Post #2358567
2026-01-21 00:25 UTC
@ashur@front-end.social
My blog has 2 main purposes:
1. To leave a record of my genealogy research and my life for my grandchildren (or theirs).
2. To teach myself some php.
So I write drafts on a text editor. Including a short introduction in a separate .txt file.
Add html p tags around the paragraphs.
Drop the result into a .php template file containing basic html with php includes for all the static bits of the site, footer, header, navigation etc
Add a line to a CSV file that acts as my 'database' with date title of page, file name.
Test it on my computer.
Upload it to a personal domain hosted by my aus.social admin.
"Simples"
It's at lynfox.au if anyone is interested.
Replies (2)
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@lynfox@aus.social 2026-01-21 00:32
@ashur@front-end.social Forgot to mention I also spend a ridiculous amount of time messing about with image css trying to get it to look EXACTLY how my little OCD brain wants it and often fail spectacularly. But every failure is a learning journey right.
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@ashur@front-end.social 2026-01-21 17:04
@lynfox@aus.social I love love love a project rooted in learning something new, but something with personal meaning is extra special 🥰