It’s been quite the ride for my favorite monkey, but I’m delighted to see that Wired has resuscitated Webmonkey, the how-to site that helped many in the early days learn how to make the web work.
For those who don’t know the backstory, Webmonkey was mothballed almost two years ago. Before that, it was revived from a previous death. This time looks for real because Wired owns the site and did some work to re-architect it.
What makes me happiest about Webmonkey’s return is that it received a lot of attention before launch this time. The site, now mostly a Wiki, looks like it belongs in 2008. Readers can rate articles, comment, and edit them when they get out-dated. Major props to Mike Calore and his team for their effort to bring the ‘monkey back in such a big way.
Since 2000, I’m proud to have been a Webmonkey author. Over the last couple months, I’ve been writing a few more how-tos that will make their way online in the next few weeks. I’m proud to be part of it again. Welcome back, Webmonkey!
So did I read that right, you’re going to be writing for the monkey again?
Yes, I’ve already written a few new articles. They’ll have me as long as they want me!
Adam, you are not only a scholar and a gentleman, but also an asset of tremendous value! haha… glad to have you helping out. your articles are live on the site already, by the way, we just haven’t yet “promoted” them by pointing to them from the front door.
also, commenting and rating is still a little buggy (we’re working on that, along with search) but people can edit pages.
and thanks for the props. it’s been a long and winding road!
This one looks new…
I like the new look, but the content would be more useful if the wiki mechanism did a better job of showing the code samples in action.
That link above says it’s a wiki (it is editable), but it’s written in tutorial-style, which is really helpful. That was where Webmonkey always excelled. I hope see more of those in the future.
Actually, the breadcrumb one is from the old Webmonkey. Though this is a Wiki, the tone and approach remains the same with the new Webmonkey.
I can’t believe it’s back…