I’m not a programmer, I just play one on TV

I’m not a programmer. I’ve never really written a piece of code that’s worth much. I do, however, know just enough to be dangerous. I can read other people’s code and alter it. But occasionally, not being a programmer, I run up against a wall and have to give up after a while.

So far in getting this blog going, I’ve been really impressed with PHP and Wordpress, because I haven’t gotten stuck on anything I couldn’t get over.

Knowing HTML well enough, it’s no big thang to add a little PHP. A lot of the thanks here goes to the people who put out understandable, well-thought-out Wordpress templates. Both PHP and Wordpress are well-documented, which goes a long way too. I found the PHP documentation especially lucid.

The take-home lesson here is: Don’t be daunted. If you have the slightest bit of geek in you (and maybe even if you don’t), you can do this. And even if you aren’t the least bit geeky, I bet you know someone who is.

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