Today, I wanted to mess around with something totally new to me – setting up a little profile page for someone named “Derek O’Malley”. I literally just picked a random name, no clue who this guy is in real life!
Getting Started
First things first, I needed a place to, you know, actually build this thing. I didn’t want anything fancy, so I just opened up a new text editor. I’m keeping it super simple, no crazy frameworks or anything.
Basic Structure
I figured I’d start with the basics. Every webpage needs some structure, right? So I typed out the usual stuff:
<html><head><title>Derek O'Malley</title></head><body></body></html>
I just put “Derek O’Malley” in the title for now. Nothing special.
Adding Some Content (Totally Made Up!)
Okay, time to make up some stuff about this Derek guy. I decided he’s a…photographer! Yeah, that sounds good. I added a heading and a little paragraph.
<body><h2>Derek O'Malley</h2><p>Photographer Adventurer Coffee Lover</p></body>
I kept the description short and sweet. “Photographer Adventurer Coffee Lover”. Sounds like a cool dude, right?
Making it Look a Little Nicer
It looked super plain, so I thought, why not add a little styling? I’m not a design expert, but I can center some text and change a color or two. I am not going to add a stylesheet, do every style settings inline.
- added some style in
<body>:<body style="text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif;"> - and
<p>:<p style="color: gray;">Photographer Adventurer Coffee Lover</p>
See? Centered text, a nice sans-serif font, and a gray color for the description. Much better!
Final Touches (For Now!)
I played around with a few more things, like maybe adding a fake “portfolio” section with some placeholder images (I didn’t actually add any images, just the text), or I add a <strong> to make the name bold. I’m just throwing ideas around, seeing what sticks.
<h2><strong>Derek O'Malley</strong></h2>
And that’s it, really! It’s a super basic, totally made-up profile page for a guy who might not even exist. But it was a fun little exercise to get my hands dirty and try something new. Who knows, maybe I’ll build on this later and make it into something more…real? Or maybe not. We’ll see!
