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User:MorganJohnstone

Hello, my name is Morgan Johnstone. I am a self-taught web developer. I currently live in Massachusetts, USA with my partner of 2 years and our cat Castor. I am legally blind and want people to know that about me so they know that I can do so much more than the common stigma on being a blind person. I joined the WordPress Support Forums to get help on my most common issues. Just recently, I joined the Codex and thus you are here reading my user page.

A Coder Is Born

During my Senior year at the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired (LSVI) I met a guy online who was a web developer and he told me about what he did and how he liked writing code. He suggested that I start learning HTML before I jump in to PHP and other similar coding languages. Since then I've been practicing and learning code every time I can. I am still a Novice, but I am always learning new things.

Writing code became and still is an escape for me. Some people talk about their happy places being on a beach in Hawaii or on top of the Grand Canyon, but when I am sitting in front of a computer writing code I fell the most peace of all. I know a good bit about HTML and I'm currently learning CSS. One of the biggest problems I have with web design is that I don't know how to make things "look pretty." I don't mind using themes and templates from others, but I think it will be more fulfilling to create something I can call my own. Obviously, I'll share it with the WP community. :)

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