shiotan.blog

changelog

Note that this log only covers updates since I started working towards a static blog in 2021.


2025-07-02 omg back-to-back progress

  • Tweaked stylesheet to do flexbox columns better and give certain elements (like blockquotes) more breathing room in my giant walls of text
  • Added actual content to the credits page

2025-07-01 does it look like a blog again?

  • Added Isso comments to all posts.
    • Note that there may be an issue with email alerts for comments, so bear with me while I tinker with my SMTP config.
  • Lamented not exporting my old WordPress comments because I think I could've imported them into Isso.

2025-05-07 already v3.0.1 lol

  • Added RSS feed link to the eyeball zone
  • Implemented Cloudflare worker to reroute ancient dead links
  • Beefed up the head tag in an attempt at modern SEO
  • Addressed some visual bugs and styled some neglected elements
  • Fixed my mailto links (oops!)
  • Started repping nekoweb on my homepage

2025-05-06

  • Switched host to nekoweb.org
  • Added an RSS feed for post updates
  • Reorganized site file structure for better scalability

2025-05-04 site v3.0 launched

  • Reformatted previously-migrated posts and pages to accomodate the theme overhaul
  • Implemented pagefind for searching
  • Added GoatCounter analytics
  • Off-loaded post images to Cloudinary, which hopefully improves image delivery
  • Merged "When Togainu no Chi Reigned Surpeme" post with "On Veteran Fan Posturing and Its Effects" (aka reverted it back to its original state)
  • Republished original "Exposed in My First Run of Monster Prom" post
  • Republished original "BL Mechanics and Car Shit" post

2022-11-01

  • Re-published original "On Being Fujoshi Trash in 2019" post

2022-10-31

  • Re-published original "The Bewildering and Beautiful Oneshots of Hana" post with some minor edits and additions to simple.css to accomodate formatting
  • Attempted to implement a simple JavaScript carousel for the baseball yaoi post to no avail
  • Updated bl.html with new section and links for the two recently re-published posts
  • Added additional meta tags to new post headers for better link previews when sharing on social media

2022-10-30

  • Re-published original "Someone Take Baseball Yaoi Away From Me" post

2022-10-23

  • Uploaded credits.css and applied it to credits.html
  • Resized BL features images to be 150 x 150 pixels to reduce load time of bl.html
  • Changed the feature image for Konya mo Nemurenai review

2022-10-13

  • Uploaded trackers.css (based on cbgf's shows shrine) and applied it to bl.html
  • Slightly modified the nav and footer elements in base2.css
  • Re-added basic navigation to index.html and introductory text to bl.html

2022-10-06

  • Edited changelog.css to be more mobile compatible
  • Removed shortcut style navigation from changelog.html in favor of a simple window and button navigation
  • Applied base2.css to credits.html in the same manner as about.html

2022-10-05

  • Edited redirect.css to be more mobile compatible
  • Created alternative cowprint backgrounds for base2.css
  • Applied base2.css to about.html; removed photo and Google form from about.html (maybe temporarily idk)
  • Recovered numero class and applied font "Mr. Pixel" to hitcount class in base2.css
  • Uploaded and prepared stylesheets for a bunch of cool custom VTF fonts

2022-10-02

  • Updated posts using base.css to simple.css
  • Modified hub.css and derivatives to be more mobile compatible

2022-10-01

  • Decided to retire base.css and re-imagine sitemap
  • Created base2.css with this template and cowprint background to apply to index.html
  • Moved custom fonts out of css subfolder into their own folder
  • Modified simple.css to be more mobile compatible

2022-06-30

  • Updated the color palette of base.css to be a bit "softer" (third time's a charm?)

2022-06-13

  • Made the box div situation a little better looking for screens smaller than 864px wide on pages using base.css
  • Reverted to the old width of pic div
  • Created the info class in base.css

2022-06-12

  • Changed a:link and a:hover color properties in the footer tag in base.css
  • Removed superfluous code in simple.css

2022-06-11

  • Added custom fonts to my CSS folder for experimentation and use later
  • Replaced header font Press Start 2P with FT88 variants in base.css
  • Created retro-scroll.css to isolate the rather large amount of css for my 98.css scrollbar usage on pages using base.css

2022-06-10

  • Created new stylesheet called simple.css that is... a bit more simple than base.css
  • Re-published original "Non-Con and Dubcon in BL" blog post here using simple.css

2022-06-09

  • Tweaked the width of box-noscroll elements for most blog posts using the content hub format
  • Changed sidebar a:link and a:hover appearence, as well as font display in the paragraph and unordered list tags for changelog.css
  • Removed superfluous code from changelog.css

2022-06-08

  • Added Porno Superstar blog post to the BL+ landing page
  • Finished tweaking custom CSS for Porno Superstar blog post
  • Modified blockquote tag and created another border class for divs in base.css
  • Minorly edited content and appearence of my about page

2022-06-07

  • Re-published original Porno Superstar post

2022-06-03

  • Styled the blockquote tag, details tag, visited link appearence for base.css
  • Re-styled link hover appearence for base.css
  • Re-published original "Don't Call Me Master!" post
  • Finally published content to my about page, including an old contact form used with the WordPress-hosted version of my blog

2022-06-01

  • Updated Merry Checker posts's style.css to look like less of an eyesore on mobile (edits are based on changelog.css)

2022-05-01

  • Changed color palette of the top-level design, and added a background image
  • Updated BL landing page with most recently published content

2022-04-23

  • Re-published oringial Togainu no Chi meditations post
  • Separated section about "veteran fan posturing" from old Togainu no Chi post and re-published it
  • Re-published original Eros in the Stoic post
  • Removed duplicate image uploads and re-linked all uses of those images to the top-most level upload location
  • Standardized navigation information for content using hub pages

2022-04-22

  • Edited and re-published original Konya mo Nemurenai blog post here
  • Fixed image breaching the contraints of its container on the 404 page
  • Added navigation tags where they were lacking on pages without the top-level design

2022-04-21

  • Updated 404 page using EGGRAMEN's Simple theme
  • Added Vincent Vega meme to body content of 404 page
  • Created changelog.html, and adapted 98.css for its use

2022-04-20

  • Altered width constraints for sidebar and main content areas of the top-level design for better mobile compatibility
  • Removed JavaScript-powered navigation and replaced it with a simpler HTML/CSS navigation
  • Deleted navigation subcategories
  • Reformatted About.html to about.html and BL+.html to bl.html
  • Deleted Log.html, Shrines.html, and Other.html for lack of immediate content to populate there

2022-04-19

  • Edited and re-published original sweet pool blog post

2022-03-25

  • Fixed div errors on 404 page
  • Created temporary landing pages for all content that will be transferred from WordPress to resolve Google Search Console errors
  • Downloaded EGGRAMEN's Simple theme for use on the new landing pages

2022-02-20

  • Edited and re-published original Merry Checker blog post

2022-02-19

  • Adapted XP.css for use with my first blog post transfer

2022-02-16

  • Created About.html, Log.html, Shrines.html, BL+.html, Other.html, and credits.html, mostly in accordance with a hastily-constructed JavaScript navigation
  • Completed first iteration of the site's top-level page design in style.css
  • Downloaded select Windows 98 icons from Alex Meub's Windows 98 Icon Viewer for site page icons


2021-08-21

  • Minorly edited style.css with limited success or satisfaction
  • Rage quit site customization
  • Temporarily abandonned plans to transfer pre-existing content from WordPress, leaving all Neocities defaults in place
  • Checked out HTML, XHTML, & CSS All-in-One For Dummies®, 2nd Edition e-Book from institutional ProQuest account (lol)

2021-08-20

  • Created Neocities account
  • Became a Neocities supporter