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Woohoo! My girl’s been wanting to create a personal website, but has been hemming and hawing about it for almost a year now. I finally got through to her when I explained that a personal website is like a bonsai tree—it’s supposed to grow with you, there’s no making it perfect on the first try. You shape how it grows, it might grow weird branches that you really like, you might take off an entire branch or rearrange things, you’ll put it in a different pot, and so on. It’s a digital scrapbook. She got really excited when I explained it like that.

She’s never touched HTML or CSS in her life. I walked her through Phoenix Code editor and gave her answers to her questions (“How do I put a bunch of bunny images in a row?” etc.), and in two hours she was able to make and compose her first bunny pages. Future things she’ll add include a gallery of her naturalist beach photography, a guestbook, and a diary!

I have to say, it was really neat and funny to teach someone how to use <a href="">, and so on. I grew up making webpages on Neopets, reading up Lissa Explains It All, and so on. So HTML tags are like alphabet letters to me.

https://seabunny2006.neocities.org/

I LOVE this! I've been saying it for a thousand years, the internet is open for anyone, and if existing platforms don't mesh with what you want to share, make it yourself That's why this entire forum exists! I didn't want to make a discord server, because I didn't want to make people feel required to sign up for some account that the privacy policy could change on a whim. I wanted people to be able to read the discussions with no account needed, and if they want to engage, they can sign up knowing that I'm not selling their blood type to The Zucc.

Anyways, I love the site, bunny facts are sick

This is adorable. Good job to her! Now I'm feeling a little inspired to try something. I was thinking about setting a blog recently to but opted for Substack. Maybe if I stick with the blog I will try my hand at hosting a Ghost instance.

JINSBEK wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 12:48 pm I explained that a personal website is like a bonsai tree—it’s supposed to grow with you, there’s no making it perfect on the first try. You shape how it grows, it might grow weird branches that you really like, you might take off an entire branch or rearrange things, you’ll put it in a different pot, and so on. It’s a digital scrapbook.

well this is inspiring !!!!
i better get started on making a digital scrapbook of my own , rather than rotting in my bed and plying games all day- all night !!!
i'm not sure what topic to go with for the website , but this time i will just start with making a simple page, then think of what to add to it ;

This is so cute ! I really love the website. You even got her a "non-obtrusive" mp3 player and all !