# august 2020: new server, new site

september 1, 2020
#apache #css #html #nginx #php #server #website

## tuesday, august 4

- CentOS VPS obtained through OVH. Always wanted a server.

## wednesday, august 5

- design the website
- prototype of website running on the server

## thursday, august 6

- create some placeholder graphics, articles + CSS
- add a Twitter timeline embed

## friday, august 7

- decide to use PHP for manage blessfrey's blog
- set up a local Apache server for practice. It was a little confusing!
- wrote a vaguely functioning Hello World script in PHP

## saturday, august 8

- added images to live site despite conflicts with Linux's security

## sunday, august 9

- studied PHP with W3Schools

## monday, august 10

- studied PHP with W3Schools

## saturday, august 15

- Made a Python script that spits out new skill scenes for Godot after answering a little command line questionnaire. I could make it an plugin for the engine, but it would be a lot slower to develop + functionally no better.
- Maybe I can rewrite it later in JSON, since Godot can read JSON.

## monday, august 17

- Research PHP + MySQL while attending. I think MySQL is overkill for my purposes, since all my articles couldn't possibly be that much data. It might be interesting for analyzing data, though, like adding a word cloud of the most common tags or a search feature. I'll keep things simple for now.

## august 18 - august 21

- Help run a FlightRising community event while trying out ArcheAge, since my friends play it.
- I told a friend I would play Go with him soon but was too busy with the raffle. Then someone told him I was online a lot in ArcheAge...oops...that looked bad lol. It wasn't like I played more than a few minutes at a time. I'm sorry, friend;;
- finally get access to the code for an MMO some friends work on. I start familiarizing myself with the code and start planning my new feature.

## saturday, august 22

- I work on pagination. The concept boggles my mind, but I can break it into pieces to solve like any other problem.

## sunday, august 23

- I work on my friends' MMO more. I make my own branch and make my first changes. The work environment is Windows-only, and the server is live with active players. Pretty cool experience.

## monday, august 24

- Still working on pagination in PHP to create a navigation bar for my development blog.

## tuesday, august 25

- Play around with CSS + HTML for the website. The CSS Grid didn't exist the last time I used CSS (for 2000s petsite profiles), so I'm more comfortable with floats. The Grid looks so worth learning, though, for more consistent and responsive web design.

## wednesday, august 26

- Get the landing page looking okay while using the CSS Grid.