Quietly Opening the Closed Beta

As a pre-opening step for adesigner.jp, I have quietly uploaded a closed beta version of the site. Even though I was still figuring things out as I went, I somehow managed to get the hosting set up as well. I will continue making small adjustments from here. Rather than using an existing CMS, building something like a custom system specifically for this site was a real challenge. At the same time, I am glad that I was able to create it in a way that feels close to the old days of updating websites through FTP.

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