🏍️ NMAX Coding Garage

Welcome, Kurt!

This is your testing space for learning the basics of coding, websites, WordPress, page builders, layouts, and all the fun stuff that breaks for no obvious reason.

The Garage Is Open

Craig has created this space to help you practise, test, break things, fix things, and slowly become dangerous with code.

Also, yes, your NMAX is a V3 and Craig’s is only a V2.1. He is absolutely fine about this. Completely fine. Not jealous at all. No bitterness detected. Probably.

What You’ll Learn

Useful Tools

  • Meetings: Google Meet
    For calls, screen sharing, and pretending your mic was muted the whole time.
  • Messages: Google Chat
    For quick updates, questions, and sending Craig screenshots of broken things.
  • Tasks: ClickUp
    For tracking work, notes, and what you are meant to be doing next.
  • Browser Developer Tools
    Right click, then Inspect. This is where bugs are exposed and judged.
  • Code Editor: VS Code
    Where you edit files before uploading them to the server.
  • FTP Upload Tool: FileZilla
    Used to upload files to the server. Drag, drop, deploy, pray.
  • Required Extras: patience, caffeine, and occasional muttering
    Critical dependencies. Cannot be installed via npm.

Before You Start

Quick setup first. This only needs to be done once, unless Windows decides otherwise.

1. Install FTP Client: FileZilla

Download FileZilla

FileZilla lets you upload your website files to the server.

Beginner guide: How to connect using FTP

2. Add Your FTP Details

You will need your Host, Username, Password, and Port.

The port is usually 21 for FTP or 22 for SFTP. Ask Craig if you do not have these yet.

⚠️ RULE #1: ALWAYS BACKUP BEFORE EDITING

Before you edit anything, make a backup. Every time.

  • Download a copy of the file before changing it
  • Or duplicate it first, for example index_backup.php
  • If something breaks, restore the backup and try again

If you didn’t back it up, assume it’s already gone.

This is how real developers avoid turning a small mistake into a full disaster.

3. Install Code Editor: VS Code

Download VS Code

VS Code is where you edit your files before uploading them.

Beginner guide: VS Code basics
Goal: Edit a file → upload it → refresh the browser → see the change live.

First Mission

No theory. No reading marathons. Open the test page and start changing things.

Start here: open testpage1.html and change Hello Kurt to something else.

  • Change some text
  • Change a color
  • Edit a button
  • Break something on purpose
  • Then try to fix it again

If it works, you’re learning. If it breaks, you’re learning faster.

Every developer has stared at broken code like it personally betrayed them. Welcome to the club.

Start Mission 1 → Open Test Page NMAX V3 Advantage

The Truth (Finally Revealed)

After all the learning, coding, and testing… we must address the real debate.

Kurt's NMAX V3 vs Craig's NMAX V2.1 comparison

No further questions. Case closed.