Alright, let’s talk about my day with “the links at summerly”. I gotta say, it was a bit of a rollercoaster, but hey, that’s what makes it fun, right?
So, first thing’s first, I woke up, grabbed a coffee (a must!), and fired up my laptop. The goal? To get those darn links working smoothly on the Summerly project. You know, the usual: making sure they’re not broken, point to the right place, and all that jazz.
I started by just going through the site, clicking on every link I could find. Yeah, pretty basic, I know. But sometimes, you just gotta get your hands dirty and see what’s actually going on. Found a couple that were dead ends – classic! Jotted those down in my trusty notebook.
Next up, I dove into the code. Now, I’m not a coding wizard or anything, but I can usually find my way around. I started digging through the HTML, looking for the link tags (<a href="">, you know the drill). I double-checked the URLs to make sure they were correct. One of them was pointing to an old version of a document – easy fix.
Then came the fun part: testing! I hopped back onto the site and clicked on all the links I had tweaked. Most of them were working fine, but one in particular was giving me trouble. It was supposed to open in a new tab, but it was just redirecting the current page. Annoying!
I spent a good hour trying to figure out what was going on. I tried different HTML attributes, messed around with JavaScript (even though I barely know any), and even Googled some stuff. Finally, I stumbled upon a Stack Overflow thread that had the answer. Turns out, I was missing a simple target="_blank" attribute in the link tag. Doh!
I added that in, refreshed the page, and boom! The link opened in a new tab, just like it was supposed to. Felt like I had just climbed Mount Everest, haha.
After that, it was just a matter of cleaning things up, making sure everything was consistent, and doing one final round of testing. I even asked my wife to take a look, just to get a fresh pair of eyes on it. She found a typo in one of the link descriptions – good catch!
By the end of the day, I was pretty beat, but I felt good. All the links on the Summerly project were working perfectly, and the site was running smoothly. It’s a small victory, but it’s the little things that make a difference, right?
So yeah, that was my adventure with “the links at summerly”. It wasn’t glamorous, but it was satisfying. And hey, I learned a thing or two along the way. Until next time!
