I finally got my personal website functional

Submitted by WRETCHEDSORCERESS in just_post

yayyyyyy!! been working on it on and off forever but was taking so long to finish each main page. decided leaving some stuff wip was a okay

Coding is just one of those things I don't have much interest in, not because there isn't an appeal there but out of the wretched reality that theres not enough time to learn every skill. Even so it has been really nice picking up the basics of web design stuff. My website still leans very close to the template stuff but I've been learning more html and css and a bit of javascript to put it all together and add my own stuff.

I don't use social media but wanted another space to Just Post, for that is the beauty of personal websites. you can just do whatever.

eventually i'll put my writing up, which was my original intent, but now its biggest thing is a dream journal and links to other pages hehe

I have a few small projects I want to do, like a "luggage" page which has stamps I made and from other people's sites, displayed over a background which looks like an old suitcase trunk thing. A latch you can click which goes to a page with images of items I have IRL that I like. I think those should be straightforward, it'll just take some fiddling and plenty of image editing.

I also want to figure out how to have randomized "splash" text on my index page like Minecraft. That should be pretty simple I figure, but I am no good with javascript so it's eluded me lol

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flabberghaster wrote

I really want to get a Webbed Site but i can't think of anything to put on it, so I never have.

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WRETCHEDSORCERESS OP wrote

Consider:

A dream journal

Shrines to your favorite things

A list of links to your favorite places online

Reviews of stuff! Any kind of stuff! Books to nail polish to your local abandoned warehouse

Any art you have made

A point and click adventure in website form

Tutorials for something you are good at

journal style blogposts

eyemelting conglomerations of gifs

making pages appearances themed around your favorite colors

using your favorite textures from 2002 RPGs as tiling background images

I like to browse random neocities websites you can find some really fun stuff. ribo.zone is one my partner showed me recently which I quite liked.

the world is your oyster in which to Just Post

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twovests wrote

I also want to figure out how to have randomized "splash" text on my index page like Minecraft. That should be pretty simple I figure, but I am no good with javascript so it's eluded me lol

Is your site a static page (just html+css+js files and folders) or did you take the Route Of Pain and use something like php? You can definitely do this with JavaScript

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twovests wrote (edited )

Also I decided to implement this, if you don't want the Thrill of Discovery and would rather just have someone tell you how to do it. (Which is okay + 100% cool to do)

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twovests wrote 

<script>
  document.addEventListener
  (
    // The webpage "document" listens for an event titled "DOMContentLoaded".
    "DOMContentLoaded",
    // When this happens, it runs this "anonymous function"
    // It takes no parameters, `()`, and runs everything inside the { }
    () => {
      // An array of splash text,
      splashes = [
        "born 2 post",
        "Now with 100% more post!",
        "Where's The Dog Honey?",
        "I love you thiiiiiiis much",
        "﷽﷽﷽﷽",
      ];
      // And now, inside the webpage "document", find our "splash", and set its text.
      // What do we set it to? splashes[ some_random_index ]
      document.getElementById("splash").textContent = splashes[
         Math.floor(Math.random() * splashes.length)
      ];
      // Most programming languages have something like "Math.randrange(0, splashes.length)"
      // But JavaScript hates you
    }
  );
</script>
<p id="splash"></p>

behold

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WRETCHEDSORCERESS OP wrote

I did not see this til just now thank you!!! This is super helpful as a guideline! Super kind of you to take the time to demonstrate this, seems pretty straightforward now :)

happy wednesday, postfriend

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WRETCHEDSORCERESS OP wrote

yup! it's just static pages. masochistic though my predispositions may be, I did not walk the fell route of php

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