I have a tutorial that's been sitting here, pending approval, for over three weeks now.

I would have just uploaded a zip file with the PDF, but the Freebie section has no categories for submitting zip filed PDF tutorials.

Does anyone even check the queue for these anymore? If not, maybe it might be a good idea to add a Tutorials section to the Freebies area, so we can actually upload tutorials. Seeing as how Renderosity is not interested in linking outside of it's OWN site anymore, you're basically crippling those of us who are actually trying to share these things when you ALSO are not actively checking the pending queue for your tutorials section.

Thank you.

Super good idea to have a tutorial filter in the freebie department!

Yes, it would help immensely. My tutorials with the way I lay them out are not going to format well in Rendo's forums. So I put them into a pdf and I share the pdf.

A tutorial category being returned to the Freebies area would be a great help, especially as I feel like those of us trying to share these things are working with our hands tied as it is. I can't link to my own blasted site where the tutorial is located, the tut has been sitting for over three weeks in the pending queue, there's currently NO tutorials category in the Freebies area, and it won't format well on the forums here.

Yeah, a tutorial category in the Freebies section would be great, if they aren't checking the pending queue for their actual Tutorials area. I do produce these on a semi-regular basis nowadays, and as I learned so much from reading others, when I do make one I try to share it in case it can help others. It's extremely frustrating to get stonewalled like this... which is why I posted to see if anyone is even checking that queue. Three weeks in pending is kind of nuts. LOL

Just for understanding, you submitted your tutorial already to the freestuff? I can't find anything waiting for approval here. Usually it takes not more than 1 day for approval, usually the items are approved the same day they are provided.

@Seliah

Hi Seliah I have found your tutorial and will get it sorted for you ASAP. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Jules53757 posted at 10:32AM Fri, 17 June 2016 - #4272736

Just for understanding, you submitted your tutorial already to the freestuff? I can't find anything waiting for approval here. Usually it takes not more than 1 day for approval, usually the items are approved the same day they are provided.

No, it was submitted under Community --> Tutorials because there is no appropriate category in Freestuff, otherwise I would have put it into the Freestuff section instead, as I believe it would be seen by more eyes there.

LPR001 posted at 10:33AM Fri, 17 June 2016 - #4272737

@Seliah

Hi Seliah I have found your tutorial and will get it sorted for you ASAP. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thank you. Much appreciated. Out of curiosity, is the queue for that section checked on a regular basis? Should I be submitting these to the Freestuff area instead? And if so, which category, since none of the Freestuff categories appear to be suitable?

I believe it was being checked on a very regular basis so I am as curious as you are and following it up now. You could probably hold off on the Freestuff section if there is no category and we have been looking at the tutorial section currently. There is a thread regarding this here in the Community Center forum Link. If this goes ahead then there will more than likely be the need for a dedicated tutorial forum which would be handy if on approval the tutorials such as yours were announced in there as well. Again I apologize for the inconvenience you should not have had to wait this long to have it put through.

LPR001 posted at 12:42PM Fri, 17 June 2016 - #4272745

I believe it was being checked on a very regular basis so I am as curious as you are and following it up now. You could probably hold off on the Freestuff section if there is no category and we have been looking at the tutorial section currently. There is a thread regarding this here in the Community Center forum Link. If this goes ahead then there will more than likely be the need for a dedicated tutorial forum which would be handy if on approval the tutorials such as yours were announced in there as well. Again I apologize for the inconvenience you should not have had to wait this long to have it put through.

Thanks. I did look through the link. I've read the entire thread. I have to say, I'm not a big one for chat rooms - at all. I probably would never even touch a chatroom.

But if we end up with a dedicated tutorial forum, sure, I could post an announcement as tutorials are put through. I don't write them every day, but I have at the moment, at least five on my website, three more scattered across different places that I'm converting to PDF, and two more currently in WIP stages. So, I do them regularly enough, though they do not make up the bulk of what I produce. I'm not against posting an announcement in a tutorial forum when it's through the queue. I just needed to clarify WHERE they should be getting submitted.

Thanks for your time. It's much appreciated. :)

@Seliah Just to let you know your tutorial is now live and your idea to add the tutorials to the search list in the freebie section will be requested as it has a lot of merit. Thanks for raising both issues.

LPR001 posted at 11:59PM Sun, 19 June 2016 - #4273071

@Seliah Just to let you know your tutorial is now live and your idea to add the tutorials to the search list in the freebie section will be requested as it has a lot of merit. Thanks for raising both issues.

Thanks - on both counts. That is greatly appreciated, and yes, having a tutorials category in the free area would be a huge, huge help. ^_^

No, please no! The freebies section is already gummed up enough as it is with animations and backgrounds! Having to open separate pages for "3dmodels" and "3dfigureessentials" then looking through both is too much of a pain in the ass. So please, PLEASE do not add tutorials to the free stuff. Also, please remove animation from Freestuff and put it in its own special little place, like the gallery or something. Not that I want to see the gallery gummed up with animations, either. Adding tutorials will make the Freestuff page even harder to navigate.