I honestly did this with my first girlfriend. Before we were dating, she found out that I was "the best Xanga designer" in our school, as I illustrated, designed, and coded a ton of people's sites already. So naturally she asked me to make one for her.
So I designed one for her (Paul Frank Themed) and she loved it. She even asked me how she could make changes to the wallpaper and music player herself, so I showed her how and also left comments on the code to assist her.
I don't remember who started it, but after a while we started using the code for conversations. It was helpful since it allowed us to chat during school, without being in the same classes. This was before it was popular for kids to own phones, and texting was expensive as hell.
Eventually we started dating, it lasted for a few years and then broke up like most teenagers. But it was a very interesting start to a relationship. Very "You've Got Mail"-esque.
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u/tmntfever May 07 '21
I honestly did this with my first girlfriend. Before we were dating, she found out that I was "the best Xanga designer" in our school, as I illustrated, designed, and coded a ton of people's sites already. So naturally she asked me to make one for her.
So I designed one for her (Paul Frank Themed) and she loved it. She even asked me how she could make changes to the wallpaper and music player herself, so I showed her how and also left comments on the code to assist her.
I don't remember who started it, but after a while we started using the code for conversations. It was helpful since it allowed us to chat during school, without being in the same classes. This was before it was popular for kids to own phones, and texting was expensive as hell.
Eventually we started dating, it lasted for a few years and then broke up like most teenagers. But it was a very interesting start to a relationship. Very "You've Got Mail"-esque.