Epiphany!

Posted by MrG | Filed under Editorial

I have been slogging through .php and MySQL for the past month trying to get a handle on it before I go “gold” with my new site. I feel a little embarrassed that I got this far studying digital media and not one of my teachers said,”Well, if you really want to make money designing website while you’re in school, you need to learn php and mySQL.” Eeek! It’s a must have. You will embarrass yourself if you cannot program a CMS (Content Management System)

Finally last night, all the pieces fell into place in my mind. I had kind of been walking around like a zombie for weeks while I took these courses. And then it all hit me. I now have the tools. For those who don’t know, a CMS is kinda like Facebook or MySpace and exactly WordPress; you log in on the internet and can edit write and manage your “public” webpage from a secure “backend”. 

I’m glad it clicked, but I do feel a little let down that I got so far and had to figure this one out for myself.

MrG

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