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I am curious about how to post or have published tutorials. I have searched the forum but the latest information I cna find is years out of date. Any help here?

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Thread started by asking how to get tutorials published, with noting there is an editorial/approval path and some members (for example @HappyGeek and @SOS) who have handled that in the past. The practical advice below focuses on what to prepare, how to increase the chance of an editorial review, and reliable alternatives if an editor does not respond quickly.

Prepare a clean, review-ready package:

  • one-line title and a 2–3 sentence elevator summary (what the reader will learn)
  • intended audience and prerequisites (OS, compiler, C++ standard: e.g., C++11/14/17/20)
  • small, tested examples with exact build/run commands and expected output
  • images or sample data as separate attachments and a short license statement (MIT or CC BY-SA are common choices)
  • a one-paragraph author bio and a “last updated” date

How to submit and what to include in a review request:

  • Attach the review-ready package and include a short pitch (1–2 sentences) in a PM or contact form. If a direct PM to a staff member doesn’t get a reply, post a concise “Submission for review” thread in the appropriate forum with the pitch and a small excerpt so volunteers or staff can see the tone and level quickly.
  • If official publication is slow or unavailable, publish the full tutorial where it will remain versioned (GitHub repo + README, GitHub Pages, Dev.to, or a personal site), then post a forum thread linking to it and include a short, self-contained excerpt in the post.

Maintenance and longevity: use explicit version tags, keep a changelog or commit history, state required toolchain versions, and update the tutorial when language features or libraries change. That makes a tutorial still useful to readers coming years later.

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I am curious about how to post or have published tutorials. I have searched the forum but the latest information I cna find is years out of date. Any help here?

Happy Geek and/or SOS handle those, I think. They have some fairly stringent standards, I think. Most people who want to make a tutorial publish them as code snippets around here. Those don't need to be approved.

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Happy Geek and/or SOS handle those, I think. They have some fairly stringent standards, I think. Most people who want to make a tutorial publish them as code snippets around here. Those don't need to be approved.

interesting. I have Pmed happy geek on this very subject and received no replies.

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