Workflow: PrePress was created by Pariah S. Burke (me). It began as a service not only by me but also for me. As a creative professional space author, consultant, trainer, and freelance designer, I need to keep up with the latest news and information relevent to my jobs.
But that information is published across hundreds of sites, by hundreds of writers, every week. I just don't have the time to visit every site and check for new articles every day. I built Workflow: PrePress to collect and categorize all that information for me. I could then get all the information I need in one place. In other words: Workflow: PrePress prevents the critical information I need from slipping through the cracks.
During the summer of 2008 it occurred to me that the rest of the creative professional community could also benefit from this type of unique service. So here it is! I put a nice frontend on Workflow: PrePress and opened it to the public. It went into public beta 25 August 2008, and has been improving daily since then. It hit version 3.0 in April of 2011.
Although Workflow: PrePress may appear at first blush to be fully automated, it isn't. I'm here every single day. Every publication and writer you find on the site is handpicked. If I'm not adding or refining a new feature, tweaking the code, checking for broken links, or adding new writers and publications, I'm reading the latest articles and tutorials right alongside the thousands of readers like you who follow on http://workflowPrepress.com, Twitter.com, or by e-mail and RSS.
Advertising Supported
Yes, the site is advertising supported. Even at a beta stage, traffic exploded to more than half a million unique visitors in its first 30 days. That's a lot of bandwidth that I have to pay for. So, if you find Workflow: PrePress useful, please help keep it alive by visiting the advertising sponsors. If you surf with ads blocked or turned off, well, how about a small donation to help cover my hosting and bandwidth costs?
If you're an advertiser looking to reach the best the and the brightest of the creative community, you can purchase ad space instantly online via BuySellAds.com. To arrange advertising across several of my sites, or for other inquires, get in touch.
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Submit your site for possible inclusion on Workflow: PrePress. Send your feedback, suggestions for improving Workflow: PrePress, and problems with the site. Advertise on Workflow: PrePress.About the Publisher
Pariah S. Burke (http://WorkflowCreative.com) is a software trainer and design, publishing, and digital publishing workflow expert bringing creative efficiency into studios, agencies, and publications around the world. He is the author of the first InDesign book written for experienced InDesign CS3/CS4/CS5 users with jobs to do, Mastering InDesign for Print Design and Production, and other books on Creative Suite, Adobe Illustrator, and QuarkXPress; author of more than 250 published tutorials and articles; co-author of the InDesign CS4 & CS5 and Illustrator CS4 & CS5 Adobe Certified Expert exams; an Adobe Community Professional; the former trainer and technical lead for InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat to Adobe's own technical support team; the host of a series of digital publishing, epub, and the business of design Webinars; a freelance graphic designer with 20 years experience; a WordPress and social media evangelist; and the publisher of a network of Websites, communities, and tools for creative professionals, the Workflow: Network (http://workflownetwork.com). When not on the road training, consulting, or speaking, Pariah lives in Portland, OR where he writes (a lot) and creates (many) projects and publications to empower, inform, and connect creative professionals.
