Four weeks ago, I didn't know CSS. Four weeks ago, I didn't know PHP. Four weeks ago, I knew some basic HTML, but I certainly didn't know what a <div> tag was. Four weeks ago, I had a vague idea of what a content management system was. Four weeks ago, this website did not exist. A lot has happened in four weeks. Here is some of the what I learned in the past four weeks:

• People still use Internet Explorer.
  I knew that web surveys say around 80% of people use IE. I just didn't expect it to make up to such a large percentage of the browsers hitting this site. It is an old, broken browser in many ways. A modern, more secure browser can be downloaded from here or here.
• Designing and coding a site for many different browsers is a pain.
  A lot of time in the past few weeks was spent trying to find the combination of HTML and CSS that worked in IE, Firefox and Opera. I was surprised that even the default template for WordPress is broken under IE. I was more surprised at the number of Safari users coming to this site. In fact, the intro page to our site looked like a Picasso painting for the first few days under Safari as can be seen here.

I am considering writing up a comparison of my experiences configuring WordPress and Movable Type at a later date.