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Getting started with minimal tech experience?
(slrpnk.net)
Community for the appreciation and sharing of links, resources, and culture of: the smol web / small web / ~(w)~ / the indie web / or even the non-www internet (gemini, gopher, etc).
Back of a napkin definition, subject to change: if it's internet accessible and is maintained by a person, especially for non-commercial aims, then I would consider it smol. There are, however, much stricter definitions.
If you want to experiment with PHP+Mysql, you can make an account on InfinityFree and do stuff there. Their free tier lets you have a free domain. As for learning content, I recommend looking for something like "making a blog from scratch with php"^[Fucking AI shit makes it hard to find stuff that actually teaches step by step. If you see anything that has "Conclusion" near the end, it's AI slop. Here are 3 that might help you: -- https://dcblog.dev/creating-a-blog-from-scratch-with-php -- https://ilovephp.jondh.me.uk/en/tutorial/make-your-own-blog/introduction -- https://codewithawa.com/posts/how-to-create-a-blog-in-php-and-mysql-database] or some such, try to look for "from scratch" wherever possible, as those will avoid cumbersome frameworks and CLI commands (like
artisan install blah, which you won't have access with on InfinityFree)You can create and edit files within the browser, from their control panel, but you can also set up a program to automatically connect via FTP, so you can code on your computer and the program magically syncs with the domain's folder
Even if you don't want to go out of the way with learning php, it can be useful to let you write markdown, the same type we use for posts here, and translate into plain html.
If you don't feel like you'll need programming or a database connection, you can go with a Neocities page and write html yourself. Again, the best way to learn will be by searching for " from scratch"
fuck AI!! Thank you for the helpful non-slop links, this seems extremely useful