Last Month

3 weeks ago
Finished a big overhaul and made it possible to switch to a dark and minimal theme if desired! Most of the updates are technical, on the backend, and benefit me the most, but I ought to write about the details down the line. The short of it is:
  • Website is built on top of a (mostly) PHP core that handles loading of content, linking the database, and also includes some basic functions and styles,
  • Website now pulls its content from dedicated XML files, allowing me to translate the website easier,
  • Styles have been divided into basic styles, full/complete/whatever else you want to call it styles, and also scale better on devices with weird dimensions.
Known bugs and things to consider:
  • Picking a tag on the Artwork page fails to reapply the call to the lightbox and thus opens the image as an url instead of displaying it in the lightbox,
  • Currently missing the randomly generated Graphic of the Day and the little clock on the index page; these may or may not be reinstated,
  • The toggle for the dark theme is positioned kind of awkwardly.

Older

04 Aug 2024
Changed the code previews on Code Snippets from the CodePen editor to my own. Functions like live editing and copying to clipboard are TBA.
01 Aug 2024
Cleaned up the Skill Set & Technical Information and the Colophon pages. My skill set is still missing some text I want to rewrite.
23 Jul 2024
Welcome Friends of the Site! Every day one of the websites linked gets picked at random to be displayed in the footer. Be sure to check them out!
21 Jul 2024
Migrated Geoventures to the brand new Museum page, making way for future plans. Content-wise, nothing has been added or changed yet.
24 May 2024
You can now view or hide sketches and unfinished artworks!
22 May 2024
Updated menu style for improved readability.
20 May 2024
Cleaned up .htaccess, a.k.a. the file that takes care of redirecting and cleaning up URLs. The visible change should be minimal, but there may be an improvement in loading time.
21 Feb 2024
Made some big changes on the back end; I am currently still working on reinstating all the functionality and styles that are missing.
01 Dec 2023
New navigation bar look, changed for better readability.
07 Nov 2023
"New" code snippet: a no-JavaScript vinyl showcase! I wrote this a while ago but never optimized it for mobile, but decided to put it up regardless.
26 Oct 2023
Index page overhaul, more stylesheet fixes, new way of loading artwork without having to reload the entire page (also laying the groundwork for a better tagging system).
17 Oct 2023
13 Oct 2023
Added some stuff to my Geoventures page, including a widget that picks a random graphic every day.
I'm also working on other pages behind the scenes...
05 Oct 2023
  • The code snippets are BACK! I'm still experimenting with the CodePen embed, but I'd rather it work a little than not at all. Woohoo!
  • This site makes use of Cloudflare as of now.
  • General stylesheet fixes all over.
30 Sep 2023
Added a page for my artwork! I'm slowly working on the styling of the website, but I just can't seem to get it right.
29 Sep 2023
Added a new page titled Geoventures, where I display graphics I found on the old internet. I changed the way I store content on my website, so I hope to restore the content that was on the code snippets page soon.
26 Sep 2023
Added the colophon page with a list of all the graphics and libraries used on this site.
25 Sep 2023
Made mobile browsing a little bit easier by updating the menu button and closing the sidebar after interacting with it.
24 Sep 2023
And then found out the snippets page works on all browsers except for Chrome on Android...
23 Sep 2023
Added a page with all site updates.
17 Sep 2023
"Beautified" the index sidebar a little, and did some other minor fixes.
25 Aug 2023
Added "border images" to code snippets and put the code in clickable tabs.
12 Aug 2023
Added a page for code snippets.
08 Aug 2023
Began total website overhaul...

To-do

  • Translate website (priority: Dutch)
  • Ensure site functionality even when scripts are disabled
  • Shorten pages on mobile version of site
  • Add titles, descriptions, dates on artwork
  • Geoventures search bar
  • Geoventures pagination
  • Shorten Geoventures posts on main page
  • Click to next/previous drawing while zoomed in
  • RSS Feed
  • Dark/Minimal theme 12/11/2024
  • Change artwork tagging system (select/unselect doodles instead of showing them on a separate page, etc.) 24/05/2024
  • Restore code snippets 05/10/2023