changelog
april 2024
- 16apr:
- subtle adjustment in oliponders - switched out the spectrogram crane shape gif for plain + hidden hint still images
- went and changed that page's url bit from olipondering to oliponders
- a lil cheeky change to that page's title as well
- 15apr:
- fixed a horizontal rule misplacement on creations page haha
- added a bunch to the site about
- added a lil section for some specific stuff i use, on the about page
- added a subnav to the about page
- removed the new-icon class and added the subnav class in the base css
- put the other pic of oli from notebook into oliponders id=cute section just cos i rly can; tweaked the alt texts for both pics for brevity's sake
- "wtf oli drop the edits" sub-subsection of oliponders, and small blip in the news
- 13apr:
- the index trees are now in spring mode
- propped up a place for the banger lyrics list in music-thoughts page
- updated the bandcamp list, and the music events log
- untabled the standalone (mostly personal) sites list
- looked thru the picrews section for any broken links - there were none! :-D
- reorganized the main creations page to handicraft + drawings instead of by year
- linked the now and changelog pages to each other via their navs
- 11apr:
- propped up the palestine page
- changed the strikethru thickness from 3px to 2px
- 09apr: new structure of now page. would do more stuff, but want to chase the irl home-maintenance activity motivation a bit
march 2024
- 30mar:
- thought of including a cursor script but decided against it for now, but made it a little easier in the backend code to include any other scripts if i were to want to...
- source-comment adjustment on the style picker script
- updated the music events section with upcoming things too
- 25mar + 27mar: two new notebook entries
- 21mar:
- shuffled the links pile page's current gatherings into a few categories
- added one (1) new link, i swear i will sit down more properly about this sometime and add some of the newer neo-neighbours
- made a "new!" lil image-icon too, but opted not to use it, at least for now
- 15mar:
- finally updated the bandcamp table
- dismantled the dithered pics page
- linked the observations and creations pages thru their navs
- shifted the buttons in the sitelinks table to the site name column. looks lowkey wack as fuck right now, but we live
- nonwintered the trees on index and favicon
- secret id=cute section in oliponders... and little news update
- 12mar: new notebook entry
- 05mar:
- moved the contents of main listening page to musicthoughts page
- subnav to musicthoughts page; back-to-subnav link for that and oliponders
- oliponders rearrangements; replaced 'last updated' there with 'last edited'
- some slight adjustments and additions there too!
- removed the snow at the bottom of the page
february 2024
- 28feb: new notebook entry
- 24feb: slight links page maint - adjusted descriptions, updated a couple buttons, removed a broken link
- 21feb: new notebook entry
- 20feb: new section in my now-page, for site to-do
- 16feb:
- some mostly org tweaks in the css and adding slideshow and slide classes
- observing-page initiated :-D
- new notebook entry
- 13feb: small update in one row of the bandcamp table
- 12feb:
- new notebook entry
- put italic text style upon blockquote tag in the base css
- 08feb:
- small addition to oliponders
- tweaked text and fixed a link in about page
- compressed most pics on my site, with squoosh for now
- replaced a button in links page
- 07feb:
- renamed journal into notebook (and wrote into it), moved the bits of journaltime blurbing into journal-archive
- removed the comment from under sitemap, and adjusted the comment under landing doodles
- adjusted hr styling, added a hrlite class
- 02feb:
- added whiona's link and a few descriptions to the links page
- bandcamp list update
- 01feb:
- slight adjustments on oliponders (brought a few thoughts.page thoughts linked to onto the page)
- formatted a swathe of the links page into table form - so that i could add both descriptions and buttons if any!
- renamed the longform music rambles url bit from 'longform' to 'thoughts' and that's IT!!! i feel like just 'thoughts' fits best.
up into january 2024 i excluded journalpostings and creations corner additions
january 2024
- 30jan:
- changed the longform music rambles url bit from 'rambles' to 'longform'
- a bit of olipondering / cartoon smile pondering
- adjusted the nav link descriptions on listening page
- removed the smilepage addendum from dec26
- 28jan:
- switched out the link text decoration styles for ease of reading (unhovered went from wavy to dotted, hovered went from dashed to wavy)
- made focused link text deco style wavy too at least for now
- new subpage of listening initiated, for longer-form ramblings, and ported the miscellaneous cool stuff list from main listening page to there
- tweaked the footer (and the overhead commentary in the code)
- adjusted some of the pages' titles for clarity (on the archival subpages of journal and bandcamp table really)
- changed the creations page to display everything again instead, but kept the subnav intact and sorted the stuff out by years
- 22jan:
- switched the ouch style background back to white
- edited the style swatches table to have actual readable color name approximates actually
- twisted the hr some more in the ouch style just because
- some oliponders updates/tweaks
- 20jan: link pile subpage of links page initiated
- 15jan: switched the hex/names in the style swatches table in the aboutpage for solid block characters
- 12jan: dismantled the thoughtspage iframe from my journal page for now
mainly cos it wasnt agreeing well to my very old nokia phone lol - 08jan: xmas deco removal from the homepage trees, and moved update times on the oliponders into the sections
december 2023
- 28dec: experimenting with a new type of view for creations page (and made all the pics there load lazy)
- 26dec:
- small addendum into one bit of smilepage
- cursor adjustments on the smile style
- palestine button onto home/landing page
- 23dec: bandcamp table overhaul:
- switched the 1st listen and purchase date columns, added release date column
- changed the date format to be more easily readable (yy-mm-dd to yyyy mm dd)
- removed the stray albumlisten dates (interfered w the formatting haha)
- bandcamp links maintenance
- clarified the bandcamp and lastfm linking
- removed the currently redundant trailing zero from the numbering
- 21dec: bandcamp list update
- 17dec: minor bugfix in bandcamp collection pages (forgot to fully remove the deprecated xtras thing)
- 15dec:
- minor bandcamp list update
- restructuring the now page
- yet another tiny section addition to the oliponders lol (or fuck it actually Two New Section Additions idc)
- 12dec: images as horizontal rules, for now only on listening and oliponders, and also some content additions to the latter.
- 11dec:
- stylesheet tweaks (adjusted mainly the back-to-top button styling, anchored increment button to viewport on main, cleaned up a bit of unused stuff)
- back to top button onto (pretty much) every page
- moved some hidden xtra textblurbing from the bandcamp collection list page to the oliponderpage (cos those two were about rogue intruder and the go oli go single anyway)
- did some rearrangements of stuff on the oliponderpage
- 08dec: added my thoughts.page to my journal as an iframe
- 06dec:
- shifted the slight top padding on paragraphs to be back on the bottom (headings looked stupidly spaced with top pad)
- crossposted a relevant journal entry to the oliponderpage, and slapped in a lil more content
- added sub-nav and back-to-top to oliponderpage
- 01dec: bandcamp collection list update; dismantled a couple entries from first-year journal archive that was simply me testing bandcamp embeds
november 2023
- 29nov:
- [big] 2y anni smilepage addition!
- also tweaked the smilepage a bit... tweaked the drawings' transparency, adjusted the crop on the bus drawing a bit wider
- 25nov:
- some additions to the oliponderpage
- increased horizontal rule top+bottom padding from 10px to 30px
- shifted the slight bottom padding on paragraphs to be on top instead
- 24nov:
- reorganized the about-site section into a decent swathe of text instead of a list (+ tweaks in the about-me text), and added a style colourswatches table
- moved the info about the smile style special cursors from the smilepage to the about-site section
- aligned the headings and nav and other centertexts to the left, will see how it feels to me... can always undo that if i want.
- tethered the smilepage and oliponderpage to each other thru nav
- list-in-listed the earlier-on multiple-changes days
- wintered the favicon too
- 23nov:
- just noticed the bug where the fairy lights would not appear on the smile style cos of some override from the base css! fixed that lol
- added snow on the landing page and snow in the background styling too this time around
- added a high enough z-index to the style picker that it won't sink under the other stuff especially in the ouch style
- made the ouch style a bit more terrible(?) - switched the background colour to black, but the visited link and winter variable colours to royal blue so they'd still be visible with intense blue light filtering
- Oli XL Pondrances Page... :-o + moved the cartoon smile rambling on listening page to it too
- 21nov:
- made the ouch style a bit more terrible (added outset border to everything, minor adjustments on the twisting)
- added a couple new picrews, adjusted the style on that page (gootbye full borders), removed not-found picrew links
- 12nov: moved the picrew and button images to the pics folder
- 10nov:
- i think i fixed the bug where visiting the smilepage would override the style preference?
- added a sitemap page
- added skip to content button code also as per kale, also a back to nav link in the footer and a floating back to top button in the journal pages
- removed the to-do list from here (a memo on my phone has taken over the function instead)
- 08nov: added an events log subpage to the listening page!
- 05nov: fixed a styling bug in bandcamp list section (of the xtra-class divs), and remembered to edit the heading on the next-project-names page
- 04nov: big!!! introduced style switching as per kale's style switcher (thank u so much meyyebs for mentioning it in ur changelog)
- the styles are as follows:
- light (default on all but the smilepage which will override the pick but will remember ur pick on there for rest of site if u pick something else there)
- dark (directly based off the smilepage)
- absolutely terrible (based off my publicly-unshared css crimes userstyling)
- added a no-javascript notif about that onto home page
- also truncated the nav on the home/landing page (brought the changelog and now links to same row as home)
- the styles are as follows:
- 03nov: updated the bandcamp collection table
- 01nov: integrated the bandcamp list generating into the 11ty workflow a bit better. and a few maintext tweaks on that. also tweaks in the site section of my about.
october 2023
- 29-31oct: porting over the site to fit the 11ty workflow mostly as per whiona's guide:
- dismantled the styletesting at the bottom here
- tiny wording tweaks on mainly mainpage and creationpage
- <main> semantic tag taken into use
- footer iframe no longer needed
- more sensible linking accessibility-wise in some text
- [big] archived the first 12 months of journal posts into its own page
- simplified the tagging in non-neocities sites list
- adjustments to the listening page
- feel free to be cheeky and find the 404 page
- 25oct:
- switched most open-in-new-tab links not to open in a new tab, as per this article from css-tricks [that i found via debtdeath [except on cartoonsmilepage, for now, cos of the video iframe]
- some tweaks/redactions in my about
- updated the bandcamp collection table finally!
- added alt texts to the emoji edits!
- turned the unordered list bullet into an asterisk! look how cute with this font (if it doesnt show up there, this is how the asterisk looks: *)
- 08oct: plopping some emojis into the emoji edits page
september 2023
- 28sep: whole bunch of new neocities links !
- 18sep: changed the trees on the main page to be less summery.
- 14sep: updated the bandcamp collection table, tweaked links page...might tweak it more i dunno.
- 12sep: one new link.
august 2023
- 29aug: initiated a page for pics taken+dithered
- 26aug: tweaks in the about-me text
- 19aug: initiated a list of miscellaneous sick stuff on listening page
- 05aug: found that a couple of the nonbutton neocities site i had listed actually do have buttons so i linked em like that instead !
- 04aug: updated bandcamp list table!
july 2023
- 28jul: added a whole load of new links !
- 21jul: added monospace as a fallback in font-family attribute (for the accented letters), don't know why i hadn't already
- 11jul: updated bandcamp list table, tweaked the text in about page
- 02jul: now-page done!
june 2023
- 27jun: added a little increment button to main page
- 24jun: dismantled the fucked-up userstyles page (too lazy to actually add stuff on there haha, most of my customs are just, micro-gimmicks really), but initiated a subpage for silly emoji edits/mashups
- 18jun: finally updated the bandcamp collection table
- 10jun:
- split the bandcamp collection page into three by year of purchase. didn't update yet - will get to that
- added a pic for the special cursors to the bottom of the smilepage, for those on mobile
- applied seasonal coloring to the text inside the seasonally-coloured elements, tweaked the colours darker a bit, and the backgrounds' alpha lighter.
- 03jun:
- learned about flexboxes (by inspecting the code on this site haha)... redid the picrew section to be in a flexbox instead of a table, bit nicer that way
- added the first actual couple of xtras to the bandcamp collection page, still figuring out how to make it a bit less tedious to tinker with haha
- and added a back-to-top button there
may 2023
- 30may: anchored listening-page and smile-shrine together thru their navs, added seasonal colourin' to changelog too (seasonal class styling moved to the css file)
- 29may:
- collapsed past months' journals into details tags instead
- added some silly subtle seasonal coloring (my first proper perusal of #rrggbbaa hex notation :o!)
- a few new links in link section (olliveen, ramses, fearoffun)
- inched the smilepage fairy lights closer to ideal framerate with methods (4 frames and the 4th is 930ms instead of 940)
- 28may: gave details tag a little border in the css
- 25may: the trees doodle on front page a bit more springy/summery now! and added the forced-https guestbook wonkiness notice
- 22may: changed the lastfm link in smilepage to alltime so the non-lastfm-owning mfers wouldnt apparently get slammed by login page or smth cos lastfm is fucking silly and seems to apparently want ppl to be logged in now when viewing non-alltime charts on ppls profiles?
- 19may: managed to finish fetching the first-listen/scrobble times for the bandcamp collection table haha
- 14may: pushed the bandcamp links into the bc collection list (much easier to fetch than expected), fixed the last.fm link automation on that i think, adding the first-listen times
- 11may:
- downsized some pics even tho the site already pretty damn small
- collapsed journal back into a single page just with hidden-unless-targeted sections as per this thing about portable html
- actually added the picrews to the picrew page
- tweaking the bandcamp collection list...
- 10may: minor edit really, but changed the lastfm links (changed my username)
april 2023
- 18apr: tweaked the frame rate of the fairy lights background thing on smilepage to be as close to the bpm of cartoon smile as possible (in an ideal world the frame delay would be 937 or 938 and not 940ms)
- 17apr:
- realized i'd forgotten to fix the backlinks on the journal archive files so i did that finally, archived feb+march journaling
- made a foundation for both the picrew-showing shenanigans and the cursed-userstyles-showing shenanigans
- tweaked the general potential layout of my bandcamp collection list page
- 10apr: moved twitter and thoughts.page links over to journal (makes sense to have them there, as shortform brethren), moved journal archive files one level closer to baseline
march 2023
- 30mar:
- tweaked heading sizes, some other styling tweaks
- initiated a subpage for the bandcamp collection thing ramblings
- turned the links url more straightforward and cooled down them button links (un-hotlinked)
- 22mar: smilepage got a custom pointer cursor too now !
- 21mar: gave the default <hr> a little bit of a styling
- 17mar: assigned just a class to the imgs i def want to be centered instead of havin em all be centered. this fixes the tower of neobabel bug (all neocities buttons having been stacked vertically in links page). also took details tag into use in changelog
- 08mar: got just the imgs to center again, and set up archival subpages for the journal
- 06mar:
- tweaked smilepage cursor to be 1x in scale
- cleared the snow from the tree imagery (may need hard refresh for it to update on the favicon), fuck this im ready for spring
- and also fuck it let's align most stuff to the left. some little tweaks re that + heading tweaks
- 04mar: added some image alt texts and iframe titles that were missing. and tossed the cartoon smile page ramblebits, got bit shy (if any rambling gonna occur about cartoon smile it will end up on the listening page uncoupled haha)
february 2023
- 18feb: lifted the recent scrobbles tool from journal page onto listening page
- 13feb: renamed musicenjoying page to listening page so itd be a bit less silly, and added the first substantial little thing in there
- 12feb:
- added some links, switched the neocities links lists to alphabetic order
- some bits and bobs in the about page
- tweaked unvisited link colour on smilepage
- 02feb: upscaled the doodles on cartoonsmile page and did minor adjustments to account for the fit
- 01feb:
- switched fonts (to comic mono)
- adjusted heading style and other bits and bobs in the main css
- tweaked about page
- tweaked the cartoon smile shrine width a bit wider to account for the monospaced font
january 2023
- 18jan: finished pasting the footer iframe everywhere... will now only have to update the two footer.htmls yearly ha (one with the smile.css...)
- 17jan: iframing the footer so i wouldnt have to keep updatin everywhere
- 16jan: finally initiated the silly music-enjoyer page, as i'd been meaning to. yet to fill it out with anything, but a start's a start!
- 15jan: migrated the list of phrases ive said 'the name of my next project' about onto here haha; other minimal nav tweaks
- 04jan: first more majorish update of '23!
- tweaked line spacing and link styling
- added a bunch of links in linkgarden
- and some lore about my early internet existence in my about...
- also xmas deco removal from the homepage trees
december 2022
- 28dec: set up and then proceeded to trash the idea of alt/mobile view of cartoon-smile-"shrine", ended up adding a bunch of ramblebits though
- 27dec: yeehaw i finally added some links in the garden
- 21dec: accidentally reset the guestbook design settings fuck ! and dont remember what colours i had set. oh well play the cards that im given
- 13dec: set up a preliminary outline for the linkgarden; a little ©...
- 06dec: moved the buttons from main to linkgarden
- 04dec: arranged the pics into folders a bit, and finally made a couple lil buttons
- 03dec: smilepage got a custom cursor >:) also another lil thing on creations mainpage
- 01dec: got the video embed width in the smilepage to adjust according to the td's width... works well enough, looks less janky on mobile tbh
november 2022
- 30nov: minor smilepage tweaks (textwise), ...
- 29nov: fixed changelog title so it'd be clear from the windowtitle that one's on the changelog...
- 28nov:
- added a little journal type section
- the creationspage branch is... relatively ready now i guess
- added a guestbook finally haha
- 27nov: constructed a little skeleton for that certain creationspage branch
- 23nov: split the changelog into a separate page, added a lil doodle on main/landing page and a lil favicon
- 22nov:
- Olive Oli Optimization
- trying to streamline site updating a bit
- added a new little branch in creationspage and a little about page
- 17nov:
- got pics to resize according to viewport width...
- ponderances upon the garden section
- added the changelog in the first place
- 15nov: started the site, plenty tinkering