boo

This is my first blog post. I finally got WordPress up and running on a server on AWS. Managed to get an SSL certificate, too. Hopefully this works.

Currently banging my head against the keyboard trying to read through PHP code when I don’t know PHP. All I want is to know how to display the publish date at the bottom of each blog post. I also forgot to set the time zone, so in testing newer posts were appearing before the old ones. I believe I’ve fixed it now.

This is going to be my blog from now on since I don’t use any other form of social media. I just wrapped up my first two classes of IT – Python and Intro to ASU. In two weeks I begin OS Architecture, and this fall I start Java, SQL, and Networking.

I don’t think IT covers PHP – only Javascript. I’ll have to learn PHP on my own time, and this summer is off the list because I’m taking a weird summer class – Human Systems Engineering. If I’m going to learn full stack web dev on my own, I’d rather start from the ground up instead of using WordPress – but I don’t have the patience for that right now. Maybe these posts can be imported into a new website later on.

Until then, I decided to make this blog based off those old Geocities websites with ASCII art and guestbooks. I got the idea for the theme and background from this random domain name I had. It seemed fitting since “soulspecter” sounds like something a 13 year old would think is cool in 2003.

Now it’s noon and I haven’t slept yet. I have two weeks off until the next class starts, so it’s not a big deal for now.

March 3, 2025 12:05 pm