…I have had a breakthrough! Eureka and such.

I have been working furiously on GloryFish.org 2.0. Up until about two hours ago the mysteries of CSS and JavaScript seemed as if to stifle me in a festering pile of differing syntax, unweildy functions, and my own ignorance. But now, these two elements of web design that have so far frustrated my attempts at creation, have knelt before me and declared me their Mac Daddy.

Well, not exactly.



But the truth is, I have had a pretty serious revelation. I am beginning to understand the syntax and usage of CSS properties and I’m learning how to combine that with other bits and peices of HTML and JavaScript that I have learned.

So far, the concepts and techniques I have successfully learned and employed tonight (using my own hand-typed code, no copy-and-paste) are:

• Inline and external CSS
• HTML Tables
• JavaScript MouseOver events

and

• iframes

It’s cool to jump into web designing like this. I was completely ignorant three months ago. Now, without “borrowing” Dreamweaver or ripping off someone elses page or template, I have a good site design that I can call my own.

I have a project “timeline” of sorts to guide my development. Otherwise, I would most likely get caught up in creating a sweet RSS-enabled-JavaScript-reverse-digital-wristwatch-locator. The timeline looks like this:

1. plan site (hand drawings, etc.)
2. design site(create graphics, logos)
3. layout site(learn html, css, JavaScript, shoot myself in the groin)
4. plan content(write pages, decide on any “active” content)
5. insert content(if steps 1-4 go well this should be the easy part, if not see step 3)
6. finishing touches/last minute details
7. release GloryFish.org 2.0 upon an unsuspecting, yet adoring, public
8. continually update with fresh engaging content
9. take over the world

As you can see this is a well thought out operation. Check back often because the revoluton is coming soon.

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