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site updates
documenting the updates i've given to the site

This is still a work in progress! Some site updates don't yet have exact dates as I continue to dig up old revisions. As a result, some of these will include an approximation of when an update has occurred.

This site has received a ton of updates over the past few years. This page aims to document all of them.

2024

Additions

• Logged November 16, 2024’s dream in the dream log.

Changes

• Fixed embed description for the dream log.

Additions

• Added October 2024 to the art-a-thon section. (Oct 1)
• Added “pjfrix Now!” button to Links page (Oct 3)
• Added tags to blog posts (Oct 30)

Changes

• Future links to the portfolio in the RSS feed (and ‘at-a-glance’ sidebar on the home page) should automatically take you to their respective entries. (Oct 1 thru 3)
• Additional CSS fixes. (Oct 1 thru 11)
• Changed FrixCraft image directory (Oct 3)
• Permalinked “crash'23” graphic on server for FrixCraft page (Oct 3)
• Fixed Open Graph embeds (Oct 3)
• Added builder names to FrixCraft builds (Oct 3)
• Updated eblu button destination on Links page (Oct 11)
• Finished automating links section (Oct 11)
• Fixed ‘En dashes’ breaking the RSS feeds (Oct 29)
• Fixed incorrect timestamps on October 2024 art-a-thon entries (Oct 29)

Additions

• Website Design re-added to the Graphic Design porfolio (Sep 21)
• Added 5 new pieces to the Graphic Design portfolio. (Sep 21)
• Implemented “Featured dream” for the dream log. (Sep 22)
• Supplied various ‘dream visualizers’ for the 06-29-2020, 09-17-2020, and 03-05-2022 dreams. (Sep 23)
• Added 3 new pieces to the 2D art portfolio. (Sep 23)
• Added two old blog posts from 2017. (Sep 23)
• Added ‘HedgeMom’, ‘Knockout’, ‘pundone’, and ‘realjame’ buttons to Links page (Sep 25)
• Added placeholder for blipdrifter button in Links page (Sep 26)
• Added the art-a-thon to the Portfolio (Sep 29)

Changes

• Codebase moved from Jekyll to Hugo (see above) (Sep 15 thru 23)
• Dream log layout fixed for smaller displays (Sep 21)
• Updated earlier Site Updates (Sep 22)
• Updated Mercator & TrustyCranberry buttons (Sep 21 & 23)
• Moved the Fan Art Gallery to the Miscellaneous section (Sep 23)
• Changed ‘about’ and 'links’ graphics in the miscellaneous section to be more accurate to their contents (Sep 23)
• Tweaked the layout on the site updates page (you are here) (Sep 23)
• Updated landing page following recent cohost announcement (Sep 26)
• Fixed dead links around the website (Sep 26)
• Temporarily replaced “credits” link in footer with the about page (Sep 26)
• Re-organized and cleaned up the credits page and linked to it in the Miscellaneous section. (Sep 28 & 30)
• Added links to the Neocities feed and Newgrounds profile to the landing page (Sep 30)

Additions

• Added 2 new pieces to the 3D art portfolio.

Changes

• Removed ‘wirthec’ button from website per request.
• Changed landing page graphic back to initial graphic. (somehow, I knew that I would forget.)

Additions

• Added Fan Art Gallery to the Portfolio. (June 4)
• Added Props section to the 3D portfolio. (June 21)
• Added 16 new pieces to the portfolio on June 21: 8 (3D), 4 (2D), 3 (remakes), 1 (grafx).
• Added 4 new pieces to the Fan Art gallery on June 30. (happy birthday, me!)

Changes

• Moved the “Windows 95” piece into the Props section of the 3D portfolio. (June 21)
• Updated Credits and About pages (June 21)
• Moved “Beige Machine” into the Props section of the 3D portfolio. (June 23)
• Corrected the year for “Home Office” (June 23)
• Updated the galleries to display descriptions of the work (June 23)
• Corrected gaps between thumbnails in the galleries (June 23)
• Changed landing page graphic for the occasion. (June 30)
• Updated age on the About page. (June 30)

Additions

• Added more screenshots and descriptions to the Prevue Guide Emulation Tutorial to prevent additional confusion. (May 15)
• Added ‘Forever Neighborhood’, ‘GenesisJam’, and ‘Nova’ buttons to the Links page. (May 26)

Changes

• Re-structured the Prevue Guide Emulation Tutorial. (May 15)
• Replaced plasticity button in the Links page following her transition. (May 26)
• Updated two porfolio pages to reflect changes to some artists’ handles. (May 31)

Changes

• Specific Portfolio entries in the RSS feeds redirect to their respective group pages instead of dead links.
• 'lynk’ button replaces the ‘sstarm’ button in links section.

Additions

• Separate RSS feeds for Articles, Portfolio, and Blog added. (March 29)

Changes

• Portfolio added to main RSS feed (March 29)
• Fixed formatting on the RSS feed (March 29)
• Using Sass variables as fallback for devices that do not support CSS variables (March 29)
• Changed the CSS button to redirect to that page's RSS feed, if available. (March 30)

Changes

• Removed the ‘Razorback’ (no longer in service) and ‘sstarm’ (incorrect redir) buttons in the links section. (Feb 15)
• ‘plasticity’ button redirects to his Neocities page again. (Feb 15)
• Updated present year in the footer (Feb 27)
• Fixed site colors for miscellaneous pages (Feb 27)
• Rewrote the entire Prevue Guide Emulation Tutorial from scratch. Keeping old pages up temporarily as an archive. (Feb 27)

Additions

• Added Kirkton (Klawtro), IceCreamJaxxie, and Macintosh 128k to the FrixCraft portfolio (Feb 26)
• Added “anti-AI (training data)” warning on the Credits page (Feb 27)

Changes

• Updated the FrixCraft entry from January 23, 2023 to accomodate a few additions (Jan 23)
• Fixed any FrixCraft entries that had leftovers from other entries (Jan 28)

Additions

• Added ‘OK K.O.!’ (v2, late-2023) piece to 3D portfolio (Jan 23)

2023

Changes

• Added “meta” tag with viewport to article layout (Nov 5)
• Scroll bars now change color depending on page styling (Nov 5)
• Optimized the sidebar (on the homepage and blog pages) for mobile devices. (Nov 5)
• Fixed a bug within the FrixCraft portfolio where a caption on the ‘3D Pinball: Space Cadet’ piece overwrote the other. (Nov 26)

Additions

• Added metadata on pages where there is none

Changes

• Add viewport to pages that I forgot to include it on

Additions

• Minecraft voxel art portfolio (Nov 2, 2022)
• About page (Aug 30)
• “Latest dream” in dream log (Oct 23)
• Characters page, now with a custom layout! (Sep 30)

Changes

• Overall site layout refresh (May 13, 2022)
• Entire codebase refresh (May 14, 2022)
• Fonts self-hosted (Jul 17, 2022)
• Cleaned up portfolio (Oct 23)
• New landing page (Oct 26)
• Update pages to match tilde format (Oct 29)
• Temporarily removed radio link from Miscellaneous page (Oct 29)

2022

Additions

• Rovi I-Guide tutorial mirrored with Ruffle

2021

Changes

• Various PHP pages break across the entire domain, including the “old sketches” page in the Portfolio.

Additions

• new 88x31 button (Mar 29)
• new footer implemented on a few more pages (Mar 29)

Changes

• removed two pieces from portfolio (Mar 5)
• radio station page relaunches on another web host, with its link being added back to the miscellaneous page (Mar 25)

2020

Additions

• Prevue Guide Emulation Tutorial (Nov 1)

Changes

• Portfolio and Miscellaneous pages given a new layout (Nov 8)
• radio station page removed due to inactivity (Nov 8)

Changes

• A few pages were rearranged

Changes

• Blog layout changed to use tables and fit with other pages

Additions

• radio station page

Additions

• Dream log

2019

Changes

• website moved to Park City (Dec 7)
• portfolio now has proper thumbnails (Dec 20)

Additions

• pages now have metadata

Changes

• updated blog layout

Additions

• 404 page (was only viewable on Neocities) (Aug 28)

Changes

• overall color scheme inverted/“dark mode” (Aug 23)
• site-wide font changed from Comfortaa to Lexend (Aug 27)
• updated header graphics (Aug 28)
• Lexend Mega and Lexend Exa used for heading font (Aug 28)

Additions

• 2D art portfolio (May 14)
• sidebar added to blog section, displaying the most recent entries (May 29)

Changes

• pieces display title and year when hovered over (May 13)
• some buttons in the footer were replaced (May 13)
• one of the buttons in footer did not redirect to the proper website (May 15)
• fonts page organized (May 15)
• updated links section with 88x31 buttons for linking back (May 15)

Additions

• portfolio page + 3D art portfolio (Apr 16)
• miscellaneous page + links & supported browsers (Apr 16)
• fonts page (Apr 29)

Changes

• codebase refresh (Apr 12)
• new landing page design (Apr 12)
• navigation bar fixed (Apr 16)

2018

Additions

• New website

Changes

• N/A

2017

Changes

• Final “Free Programs” list update (Nov 17)

Additions

• Free Programs/‘Programs I Recommend’ page created (Oct 2)
• Site updates page created (Oct 4)
• Other sites (Links) page created (Oct 5)

Additions

• “Projects” (Portfolio) page created. Featuring placeholders for Blender (3D art) and Paint (2D art) work. (Aug 11)
• Blog page created (Aug 9)

Additions

• First layout: sidebar on left; main content on right (filling up most of the screen)