Rogue Idea

Well since I’ve gotten my template done for the site already and set up the database structure I’ve started working on my cms so I can add content and manage users of my website. What I really hate about this kind of thing is that I usually get the idea pretty well and then its always one tiny thing that messes it all up. Anyways after a small syntax error was fixed last night I finally got my cms to be able to let me view unverified users, and then pick which ones I want to verify and verify them. There is really only three things that my cms will do in the end and thats verify users, add content, and edit content. so today I’ll work on the 2nd one which is making it add content into the database. So far my cms looks like this :

This is usually how most of my websites look like when I’m working on them. This is how my template looks like too. Except that one is even worse because there are three boxes on the right column and all of the boxes on the page are different random colors. When I make the css I usually just make up a random 6 digit code for the colors so it turns out that way. This time though I decided to make it all one color (since the template/layout was much easier, I knew everything would be in its place so I didn’t have to test it). At first I was like ewwww mango color. But now I think I kinda like it =) So thats what my cms looks like its just one box with the links on the left, one in the middle with stuff going on and one on the right that says login or welcome.
While im working on my cms all these ideas keep coming to me for other websites so I just jot them down and then hopefully I can finish this one and if its okay then I’ll move on to doing other things. But for now all my focus is on this (yeah sounds like I’m doing something big but actually its just a medium project and im a beginner, hehe). i’m kind of suprised that I got this far because this is the furthest I’ve ever been with doing an ‘online’ project having to do with websites. I mean I had my Britney Spears website before but that was…4 or 5 years ago now and I don’t even remember the url so I’ll just forget about that. So I am determined to finish this no matter what! AND S want to finish this before school starts again. Since I realize I am in a little bit of a time crunch (okay a month and a half seems like a long time but with other things going on that S want to do S still need some time management) S made sort of a schedule with some mini deadlines to go by:

• End of this week : Finish CMS (July 8th)
• End of next week: finish template (the structure is done but I need to put in php to pull correct content in on each page), write and put up public content July 15
• July 16-August 7 : put up all content
• August 7- August 20 : Finish tweaking things and adding last things of content.
• August 21st: finish tweaking things and making sure maintenance of site will be smooth.
• August 22nd: celebrate by letting myself buy nice school supplies for the fall semester.

Now the content will take a long time because I have to organize it and make it all sound good and what not. But for the most part I know what I’m going to write I just need to organize it right and add things here and there to it. My goal is to be ahead of the schedule so I can give myself some time incase something crazy happens or incase I have to study for my class a few days or something. Okay well thats all for now. Today I vacuumed the house cause my mom insisted even though I vacuum like every two days. Tomorrow we’re having my family over for July 4th so that means good food to look foward too!