a logo, nav bar at the top, a main feature (e.g. With that in mind I decided to get working on a site that slightly echos the current website, i.e. The second option would allow me to put some of my HTML/CSS skills to use and give me more reasons to write about the various web frontend and backend technologies that are available. for my own use) website that actually looks a little bit like a working online website. I could either create and copy a HTML template each time or I could design an “offline” (e.g. Realising that this method a) leaves me with a poor looking testing site and b) is probably costing me more time in the long run (even sparse HTML can take time to rewrite), I decided I had two options. Previously I’ve just thrown a few lines of HTML down leaving a very sparse looking page that may (or may not) demonstrate the functions I’m looking at but in a very bland way.
I like having this website ( hosted, but at times I also need a local website for testing whatever I’m looking at at the time (e.g.