Every so often, when I am working on developing a website or creating a new app, I will see two furry ears appear over the top of my screen. Shortly after, the owner of these two little ears will start rubbing her face along the corner of my screen. Usually this is when I am not giving her, Aria, enough attention.

The two little, furry ears belong to my cat Aria. She has black, white and grey fur and distinctive white fur on her paws which make her looks like she’s wearing white socks. Like all cats, she likes dozing in warm places, eating and distracting me. Once she’s bored of rubbing her face on my screen she curls up on my lap, right in between me and my laptop, and she asks.

I tell her I’m working on a new website and ask what she wants.

Normally once Aria knows she isn’t getting any more food she will leave and find somewhere to sleep or something of mine to scratch, but this time she stayed and waited. Eventually she said.

Aria Learning How To Code (Probably Asleep)

She actually has a point. Website development and coding are useful skills to know and it is fun and it’s a good way to be creative but what could she want to write in her blog?

As you may well know cats do a lot of sleeping. They do a serious amount of sleeping. Aria is no different as she often sleeps for more than 18 hours a day, so what could she possibly have to share?

As much as I don’t like the idea of her writing anti-dog propaganda, I agree to teach her how to make herself a website just as long as she promises to stop kicking her “presents” out of her litter tray.

This website will document my conversations with Aria on how I explained to her how to create her own website. Hopefully it will help you too! If you haven’t made a website or done any coding before, don’t worry, neither has Aria; in fact, as far as I know, she’s never used a computer before.

She's Awake! (For Once)

Our conversations started by covering the basic topics and progressed to adding content to her website and then styling that content. Eventually we discussed uploading the finished website to a hosting server (which isn’t someone who brings you food as Aria initially thought) so that everyone can see what you’ve made.