How to Make Gold » WoW guide http://howtomakegoldguide.com Guide to World of Warcraft Gold Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:25:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 World of Warcraft Programming|Create WoW Addons http://howtomakegoldguide.com/world-of-warcraft-programmingcreate-wow-addons/ http://howtomakegoldguide.com/world-of-warcraft-programmingcreate-wow-addons/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 14:53:48 +0000 Dave http://howtomakegoldguide.com/?p=117 If you are past the point of beginner with World of Warcraft, you might enjoy learning about how you can make a few changes to your favorite game. World of Warcraft Programming: A Guide and Reference for Creating WoW Addons is meant to help you as you write your addons to make the game even better!
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td><img src="http://howtomakegoldguide.com/images/0470229810/http://howtomakegoldguide.com/images/0470229810/61NewVy5eKL._SL75_.jpg" /><td></tr><tr><td>"WoW" is what you’ll say when you see how many ways you can tweak the World of Warcraft interface after you read this book! If you're new to programming, we'll teach you the basics of Lua and XML and walk you through writing your first addon. If you already have some original addons in your arsenal, jump right into Parts III and IV and work with templates, function hooking, custom graphics, state headers, and more. We'll even help you distribute your addons, making WoW better for everybody. Respond to events, creates frames, and use the WoW API to interact with the game Learn the Lua programming language through interactive examples, from values and variables to custom functions and control structures Write well-formed XML and validate using schemas Find specific functions easily in the comprehensive references of APIs, API categories, events, and widgets Create custom graphics, scroll frames, dropdown menus, and much more A Note from the Publisher: In the first printing, we mistakenly omitted the Authors’ Acknowledgements, which included the names of many World of Warcraft community members who helped bring this book to market. I want to publicly thank them for their efforts, and apologize for the omission, which will be corrected in the second printing. It is the members of the WoW community that make Blizzard’s amazing game an even greater experience for millions of players around the world, and their efforts on this book are greatly appreciated. Chris Webb Executive Editor From the Authors: James and Lee Whitehead, thank you for standing behind me on everything that I’ve done throughout my wacky life. None of this would have been possible without the guidance and support that you've provided me. Michelle Hastings, thank you for finding a way to bridge a 5300 mile gap and still make me feel like I’m in your living room. Robert and Gregory Whitehead, thank you for sticking by me wherever I am and whatever I do without ever passing judgment. Tom Harper, thank you for letting me be a part of your life. Every single day with you is an adventure I can’t wait to begin, and you have changed my life forever. Jamie Anderson and Edward Wilman, thank you for letting us invade your sanctuary and for being such good friends. Charlie Radcliffe, Björn Alfthan, Anne Christianson, and Chris McCabe, thank you for being great flatmates. Worcester College MCR, thank you for giving me a community of friends in a very foreign land. Karen Hobson, thank you for being so helpful and supportive throughout the last two projects; you've helped keep me afloat. Sam Lantinga, thank you for all the time and effort you put into helping the World of Warcraft community. Kevin M. Kelly, thank you for your odd sleep patterns and availability; exploration of the unknown is always easier when you have a friend with a map. Daniel Stephens, thank you for your help digging through various parts of the API and for giving me a good jumping-off point for my data exploration. Chris Webb, thank you for bringing this book and Hacking World of Warcraft into existence. Both books serve as great resources for the WoW UI community. Maryann Steinhart, thank you for your guidance through the entire process. Your feedback, as always, has proved instrumental to the process. Matthew and Bryan, for working with me on this extremely ambitious project, it’s definitely been a rollercoaster. Thanks to everyone who kept me moving when I needed a push, and those who slowed me down when I needed a break. Thank you to all of my users for putting up with bugs and lack of updates while the book was still being written; your patience and support is what keeps me writing addons. Finally, thank you to all the members of the WoW UI community for everything you do.--Jim First, I would like to thank all those involved with the book: Jim for inviting me to take part; Bryan for sticking with it through all his work pressures; Chris, Maryann, and the rest of the folks at Wiley for allowing this project to materialize. Thanks to Rick and Stephen for picking apart our work. Supreme thanks go to Iriel, AnduinLothar, Cladhaire, MentalPower, Esamynn, Beladona, Krka, Legorol, Shirik, Cidan, Kevin, Sam, and all the members of #wow-lounge for putting up with our incessant questions. Thank you to all the folks who helped us churn out the API docs at the 11th hour. Thank you to PepsiCo and Rockstar, Inc., without whose caffeinated beverages I never would have completed my chapters. I'd also like to thank whoever made the massage pad I keep on my computer chair. The best go out to the folks behind "Brisco County Jr.," "Firefly," and every other television series that should’ve gone on for years. For entertaining me in my few breaks, xkcd.org, bash.org, Portal, World of Warcraft, "Bones," "Nip/Tuck," and "Mythbusters" have my undying gratitude. What thanks for a book of this nature would be complete without recognition of Blizzard for its wonderful product and incredible passion? Special thanks go out to my de facto colleagues from the UI & Macros forum for their hard work, dedication, and flaming of people who didn’t read the stickies while I devoted my time to this project: Troodi, the nicest troll I’ve ever met; Jelly, enthusiastic ForumToCPoster user; Kamdis, female Draenei—@@'nuff said; Lunessa, my no. 1 supporter for my presidential bid; Lopeppeppy, whose name I can finally type from memory; Kaydeethree, with the best diagram of how to find stickies ever; Kelfarr, under people’s skin before he even posts; Alestane, unnervingly patient; Valaron, never met a better Orc; Lealla, yay drood!; Aella, whom I always confuse with Lealla; everybody else whom I forgot to name; and our Administratrix Extraordinaire, Cairenn, for holding everything together! My deepest thanks go to my family for making me who I am, and, most important, to my wife, Juliella, thank you for supporting me in this endeavor even when it meant I had to put you on /ignore from time to time.--Matthew Wanda and Joe Newman, for the hours you put up with me not being willing to get off the computer. Thanks for all the support over the years, and for buying me my first copy of VB when I was 15, and sorry for all the arguments. Willis McLemore, thanks for supporting me without ever expecting anything from me. Brent Miller, for helping me really start out on this awesome journey. You helped guide me when I first got started doing WoW addons, and many of the things we talked about helped shape me as a professional coder. Thanks for the first versions of Ace and for shrugging off all that responsibility onto me when you left. Oh, and thanks for listening to me rant. Jim Whitehead and Matthew Orlando, you have been better co-authors than anyone else can ask for. Thanks for putting up with me while I learned how to do this, and for handling the content that I had no clue about. Sorry again for the times when I got overwhelmed. Thanks to all the editors and support from Wiley for helping me get through this, and for putting up with me when I gave you problems. PProvost, Ammo, Cladhaire, hyperChipmunk, kergoth, Mikk, Nargiddley, pastamancer, nevcairiel, Tekkub, Tem, vhaar, Wobin and the members of #wowace. Thanks for the ideas, inspiration, strife, and hard work. Thanks for helping WowAce grow to more than a million users and for all the great mods! Shirik, Tekkub, Wobin, Mentalpower, Esamynn, Cide, Ammo, Nevcairiel, and Iriel (and any I have accidentally forgotten). Thank you for helping so much on the reference. We would never have been done in time without you. Karen Hobson. You've been a friend to me during some of the darkest times in my life, and I'll always treasure your company and support. I don’t think it’d be possible for me to thank you enough. Aidan McLemore, who still thinks Daddy can do anything. Last, but by no means least, Kristina McLemore. Thanks for believing in me and following me across the country, for always loving me, and for helping me but, most important, for not divorcing me during the production of this book.--Bryan A special thanks is owed to a group of hard-working members of the user interface community, without whom the reference section of this book would not have been completed. Each of you truly stepped up when we needed your help, and we're extremely grateful for everything you've done for us. Thank you [Ammo], Beladona, Cide, Gazmik, JoshBorke, MentalPower, Nevcairiel, Shirik, Tem, and Wobin for giving us your time, and a little bit of your sanity. Dan Fernandez, thank you for your work on the World of Warcraft AddOn Studio and your help in writing Chapter 14. We're hopeful that the software will continue to develop and mature as another tool in the addon author’s toolbox.<td></tr></table>
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]]> http://howtomakegoldguide.com/world-of-warcraft-programmingcreate-wow-addons/feed/ 0 How to Make Gold|World of Warcraft Video|WoW http://howtomakegoldguide.com/how-to-make-goldworld-of-warcraft-videowow/ http://howtomakegoldguide.com/how-to-make-goldworld-of-warcraft-videowow/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:07:44 +0000 Dave http://howtomakegoldguide.com/?p=49

Choosing the Best Leveling Guide

Many people have a really tough time when they start playing World of Warcraft. Just the general instructions can make you want a leveling guide. Some people push on only because the game costs money and they have heard that WoW is a great game.

There is a lot involved in doing well in World of Warcraft.   PC Role Playing Games can be quite complicated. Some new players become instantly dependent on free leveling guides. They also try to follow WoW videos down to every step. For beginners, these can both be great resources, but there is a risk of losing your ability to think for yourself when you try to follow free leveling guides too precisely.

More advanced World of Warcraft players prefer to lead the pack and try new things. They do not want to simply follow the free advice endlessly, because they realize that this is not the way to the top. Top players try new approaches and learn a lot as they go. Some of these top players have designed premium leveling guides. You should consider checking them out.

If you are playing World of Warcraft and it feels like a chore, then something is wrong with your approach. You may have hit the limit of what is useful to you in the free information. Working your way through WoW broke is no way to play the game.

While the free guides have a lot of great information about WoW to offer, many people beyond the beginner stage prefer the more advanced game info. Considering that you may be paying for the chance to just barely get by, it can be a wise investment if you intend to keep playing World of Warcraft. These guides can be a great help in learning how to make gold and get through levels quickly.

Some people will still choose to figure things out for themselves, and that is fine if they are willing to spend months trying to get to level 60. Others want to move faster than that. If you are feeling frustrated by your lack of progress or are thinking about quitting, you should consider taking a look at a top shelf leveling guide and consider it a small one time investment to enhance your playing experience.

You might want to check out these sites to see a couple good ones:
alliance power leveling

Leveling Guide Blog

How to Make Gold Now
This is an extremely well done WoW video filled with helpful tips for how to make gold.  There are several guiding messages throughout this video, so you may want to pause it as you watch.

This video was originally posted on You Tube by Fawz01

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]]> http://howtomakegoldguide.com/how-to-make-goldworld-of-warcraft-videowow/feed/ 0 Make Gold WoW Video – SFK – Shadowfang Keep http://howtomakegoldguide.com/make-gold-wow-video-sfk-shadowfang-keep/ http://howtomakegoldguide.com/make-gold-wow-video-sfk-shadowfang-keep/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:49:51 +0000 Dave http://howtomakegoldguide.com/?p=45 Here is a how to make gold video with some nice tips for making gold off of SFK (Shadowfang Keep).  Very nice quality on the video.

This video was originally posted on You Tube by Ranthran (thanks)

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]]> http://howtomakegoldguide.com/make-gold-wow-video-sfk-shadowfang-keep/feed/ 0 How to Make Over 200 Gold in 20 Minutes http://howtomakegoldguide.com/how-to-make-over-200-gold-in-20-minutes/ http://howtomakegoldguide.com/how-to-make-over-200-gold-in-20-minutes/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:12:32 +0000 Dave http://howtomakegoldguide.com/?p=36 How to Make Over 200 Gold – WoW Video

World of Warcraft videos are a great resource for beginners.  Even some experienced players can pick up new tips from time to time.  Just like anything that you do for a while, sometimes you get so used to doing things a certain way, that you don’t see what is sitting right in front of you.

To those experts out there, I would suggest giving each video at least a fair chance when you watch them.  Sure, you may be far more advanced that what you are watching, but there may be surprise that you never noticed just sitting there that can help you make some more gold or move ahead just a little bit faster.

Thank you to all of the people who take the time to create these very cool videos.  There are a lot of people who learn much better by seeing something with their own eyes than they ever will by reading written instructions.

This how to make gold video demonstrates how to make 220 – 270 gold in twenty minutes.  According to the video, you will need the following:

* At least level 70

* Epic Mount, Flying Mount or Epic Flying Mount

* Mining Skill 400

This was posted by Nairojlop on You Tube.

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I thought it might be helpful to some people if I included World of Warcraft videos on this how to make gold site.  Some people learn better by watching and it might give you some free ideas.  I hope you enjoy the WoW Videos.

If you came looking for how to make gold guide reviews, you can find them here:

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Gold Secrets for World of Warcraft Review

This video shows how to make 50 to 80 gold in about 20 minutes.

You will need to have the following:

  • Level 40 or greater
  • Level 40 or level 60 mount
  • Mining skill 175

This video was originally posted by Nairojlop on You Tube

How to Make Gold Home

]]> http://howtomakegoldguide.com/wow-video-how-to-make-gold/feed/ 0 How to Make Gold – Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide Review http://howtomakegoldguide.com/how-to-make-gold-ultimate-world-of-warcraft-guide-review/ http://howtomakegoldguide.com/how-to-make-gold-ultimate-world-of-warcraft-guide-review/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:27:21 +0000 Dave http://howtomakegoldguide.com/?p=27 Dugi’s Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide – Review

As “how to make gold” guides and leveling guides go, Dugi’s Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide would have to be considered a heavy hitter.  The main site reports that over 13,500 people have benefited from the guide and learned how to make gold.  That is a lot of sales for a how to make gold guide and pretenders don’t produce those kinds of numbers.

Clocking seven hours of playing time over three years seems to have taught this guide’s author quite a bit of useful gold making information.  Experience is certainly a great teacher.  This how to make gold guide is meant to help you get your character to Level 80 in a hurry.  There are three basic steps that are expanded upon when you get the guide.

  1. Dugi’s Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide will help you to level your character from level 1 -80 by breaking it into strategies for three smaller steps with their own instructions.  The guide breaks this quest down into levels 1-60, levels 60-80, and finally levels 70-80.  Each chunk of levels has its own strategies to get you moving through levels quickly without having to spend months in the process.
  2. How to make gold becomes the focus in step two because you will be needing quite a bit to keep moving toward domination.  This second step is where you pick up important gear and get your character tweaked and tuned for moving on to step 3…
  3. Dominating in PVP.

This Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide comes with an automatic, in-game, step by step leveling guide to help save time and efficiently move you through quests by showing you which quests to take on, in the proper order.  Wasted time can be cut down by following the guidance provided by Dugi’s Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide.

This guide is a bit different than some of the others.  This simple add-on runs inside the game which eliminates the need to read print outs or e-books, but the only actual software you will be running is World of Warcraft itself.  When you purchase this guide, you gain access to video instructions.  The author also states that this product is completely legal and will not get you banned.  There are also  tips offered for members who already have a level 80 character which can be found in the member’s area.

The downside to this how to make gold guide is that Dugi’s Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide costs a bit more than some of the other guides you will find reviewed here.  Of course, you are getting a nice package that runs as an add-on inside the game.  It all really depends on what level of guidance you want and how serious you are about moving ahead in World of Warcraft.  Compared to what some people spend on buying gold, the cost isn’t so bad.  Even if the slightly higher price puts you off, I’d check out the Ultimate Guide site and read about what is available.  You may end up wanting it when you are ready to push on to the highest levels while you learn how to make gold.

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Warcraft Millionaire is one of the latest “how to make gold” guides on the market.  It has caught on surprisingly well and that might be an indication of above average quality.  What I like about Warcraft Millionaire’s approach is its focus on the basics before moving to more advanced strategies.  Just as the world’s best athletes must first learn the fundamentals, this program is designed to help everyone from shiny new players to more experienced veterans by giving them a solid base to work from, and then build skills from there.

A funny thing has happened with World of Warcraft.  It has turned into quite a little economic model.  People are learning that “real world” techniques can be applied and capitalized upon.  Just as in the real world though, not everyone realizes what these techniques are and when to use them.  Warcraft Millionaire recognizes these strategies and actually points them out.

With all of that being said, you might think that this is an economics course or something.  It isn’t it still gives you plenty of hot tips to save you time on the learning curve.  The author has obviously spent a lot of time playing this game and is passing on some valuable information to serious gamers.  Warcraft Millionaire also comes with a nice package of supplemental material and includes updates in its premium member area.

This is a newer guide than some of the others available online.  That could potentially be seen as a possible downside, because it hasn’t necessarily stood the test of time yet like some others.  Other how to make gold guides have a longer history of keeping themselves current.   Warcraft Millionaire shouldn’t be penalized for being one of the newer kids on the “how to make gold” block though.  It is definitely worth a look if you want information about how to make WoW gold.  You can check out the Warcraft Millionaire main page here.

]]> http://howtomakegoldguide.com/how-to-make-gold-warcraft-millionaire-review/feed/ 1 How to Make Gold – Gold Secrets for World of Warcraft Review http://howtomakegoldguide.com/how-to-make-gold-gold-secrets-for-world-of-warcraft-review/ http://howtomakegoldguide.com/how-to-make-gold-gold-secrets-for-world-of-warcraft-review/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:28:12 +0000 Dave http://howtomakegoldguide.com/?p=10 Gold Secrets for World of Warcraft – REVIEW

Gold Secrets for World of Warcraft is the original guide to how to make gold.  This guide was originally published about four years ago and has undergone numerous updates (almost 100 according to the website) to keep current.  If longevity is an indicator of a product’s value at all, you have got to give credit to Gold Secrets.  This is not a fly by night product and is easily one of the most popular and well established “how to make gold” products available.

Luke Brown takes pride in being a thorn in the side of the gold-selling companies.  In fact, he says he has had to put up with daily harassment from them since the release of this product.  That would make sense since showing people how to make gold takes money away from the gold sellers.

The gold making methods used in this guide (and in all guides reviewed here) are reported by the author to be 100% legal with nothing illegal that could get you banned.  The methods taught do not include any hacks or the use of third party software.  Gold Secrets for World of Warcraft is current for Wrath of the Lich King and the purchase price includes free updates.  This is not a membership site, so there are no recurring fees.

This guide is designed to show you gold that is being overlooked by others.  I was impressed by the fact that this package not only comes with an eight week money back guarantee, but also a nice suite of support materials that could prove quite useful.  A members only forum that is currently in development will also be available in the future for anyone who purchases this “how to make gold” package.

I am impressed by what I have seen of this product.  It has stood the test of time and the developer has showed his willingness to keep the materials updated and current.  Gold Secrets for World of Warcraft is a 325 page PDF document and come with several bonus materials.  The only negative I found (that could be corrected by the time this is read), is the fact that the members forum is still in development.  I would fully expect that Mr. Brown will have it functioning before too long.

There are two excellent videos available on the main site that expand on what I have shared here.  You can see them here.  This product holds its own and has a lot of information regarding World of Warcraft and how to make gold.

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