Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 at 1:51 p.m. by Chris Amico in Projects
For some reason, in the midst of neglecting my Chinese homework the other day, I started learning HTML and CSS. I've actually been futzing with HTML for more than a year now, since I signed up for a Blogger account and started writing this new-fangled thing called a blog.
Since that strange moment, I've been spending a lot of time (my eyes tell me too much time) moving around bits of code in text files and watching them transform through the magic of interweb tubes into colorful headers with backgrounds and other happy trash, all with the help of HTML Dog.
As far as tutorials go, this site was one of the easiest to follow, and it got me thinking I should try building an actual web page. So I pulled up the url of a friend's magazine and started coding, aiming to recreate something similar and maybe tweak the front page a bit, just for practice. This got boring faster than I expected.
And that led me to discover something far more fun than fixing someone else's unbroken website: breaking (and hopefully fixing) my own.
Which brings me to the point of this post. I am currently breaking my site. I will fix it, even if it means just copying my CSS and PHP files back into their proper place in the template and bringing everything back to fresh-out-the-box newness. Hopefully, something more interesting, functional and pleasant-looking will emerge.
Apologies for the dust.
Where it's due: Credit for the title of this post goes to Nate Green, an old high school friend who offered said advice when my car broke down. It broke down a lot. As for the wicked image up top, that came from Ryan, who made it 'cause he was bored. Ryan rocks.
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sep 22, 2007 at 2:39 a.m. // chriswaugh_bj said:
Well, mate, the new banner image is cool. And I'm noticing a few other small changes which are just as cool. Looking forward to the rest. And thanks for that link to HTMLDog, I've been wondering how these geeky types do their thing, and that may prove useful in the not-too-distant future.
sep 22, 2007 at 2:22 p.m. // Rick said:
Looks excellent man. And yes, Ryan is a ninja.
sep 26, 2007 at 1:02 a.m. // The Humanaught said:
Haha, I assumed that graphic was long lost... when did I do that? 6 months ago or something? And you're absolutely right... was just sitting around and wanted to play with photos... I live a sad little life (for a ninja).
Breaking and making sites can be a lot of fun. HTML Dog is a good start too. My #1 resource is Google though. Honestly, nothing answers my questions faster than that little monkey. It's great for looking up CSS properties. It, of course, just directs you to another site, but still... fast and efficient.
Good luck man. I'm here if you've questions.
sep 26, 2007 at 2:42 a.m. // Chris said:
I just checked, and it was St. Patrick's Day that you sent it. Boredom was indeed the culprit:
[HTML_REMOVED]blockquote[HTML_REMOVED] Hey Chris, I'm not entirely sure why, but I got bored and decided to play around with a banner for your site. Don't know if you'll like it, but it's yours to use if ya do. :-)[HTML_REMOVED]/blockquote[HTML_REMOVED]
I've been meaning to put it up for a while now, but it took me until now to sit down and learn enough HTML/CSS to do it.