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CSS Cleanup Project

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Okay, so using something like WordPress to build out my blog was easy. Moving over to my own AWS instance and setting up my own WordPress server is a whole different story. Especially when the WordPress Theme doesn’t migrate as expected.

I’ve been doing what I can in the WordPress admin page to add custom CSS styles to tweek the look; but realizing this doesn’t cut it so well when I’m trying to override the existing CSS styles that are part of the theme. Then I remembered this is my own server. I don’t have to use the custom CSS feature in WordPress itself, I can edit the actual CSS files on the server itself.

Still new to HTML/CSS, so why not just dive into the deep end with tweeking a website far more complex then anything I’ve actually created. Just need to figure out my plan of attack, create backups of the files (not my first rodeo), and start to dig through some CSS.

What to do, what to do…

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So I created this blog with the idea of documenting things that I’m working on from a developer standpoint. Now I just need to start documenting things. Between this blog being on my own server in AWS, what I’m doing at work, and what I would like to start doing in my free time, there are definitely things I can start with. I just need to get past my mental block of “maybe I should start with this, or maybe I should start with that”.

Doesn’t do me any good to have ideas if I don’t start working on them.

School Work Round 7

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In the home stretch. No lab this week, just need to work on finalizing my course project. Final week to add an adjustments, content, and enhancements. Once I’m done I’ll need to validate the sites accessibility and then share it with two people to provide feedback on what they think about the site. Once done collect everything together, write my final report and submit. All that is remaining is the final next week and I’m done.

Definitely learned a fair amount about HTML and CSS. As a matter of fact what I learned about CSS helped me a lot with my blog. Over the weekend, I migrated my entire blog onto my own server in AWS with WordPress installed. While I was able to find the same base template, it didn’t have as much customization as it had on WordPress.com. Had to use Developer’s Tools in Chrome to find the classes and ID’s that defined each element and tweak them to get the site to look like it does now. While I’m certain the site will continue to evolve, I’m happy enough with the site, I’ve made it live. Even figured out how to force the site to use HTTPS and setup my own SSL certificate for the site.

Blog Migrated to AWS!

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Alright, will have to see how this goes. Migrated my WordPress blog onto my own server in AWS. The migration wasn’t a completely smooth as the template isn’t 100% the same. Will definitely be tweaking my custom CSS to get everything right; but this is why I did it. Best way for me to learn is to start playing around with things. Just hope this doesn’t all blow up on me somehow. I’ll keep my WordPress.com page up as a backup; but will start pointing everyone here.