{"id":8118,"date":"2013-10-10T09:26:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T13:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/?p=8118"},"modified":"2018-11-28T14:34:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:34:07","slug":"two-website-enhancements-tutorials-page-and-skills-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2013\/10\/two-website-enhancements-tutorials-page-and-skills-used.html","title":{"rendered":"two website enhancements: tutorials page and skills used"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been poking around our website lately, you may have noticed we&#8217;ve rolled out a couple of small enhancements we thought you would find useful.<\/p>\n<p>First up is our new <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/tutorials\/\">tutorials page<\/a> which you will find linked at the top right of each page on the site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8131\" alt=\"Tutorials\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Tutorials-580x745.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Tutorials-580x745.jpg 580w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Tutorials-214x275.jpg 214w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Tutorials.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We know that many of you refer back to tutorials we&#8217;ve posted on the blog over the years, and this page will make it easier for you to find them. We&#8217;ve categorized them by topic, so if you really want to focus on a topic like seam finishes or sewing techniques, for example, you&#8217;ll be able to find the tutorials more easily. We&#8217;ll be adding many more tutorials to this list over time, so stay tuned to see what else we have in store for you.<\/p>\n<p>Our second improvement can be found on the details tab of all the Oliver + S pattern pages in the shop section of the site. We&#8217;ve included information there about the skills you will use when you sew each pattern.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8132\" alt=\"Skills\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Skills-580x552.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Skills-580x552.jpg 580w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Skills-275x261.jpg 275w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Skills.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This will be especially useful to you if you are looking to add a new skill to your repertoire. You can browse through the patterns to find one that contains the skill you want to develop. You can also use the &#8220;search the shop&#8221; feature to find a pattern that uses that skill.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you&#8217;ll find these two enhancements useful and that you&#8217;ll use them to help improve your sewing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve added a tutorial page to the website, so now you can find tips and techniques more easily. And we&#8217;ve included a list of skills used on all our patterns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Tutorials.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-26W","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76834,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2021\/04\/11-ways-to-hack-a-t-shirt-pattern.html","url_meta":{"origin":8118,"position":0},"title":"11 ways to hack a t-shirt pattern","author":"Masha Richart","date":"April 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"T-shirts are quirk and simple to sew, as well as being easy to customize once you know how. 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