I Made A Website!
After having one already through google, I was never satisfied with how it looked. I also knew that if I made one myself, I’d spend hours and hours trying to tweak it so that everything would be perfect, if I could ever figure out how I wanted it to be laid out and formatted. I remember when I bought the domain for my LLC, I was given a free trial of Square Space. I used it for a bit trying to make a super basic site for the LLC, but I didn’t stick with it enough to finish that (mostly because there wasn’t enough content to put on it).
I finally sat down and committed to making a site. I had a clear vision for what I was looking for and the templates gave me a good jumping off point to start from. Squarespace was designed to look professional, so having all the fonts and spacings already set up and easily adjustable made it so easy to just crank something out that looks pretty decent in my opinion. Obviously there’s so much more room for improvement, but that can come over time. For now, I have way too much going on that I want to showcase and I don’t know which ones I want to be the focus. So for now everything is crammed onto the homepage. I think despite the amount of stuff I need to show all at once, I do a pretty good job of allowing the user to get a good overview first, and then deep diving later into whichever part they want to focus on.
Apologies if you encounter the parts of this site that are “under construction”. It took me literally 6 hours to get to a point where I have all of the pages pointing at each other properly.
Speaking of navigating the website, I already have some custom code that I implemented. See that Navigation bar up in the top right? Well getting that thing to work how I wanted it to work took some effort beyond Squarespace’s capabilities. If you hover over “Game Development” and “Cyber Security”, you’ll see a drop down menu. That was default behavior and pretty standard with most sites. But what wasn’t standard is if you click on “Game Development” and “Cyber Security” themselves, they didn’t do anything. This was really frustrating to me. If you click any other button up there, it takes you to a page. I didn’t like that when you turn them into drop down menus, they lost that functionality. So I added custom code to add this feature. Now, when you click on them, they take you to the first item in the drop down list. This is because if I hid the first item and made that just part of the site’s navigation, then if you were to use the mobile version of the menu, you could never access the “hub” pages I made that links all the sub pages together neatly. I could spend a lot more words explaining why this is the superior method of navigation, but those of you who are smart enough, understand already. I also want to congratulate anyone who actually read this! You really are a die hard fan.
Below is the Default text that came with the website template I chose. For some reason I don’t want to delete it. So here it is!
“Confidence doesn’t always arrive with a bold entrance. Sometimes, it builds quietly, step by step, as we show up for ourselves day after day. It grows when we choose to try, even when we’re unsure of the outcome. Every time you take action despite self-doubt, you reinforce the belief that you’re capable. Confidence isn’t about having all the answers — it’s about trusting that you can figure it out along the way.
The key to making things happen isn’t waiting for the perfect moment; it’s starting with what you have, where you are. Big goals can feel overwhelming when viewed all at once, but momentum builds through small, consistent action. Whether you’re working toward a personal milestone or a professional dream, progress comes from showing up — not perfectly, but persistently. Action creates clarity, and over time, those steps forward add up to something real.
You don’t need to be fearless to reach your goals, you just need to be willing. Willing to try, willing to learn, and willing to believe that you’re capable of more than you know. The road may not always be smooth, but growth rarely is. What matters most is that you keep going, keep learning, and keep believing in the version of yourself you’re becoming.”