One of the main reason I put this site up was to mess around with, and eventually learn HTML and XHTML.
Over the last month or so, I have realized that editing code is a good way to do so. There are lots of code snippets available, so starting from scratch isn’t really necessary. Why re-invent the wheel when Frankencode will do?
My weekend project was to build a dynamic ‘about me’ section for my beloved sidebar. I tried some of the standard WP plugins, but wasn’t entirely happy - I wanted something livelier than a picture and text.
I started with the AdRotator widget. This little darling will rotate up to 9 chunks of code, which is perfect for what I wanted.
Then the hacking, cursing, and pacing about asking the cat for advice started.
3 hours later, I have 3 chunks of code that display:
- My results from the ” Which Superhero are you?” quiz
- Standard pic and text
- A simple button that plays audio via the xspf player. By the end of the week this will be a customized message. At the moment, I have a composition of mine playing.
Who knows - One of these days I might even piece together a semi-useful widget. It couldn’t happen without the Open Source community and ideals, not to mention a ton of work by people more experienced than I - Thanks to all of you!!
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