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 
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 
monday, august 10 
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.