Make a wish

thanks! what's your favorite so far? <3 honestly I can only speak for myself (danny, feel free to edit), but I usually start with a very simple idea, ironically. then I just keep refining until it feels right. I start with the absolute basics, actually use it, and keep asking myself "what's missing?" or "what's annoying?" and at some point I fall into a hyperfixation for days, working on it for hours, until I'm mad and go insane happy with it, mostly. there's no real secret, I just try to build solutions to problems I've personally had, or improve a workflow that annoyed me in the past.

as for the wishlist script: noted! I'm personally taking a bit of a coding break for now (at least that's the plan), but who knows, maybe danny will feel inspired and pick it up! <3

tatsächlich hab ich das ausschließlich für fey gecodet und an die bedürfnisse angepasst. vielleicht kommt mal was in der richtung, irgendwann mal. no promises!

to be honest, blogify was written as a really simple tool to add blog posts to your page for people who used to edit their index.html by hand. I have no intention of making it more advanced, sorry. <3 xoxo

hey! is your calendar in a folder? ☺️ if your advent calendar script is in a folder and your header/footer files are somewhere else, you have to adjust the path in your config. I hope it's okay if I write a mini tutorial here directly, because normally (when not in a folder), the script just picks the files automatically.

the reason why it doesn't work for you is probably because the server starts looking from the directory of the current file.

so, for example, if your script is in a folder like event/adventcalendar.php, the server expects the header file in the event folder. you need to tell the server how to move to the correct location. this is kinda a general rule for most php scripts actually, just a tip for the future! ☺️

example 1: header and footer files are outside of the script folder, "one folder back":
📁 home
  ├─ 📄 header.php
  ├─ 📄 footer.php
  └─ 📁 event
          └─ 📄 adventcalendar.php

__DIR__ . '/../header.php'

the .. means 'go up one folder' in the server directory hierarchy.

example 2: header and footer files are two folders back:

📁 home
  ├─ 📄 header.php
  ├─ 📄 footer.php
  └─ 📁 event
          └─ 📁 advent
                  └─ 📄 adventcalendar.php

then you need to go up two folders:

__DIR__ . '/../../header.php'

each ../ steps up one directory.

also, when your header and footer files (and your css) are outside of the script folder, image paths in your css usually need to start with / so the server loads them from the root and not from inside the script folder. for example:
background-image: url('/images/snow.png');

also just a small tip: it's usually easier not to put php scripts deep inside nested folders, because paths can start acting unpredictable really fast.

but the solution above should fix your issues! I hope this helps! feel free to contact me if you need help. ✨