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Having not posted for the paste weeks, I thought I’ll give you all a bit of news on how I am going about iMap 2.6 and iMap 3.0. As most of you know, I am working on both of these versions at the same time. iMap 3.0 will be Leopard only. iMap 2.6 will be the last Tiger build and so I am trying to get all things as perfect as possible.
I’ve made a little video to show you what I’ve changed in iMap 2.6.
By the way … don’t think I am actually talking to myself while going through folders. 
I am wanting to release the 2.6 version of iMap by tomorrow. If you are still interested in helping out with the help book, then check this post out.
Lastly, if you are interested in localizing iMap into languages than the ones listed below, go ahead and drop me a mail. Those who are interested in helping out in both help books and/or localizing will get the iMap 3.0 for free. If you have purchased iMap before, you can get the upgrade for free. Yes, iMap 3.0 will be a paid upgrade.
It’s a long time since I have ever posted some new news for this site. I did mention quite a while ago that I was a bit confused on how to continue this site. It ended up that many of those comments on that post (and suggestions through emails) have helped me to get aimed into the correct direction.
One thing that bugged many, including me, was that the software pages weren’t put together that well and that it looks as if I don’t care. I wasn’t angry at that, I mean, the way I promote iTweak and iMap are surely not the best ways. The site really looks that I don’t care about iMap and iTweak, which of course is not the direction I wanted to be heading and needs to be fixed as soon as possible.
After having been so busy for the past weeks, I haven’t thought about my sites in any way, I am now on the way to getting things fixed. I’m not expecting to get everything finished completely in the next weeks as I still have lot’s of busy stuff coming up – but at least get started.
The first step will be the software site for both iMap and iTweak. The new site is Famside, which lends itself to being my software company. Along with getting the site out there, I’ve got updates for both iMap and iTweak ready as well. They will no longer be the small and ugly apps – but be powerful and look amazing with lot’s of great graphics and CoreAnimation. The futures coming….
I had somehow deleted two greatly appreciated videos from my server … dunno why – but they are back up there now!
You can find the tutorials right here and here. Sorry for those who might have tried to do the tutorials but failed cause my videos weren’t up.
For quite some time now, I have been thinking of making a redesign for this site. Not as in the sense of making a new style (colors, layout) – but in a general redesign for the posts, tutorials and software. Currently, all of my stuff is just cramped into this huge site and it really makes me angry when I look at it. My guess is that it not only disturbs me – but others as well!
The software page seems like a total non-professional software maker and so it keeps a lot of customers from buying iMap. iTweak probably experiences the same issues – but because it is free, people just tend to download it without any worries of being hacked. Weird! They should be worried about free software even more! Though, this is exactly not want I want to bring across. I want to really let the software appeal to everyone and so I thought of moving the software out of this site and into a separate software company domain. This would allow me to junk out the software and make it be professional from both the website and the support; plus keeping the profession of the software.
The same goes for all the tutorials. Although they are a major part of my site, I think they are taking a too heavy weight on this site and so I’d like to move it as well. There are already several iWeb tutorial sites out there and so another one, wouldn’t be the ideal solution. I’d rather make it a site for tutorials in general; at least Mac-based.
I have gone ahead and registered the following domain. This “MacTutorialCenter” should be a site where I basically write all tutorials that have to do just the slightest thing with Macs. I have finished quite a stunning design for it and have started converting the tutorials to fit that page – but now that it is close to being finished I am actually worried about the site being a failure.
Although the iWeb tutorials are highly attractive, I have a feeling that this site will end up like MacInstruct. I totally do not know if they have visitors, if they are alive – but to me it seems like they are just keeping the site alive for the sake of keeping it alive. It’s like trying to reanimate a dead person… No – I am not saying anything about them personally – but this is simply how I feel when I look at their site.
On the contrast, what will happen to Guimkie as soon as I remove half of it? I don’t know…
LOL – This is the point, I am totally confused on how I should put this whole imperium of sites together (or apart).
So if anyone feels like they can drop me a comment about this, then feel free to do so in the comments section. Any input on how you would feel to see such a tutorial site and WHATEVER 
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