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.