Okay, so I wanted to share what I’ve been working on lately. I called this little project ‘lover’s road’ in my head. It wasn’t anything massive, just a small personal thing I felt like building.
It started pretty simply. I had this idea, you know, to map out kinda like a journey, but a relationship journey. Sounds cheesy maybe, but I felt like making something visual. So, I grabbed my computer, thinking I’d just whip up a simple webpage. Nothing fancy, just HTML, CSS, maybe a tiny sprinkle of JavaScript if I got ambitious.
Getting the Basics Down
First things first, I created a basic `*` file. Just the standard boilerplate stuff. Then I thought about the look. It needed a soft feel, right? I played around with background colors for a bit. Tried a few gradients, but ended up settling on a simple, warm off-white color. Kept it clean.
Next up was the actual ‘road’. How to make a path on a webpage? I decided to use a `div` element and style it with CSS. I gave it a light grey background and tried to make it curve across the screen. This took some fiddling. I messed with `width`, `height`, and especially `border-radius` to get those smooth curves. Then positioning it… oh boy. Lots of trial and error using `position: absolute` and adjusting `top` and `left` pixel by pixel. It took longer than I expected just to get a simple path looking decent.
Adding the Details
A road needs landmarks, right? I thought about representing important moments or memories along this ‘lover’s road’. I decided to add small circles along the path. Simple `div`s again, styled to be round and maybe a slightly different color to stand out. Placing these was another positioning puzzle. I put them at various points along the grey path div I’d made earlier. Again, more tweaking pixel values in the CSS until they looked like they were actually on the road.
At this point, it looked okay, but felt a bit static. I thought, wouldn’t it be cool if you could interact with it? Maybe clicking a circle could reveal something? A memory, a short note? That meant JavaScript.
So, I opened up a script file. I hadn’t touched JavaScript properly in a little while, so I had to quickly look up how to handle click events again. Found `addEventListener`, right. I wrote a simple function: when a circle is clicked, reveal a hidden text box next to it. I made some hidden `div`s with the notes inside, styled them to pop up nicely. Got one circle working first. Then I just copied the logic for the other circles, changing the text for each one. Naturally, I hit a snag or two. Forgot to link the script file properly at first, classic mistake! Spent ten minutes debugging why nothing was happening. Felt silly when I found it.
Finishing Touches
I looked at the whole thing. The road still felt a bit plain. So I added a very subtle dark border to the path to give it a bit more definition. I also made sure the text that popped up looked nice, chose a simple font. Didn’t want to overdo it. The goal wasn’t a super complex piece of art, just something simple and personal.
And… that was pretty much it! I saved everything and opened the `*` file in my browser. There it was: my little ‘lover’s road’. A simple path, a few interactive points. It felt good, you know? Making something with your own hands, even if it’s just digital. It’s not perfect, and the code is probably messy if anyone looked closely, but it works. It captures the feeling I wanted. The real final step was just sharing it, which felt like the whole point anyway.
