I like to design websites using Textpattern, an open-source content management system based on PHP and mySql databases. Both Prairieopolis (you are here) and my portfolio site, Ann Foley Design, are developed using Textpattern.
I like the efficiency of databases, and how they’re like puzzles. I’m always looking for ways to make fewer parts do more. Fun game, and it uses a different part of my brain than the one that obsesses over the minutiae of colors and alignments.
This month I’m working with Textpattern pretty much all the time. When I run into problems, I post a question on the Textpattern Support Forums and someone from Washington DC or the Netherlands answers my question in a couple of hours. How cool is that?
Some people go outside and play in January. But when I’m out there all I see is dirty snow with Miller Lite cans sticking out of it. January can be a long and bleak month.
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