[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rom the comfort of his own home, Senior Scott Lim’s hands fly across the keyboard furiously as he finishes coding updates for www.discovereuphoriaentertainment.com.
Since August, Lim has been an intern for DiscoverEuphoria, a year old company created by Tim Wei that focuses on developing internet talent for YouTube.
The website also holds concerts with YouTube stars to help artists develop their skills and gain valuable experience.
Monsters Calling Home, a folk band that has performed on shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Joseph Vincent, an independent singer known for songs like “If You Stay” and “Never Comin’ Home,” have performed in concerts organized by DiscoverEuphoria.
“All of the revenue from our latest concert at Huntington Beach on Aug. 11 went to Lifestream House Roots,” Lim said. “This charity helps build houses and provides resources for the people living at Penial Church in Beira, Mozambique.”
Lim created www.discovereuphoriaentertainment.com within a week to promote the company, and which also includes comment areas and videos of concerts.
“I work whenever I have free time,” Lim said. “It’s not a stressful internship since websites don’t really require constant change.”
All websites consist of two important components, HTML and CSS.
HTML affects font and color, while CSS is the format of the website.
Lim uses a program called Adobe Dreamweaver to construct websites because the program has certain features that allow one to create columns, edit pictures and add designs, which makes building websites easier. Dreamweaver streams HTML and CSS together.
“As I learned about websites, I found out that HTML affects font, like color, bold, italic and underline,” Lim said. “CSS formats the website, including overall appearance and structure. For instance, Facebook consists of three columns: one for the favorites, one for the news feed and one for the events.”
Lim has always been fascinated with the internet, so he was eager to start his internship.
“I like how when building websites I can create a design for presenting information that anybody can access,” Lim said. “I can definitely see myself doing this in the future since I’m planning on majoring in computer science.”
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