Refine & Revise

Additions, tweaks, and a return after a long hiatus.

changed

order of books on /reading

changed

the height of the Age of Steam graphic on /redrawn

added

a new section to /redrawn for warhammer player aids

added

a new class .has-padding to give .media-photo a padded option.

added

attribute text-decoration-skip-ink to the body for cross browser rendering.

fixed

a bug that made highlighted text look broken when it occurred on a line break.

added

attribute text-size-adjust to html.

changed

length of partnership with Lu on /about page, to reflect the most current number of years.

fixed

various typos on the previous change-log entry.

removed

intro paragraph on /reading as it is longer relevant.

changed

job title, and link on /uses.

removed

song count on Artistic Outlaw soundtrack on the /credits page, as it is no longer limited.

added

7 new items to /lauded.

added

4 new items to /movies/library.

added

a player aid for Warhammer 40000: Kill Team 2024.

added

a player aid for Age of Sigmar: Spearhead.

added

a player aid for Age of Sigmar: Warcry.

changed

the redrawn summary cards on /sundry to pull from everything, not just the Age of Steam maps.

added

A reading masthead to the /reading page.

changed

the copyright date on /credits to be correct, and current.

fixed

a bug that caused the maps and player aids to not generate cropped images correctly for the summary cards.

removed

social link to twitter.

removed

social link to github.

added

social link to bluesky.

added

social link to tiktok.

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Some extra shits

added

text-wrap: balance; to all headings.

changed

copyright line in Age of Steam footer to be up to date.

changed

length of partnership with Lu on /about page, to reflect the most current number of years.

fixed

a grammatical error on the /movies page.

added

a word, and some quotes to clarify my stance on Severance.

changed

computer specs on the /uses page.

added

miniatures to the /uses page.

changed

the thickness of the top-border: on .content_footer to create more contrast between it and a page's content.

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Few changes

changed

the color and thickness of hrs to match other separation lines used in the design.

fixed

a bug that caused hrs on the homepage to have the wrong spacing.

added

a dir definition to the html tag, explicitly setting this for browsers that do not default to dir="ltr".

fixed

a bug that caused cards to have too much space when appearing last in a stack.

removed

all links to my deleted instagram page in various places.

changed

all ' into ’ in various places.

changed

all " into “ and ” in various places.

changed

all ‘ into ’ where it was denoting an abbreviation in various places e.g. ’cause.

added

an abandoned badge for marking books I've abandoned in the reading list.

removed

links to amazon from books I've abandoned in the reading list I shouldn't link books I don't recommend.

changed

has-badge in heading-two to badged.

changed

favorite in media-lauded to has-badge.

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Adding the reading list, and a few tweaks.

added

new /reading page to /outlaw section.

removed

instagram from the social links on the /outlaw page.

added

dribbble to the social links on the /outlaw page.

fixed

a bug that showed unwanted headings when filtering content by content tags.

added

new stop glyph for denoting abandoned books.

added

new time glyph for denoting time ranges.

added

new dribbble glyph for denoting links to dribbble.

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Adding the Funko Pop! collection, and some tweaks.

added

new /funko page to /sundry section.

fixed

a bug that caused multiple tags to appear in a single link.

fixed

several bugs in various maps.

added

support for a 49% opacity version of --brand-125.

fixed

a bug that caused .social_items to be the wrong size.

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A big update for the redrawn section, plus some tweaks and fixes.

added

new warning glyph specifically for buttons.

added

new item to /lauded section.

added

new movie to the /movie library.

fixed

a typo in the /movie library.

added

29 new maps to the Age of Steam /redrawn section.

changed

the availability of 5 maps.

added

the ability to sort maps by designer.

fixed

a bug that caused titles to break when used in map media.

added

tags to the Age of Steam /redrawn section.

added

the ability to retire maps.

removed

the masthead image from the maps listing page.

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A few small touches

fixed

a bug that caused a very slight, almost imperceptible misalignment for non-hero stacked cards.

fixed

a typo on the /terms page.

changed

the game count on /games page.

changed

the display for width/gap dt /yoyo pages.

fixed

a bug on /yoyo pages that caused the separator between the width and gap value outputs to be the wrong color.

fixed

a bug that caused some unwanted text reflow.

changed

base hue for the green color scheme, it leans a little more kelly and little less sage now.

changed

some wording on the /work page.

changed

content warning icons to use the universal highlight color instead of the current color scheme's accent color.

added

--highlight-500 to use for content warning icons on light backgrounds.

changed

the font-size of heading-intro on larger screens, to be more in line with the differential between itself and the main header on small screens.

fixed

a bug on the Four Corners map.

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Some tweaks and fixes!

changed

the way artist listings are laid out.

added

the image-grid layout component.

fixed

a bug that caused artist drawings to have the wrong borders.

fixed

a bug that caused misaligned text on media-cover.

fixed

the image size for Old Green Eyes.

fixed

the image size for Gargoyle.

fixed

the image size for Meme.

fixed

the image size for Sorrow.

added

a permalink snippet.

added

a permalink anchor to all /lessons.

added

a permalink anchor to all /quotes.

changed

the count of artist and writer entries shown on the /home page from 3 to 4 in order to make all section outputs match numerically.

added

a hiatus badge to the podcast section on the /home page.

changed

the intro text for the outlaw section on the /home page.

fixed

a bug that put the wrong amount of space between headings and badges.

fixed

a bug that gave media-bio have the wrong color borders.

fixed

a bug that caused favorite badges to not show the :hover state properly on /yoyo cards.

changed

the font-family for dts (description list titles).

added

a new listening category to the /lauded section

changed

the max width for displaying Age of Steam maps.

fixed

a bug causing a 1px misalignment in the bandana.

fixed

a bug that caused mobile menus to look detached from the bandana.

added

a content warning that should have been there on Goals.

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An unfortunate template refactor, due to breaking update in Kirby CMS

changed

the way the outlaw cards on the /home page respond to screen resizing.

changed

the tag from “Cartoon” to “Editorial” for Sorrow.

changed

the way the maps heading is loaded for the Age of Steam listing.

changed

the way all section headings are loaded for the /sundry landing page.

changed

the kirby version, to the latest release.

removed

the layout plugin.

changed

the way I approach layout wrappers using snippet slots.

added

collections for artist, writer, and lauded items.

removed

breadcrumb snippet.

removed

manufacturer snippet.

removed

masthead snippet.

removed

pagination snippets.

removed

site-header and site-footer snippets.

removed

tags snippet.

added

new crumbs snippets to handle breadcrumbs more universally and without and hard coded values or HTML.

fixed

a typo in the favorite snippet.

added

a title to the return links in the footnotes snippet.

added

a new universal HTML layout snippet.

fixed

a typo in the modified snippet.

added

new pagination snippets.

added

a new rainbow_bar snippet.

added

a new taxonomy snippets.

fixed

indentation, and commented PHP in all templates.

fixed

some over-engineered PHP in all templates.

changed

the way taxonomy is handled in all templates.

changed

the way pagination is handled in all templates.

changed

the way breadcrumbs are handled in all templates.

removed

some unnecessary PHP in all templates.

fixed

a bug that caused a Javascript error when switching the color scheme on certain pages.

fixed

a bug that caused written articles to use the wrong template.

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Ugh, more hot fixes and tweaks

fixed

a typo on the 404 error page.

fixed

some typos on the /credits page.

removed

a line of text on the 404 error page that was coming across with a more sarcastic tone than intended.

added

2 new items to the /lauded section.

changed

the way del is styled and displayed.

fixed

a bug that caused the wrong date to display in the copyright on the /credits page.

removed

the opening line of the /readme page.

removed

Ganstagrass from the /credits page.

added

New Artistic Outlaw Soundtrack /credits page.

added

the /work page.

fixed

some typos on Remembered entry.

added

the ability to create and display a link to rules files for the /redrawn /maps.

fixed

a bug that caused the movie library to stop working because the system couldn't find a specific function().

removed

some more unused images, and files.

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Hot fixes and tweaks

added

a comment to Rick and Morty lauded entry.

fixed

a bug that caused /lauded media to not responsively resize.

added

1 new quote to the /quotes page.

added

an update to the Goodbye leihu entry.

added

a source to Kratos quote.

added

id to /quotes for linking directly to specific quotes.

fixed

a bug using the incorrect url_title to be used for /quotes.

removed

a hardcoded edit date from all /quotes.

fixed

a bug that cause lauded images to be too big on the /sundry landing page.

changed

the way lauded media items are coded to clean up the template.

fixed

a bug using the incorrect url_title to be used for /lessons.

fixed

a bug that was incorrectly parsing code samples in the change logs.

fixed

a bug that caused some linked images to display HTML in their title tag, which broke the listing display.

changed

outlaw cards to better match the new card style.

added

ability to mark /redrawn maps as favorites.

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A metric ton of changes, and updates bringing the rest of the site to the new thick sharp style.

added

new images to the /outlaw bio card that change based on your selected color scheme.

added

the ability to change images based on the selected color scheme.

changed

figure-cover and cover to media-cover.

added

tokens to handle common :focus state colors.

added

tokens to handle common thickness settings for borders, and shadows.

added

tokens to handle common separators colors and thickness.

changed

the overall visual for normal and ghost buttons.

added

a :hover state for normal and ghost buttons.

changed

the way cards display and function to make them more flexible.

changed

the :focus state for the version badge in the footer.

changed

the way all media elements are handled, separating the visual and layout concerns making future changes more flexible.

removed

tokens that handled one-off scale exceptions for the values, 0, 1, 2, and 3.

removed

unused context tokens.

changed

the name of almost every context token, to better match a new naming structure.

removed

unused CSS, Images, and HTML.

changed

the visual used for the first entry in stacked text listings.

changed

the :focus state for the search input and button in the movie library.

changed

the visual used for the social links on the /outlaw page.

changed

the font face used for figcaption.

added

a :hover state for /yoyo listings.

added

a :hover state for /lauded listings.

fixed

a typo on Unknown drawing page.

fixed

a typo on the MccCooner Park Part 2 story.

fixed

a typo on A Tale of Sammy Jankis story.

fixed

a typo on The Ballad of Perry Dubois story.

fixed

a typo on the Goodbye leihu entry.

changed

the way images are coded on /outlaw pages.

changed

the way quotes on the /forty page are stored and loaded.

changed

the way the soundtrack cards are coded on the /credits page.

changed

the way the cookie and the data passed to form that cookie are coded to make it easier to maintain, and change down the road.

added

3 new yoyos to the /yoyo page.

added

4 new quotes to the /quotes page.

fixed

a typo on the Life Expectancy entry.

added

2 new items to the /lauded section.

added

25 new items to the /movies library.

fixed

a typo on Thor Ragnarok in the /movies library.

changed

the way the images are coded on the /games page.

changed

the game count on the /games page.

fixed

an icon alignment issue on the /changes page.

changed

the visuals for map cards on the /sundry page.

changed

the visuals for outlaw cards on the /home page.

changed

the location and visuals of badges for outlaw cards, to better match other card badges.

changed

the way the update badge for the now outlaw card is handled to make updates easier.

added

the ability to add source and source links to quotes when applicable or known.

added

the /then section, an archive of past /now pages.

added

thick card for yoyo backgrounds when in grids.

added

ability to mark yoyos as favorites.

fixed

a layout bug in the default layout template.

changed

the focus state for the podcast ad.

added

alt and link text to artist images.

added

alt and link text to lauded images.

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Fixes, tweaks, and indecision.

changed

the look of tags and buttons to better match the new design direction.

added

the doodle to the bg of the mobile menu.

changed

the animation of the mobile menu.

added

a :hover animation to the bio card on the /outlaw page.

fixed

a spacing bug on the masthead.

added

tokens to make the doodle more portable.

changed

some tokens from root to being scoped to usage.

added

a fading animation for the mobile menu for a little polish.

fixed

a bug that caused unused javascript to load and throw an unsightly console error.

changed

focus state for breadcrumbs.

fixed

a spacing bug for breadcrumbs causing a slight misalignment.

added

an icon to the updated line on entries and pages.

changed

breadcrumb parent from nav to div.

fixed

a bug that was hiding bandana content and menu items from screen readers.

changed

the colors of the masthead logo on the /home page.

changed

the width and color of blockquote borders.

changed

the border-radius on list index cards.

added

a subtle border to list index cards.

changed

arrow icon for the home menu item.

changed

arrow icons for pagination.

changed

thickness for links underline decoration for both large and small text links to be more in line with the new design.

fixed

a bug that made focus states for images display incorrectly.

fixed

a bug that made focus states for yoyos display incorrectly.

changed

the layout and information for the soundtrack on the /credits page.

fixed

a few bugs with pagination that caused the incorrect pagination to load.

changed

the look of pagination to match the new design.

changed

the padding for pronouns badge.

removed

some unused images, templates, and snippets.

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A new menu, masthead, footer, and more.

changed

the bandana site wide, it now houses the main navigation, and a smaller version of the logo.

added

some padding to the content block.

changed

the overall width and layout of the footer, to be more inline with the content width.

changed

the overall style and design of the main navigation menu, across all device sizes.

added

a new alpha channel for --brand-900 across all schemes.

added

new tokens for bandana and menu.

added

new token for highlight colors.

added

commas to artist and writer headings on /home page.

added

a noir scheme bar to the rainbow.

changed

location of the rainbow.

changed

color tokens for logo-small svg.

changed

the location of the breadcrumbs.

changed

the location of page headings.

changed

the location of page content tags.

added

page intros.

changed

max width for headings.

changed

main image for /outlaw bio card.

changed

content layout for /outlaw bio card.

removed

email link from /outlaw bio card.

added

pronouns badge to /outlaw bio card.

fixed

a bug that causes breadcrumbs to have the wrong hover background color.

fixed

a bug that prevented the masthead background from rendering correctly.

changed

default scheme from Blue to Indigo.

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A few tweaks and hot fixes.

added

an as of badge to the “Me Now” card on the /home page.

changed

the size of the pagination prev and next links.

added

a noir color scheme.

fixed

a typo in Ratchet & Clank lauded entry.

fixed

some typos on the /readme page.

changed

all the names of the theme tokens.

changed

how color tokens function, to allow for more schemes.

changed

the hue values for Yellow, Green, Indigo, and Violet to give them better color differences from their neighbors.

added

ability to sort /yoyos by manufacturer.

added

an active state for tags when page is being filtered.

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A few tweaks and hot fixes.

changed

the size of the underline on small text links from 2 to 1.

added

T.O.C. and jump links to the /uses page.

changed

the icon glyph for T.O.C lists.

changed

the icon glyph size for T.O.C returns.

fixed

a open ul on T.O.C lists.

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Some quality of life, and informational changes.

removed

title based easter egg, as it was causing bookmarking and browsing history issues.

added

a /terms page.

added

/terms and /credits links to footer.

fixed

a typo on the /credits page.

removed

“all rights reserved” text from footer.

added

“all rights reserved” text to the /credits page.

added

a new lesson to the /forty page.

added

card images for sharing every type of content.

added

a drop shadow to the logo in the masthead to give it more contrast against the doodle.

added

section IDs to the /readme page.

added

T.O.C. and jump links to the /readme page.

fixed

some typos on the /readme page.

fixed

a typo on the /uses page.

changed

visual design of the search submit button.

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Things are always changing, this site is no exception

changed

the way the banner displays on the home page.

added

favicons for browser, taskbar, and desktop use.

added

web clip icons.

changed

the height of the rainbow bar to make it easier to click.

changed

the :hover and :focus colors for navigation links.

changed

the :hover for pagination links.

fixed

a typo on the /home page (thanks Case!).

added

a robots.txt file.

added

a humans.txt file.

added

title based easter egg.

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Additional tweaks and changes...

fixed

a bug in the /movies/library that prevented showing correct digital storage information.

changed

the bandana to add in more personal items.

fixed

a bug in the bandana that caused an obvious seam.

fixed

a typo in the One Sentence entry.

fixed

a typo on the /outlaw/forty page.

fixed

a bug that caused footnote anchor links to have too thick of an underline.

added

a new accent color level.

changed

the :hover color for buttons, tags, menu, and social links.

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Some changes post-launch, fixes, tweaks, etc...

changed

the way tags are handled for listings.

changed

the way the scroll component assigns height to make it more reusable.

added

scrollable grid covers for a nicer mobile experience.

changed

the grid cover areas on /home, /sundry, and /movies landing pages.

changed

heading_link to button[data-type='normal']

removed

heading_link from heading.css

added

button[data-type='normal'] from button.css

added

has-covers modifier to block.css

added

[data-type='grid-scroll-covers'] modifier to list.css

fixed

a bug in showing the titles on changes.php and log.php

added

a bug report link for Age of Steam maps.

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The beta release of the new website. This is a new beginning, but feels like I've been running forever. Thus the song choice.

added

everything!

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