:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:31:35","slug":"articles-in-hongkiatcom-readers-questions-and-related","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/articles-in-hongkiatcom-readers-questions-and-related\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles in Hongkiat | Some Readers FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been stacking up emails in my inbox with questions, problems, suggestions, etc regarding articles at hongkiat.com and I\u2019ve been replying on a routine basis, answering with similar answers from time to time. So I thought to make things a little easier for me, I might as well publish a blog post. For those that I\u2019ve missed replying your email, I apologize and if you think I really need to read the email please insert \u2018ATTENTION:<\/strong>\u2018 before your title.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll try to make things as easy to understand as possible in a Q&A format below, if you think I\u2019ve missed something important, please drop a comment.<\/p>\n

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  1. How do you manage to get ideas for your article ? <\/strong>\n

    Couple of ways actually.<\/p>\n

    Individual references<\/strong> \u2013 As a web designer come, developer, I faced the same problem as any designers and bloggers out there. We ran out of ideas, we need to find stock photos<\/a>, free vectors<\/a>, always looking out for cool AJAX scripts, WordPress plugins and fixes<\/a>, etc. And I though since I\u2019m already out there searching for these, I might as well collect some couple of dozens as alternatives and references, and the best part, I can share with people of the same interest. That\u2019s mostly how blog posts are created.<\/p>\n

    Readers feedback<\/strong> \u2013 Anytime when blog posts were made, I\u2019ll receive feedback in an email or comment box (and I appreciate that) with related suggestions and comments. For that, I\u2019ll usually initiate a blog post because that\u2019s what readers truly want to read.<\/p>\n

    Read a lot<\/strong>\u2013 I read a lot of feeds on daily basis. If there are some cool ideas and interesting topics, I\u2019ll write. Now that being said, if someone wrote an mashup of 20 cool stuffs<\/em>, I\u2019ll will not recompile it to 15 cool stuffs<\/em> or 25 cool stuffs<\/em>. It doesn\u2019t work like that. You need to \u2018enhanced\u2019 the existing by broaden up the perspective, or at least put efforts in researching and put up something 2-3 times more. Proper credit needs to be given if you are inspired by any specific article directly.<\/p>\n

    Sequel<\/strong> \u2013 Whenever a post is published and if the responses are fairly higher than the normal blog post, I\u2019ll consider a sequel. Sequels will have to be way better than part 1 and they will take more time to compile.<\/p>\n

    Left right, up down<\/strong> \u2013 Take the Best Photoshop Text Effects<\/a> blog post for example. When the article was published, I started considering related topics left right up down. Perhaps readers might be interested in Photo effects<\/a> as well? or how about free alternatives of Photoshops<\/a>? These are some stuff I\u2019ll start pondering.<\/p>\n

    Be alert<\/strong> \u2013 Be alert and keep yourself updated with the up-coming trends and news within your niche. Not only I strive to be the first few to blog about it, but also to find related resources and do problem-solving. The WordPress image upload fix here is a good example.<\/p>\n<\/li>

  2. How long does it take produce an article ?<\/strong>\n

    I can\u2019t really give a fair number, neither in a unit of hours nor days because they really vary. Some researching articles take weeks (to months) and some take up a couple of 3-4 hours or half a weekend day. This article, for example, took me 1 hour before sleep.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Can I copy recommend your articles in my blog, to my readers? <\/strong>\n

    That depends on how you do it. If you:<\/p>\n