A summary of changes to the website
The jams page isn’t built with virtual content anymore. Now, whenever someone visits the page, it checks the Last.fm API for new data and then creates a standard page using that info.
This really speeds up the Kirby backend, which was super slow to load before. The front-end page is faster too, since it’s now using standard page generation.
We’ve also added a safeguard so the conten…
The images have been added to the JSON feed’s content. EchoFeed uses this feed to cross-post on Mastodon, and they weren’t appearing. This has now been resolved.
A bit of refactoring in the templates because a large part of this site’s content is of the same type.
Previously, two templates were used for standard content:
One template was used to display elements with a title, such as articles, changelogs, and bookmarks. And another template was used for elements where the title should not be displayed, such as notes. These templates are now a…
There’s one RSS feed per publication type. I still need to create a feed that combines all publications. That will come later.
Since switching to Kirby, this was missing. It’s ironic because for me, it’s one of the most essential elements for a website (shame on me).
I took the opportunity to connect them with Echofeed to automatically post on Mastodon. I held off for a while to test whether I was overwhelming people with uninteresting updates. We’ll see i…
details tag, enhancing its appearance when opened.auto-fill instead of auto-fit. Now, the polaroids no longer take up 100% of the container’s width if there are fewer than four per line.Updated the main font, Name Sans, and improved text readability by applying the following settings:
There are now Open Graph informations and images available when a URL is shared.
For the image, I create a SVG image. I did not create JPEG or PNG. I did something simple and easily maintainable.
However, some improvements are still needed, particularly for the photos. When a title is too long, it appears under the photo, and I have to correct it. Despite this, I decided to implement them because it’s cool.
To see the result of the OG imag…
Each page now has a canonical URL, thanks to Kirby's unique ID.
I have repatriated all the photos from my Instagram account to the photos page. I still have some text editing to do, but the main thing is that the photos are here.
Next, I need to delete everything on Instagram.
You can check out my favorite tracks again – feel free to judge my (bad) taste!
Back when the site ran on Eleventy, I had to punch in the tracks by hand. There was a Spotify widget too, which let you listen to the song if you had an account.
Now, my favorite tracks get pulled straight from my Last.fm profile. Why? Well, I don’t only listen to music via Last.fm – I spin quite a bit of vinyl too. It’s a b…
Fix missing bookmarks links
webp format, and the responsive images have been improved. Still need to fix a few things related to screen DPI.Add lazy loading on images
Turning off automatic posting of articles on Mastodon.
The secondary navigation has been added to the footer.
You need patience waiting for a Polaroid picture to develop. To speed things up, people naturally shake them, even though it doesn’t really do much. Well, on this website, it actually does.
Shaking your mouse or scrolling frantically on your mobile will speed up the reveal.
I still need to improve the accessibility of this feature. But I think it’s fun.
Actually shaking the phone wasn’t implemented because phones require a confirmation message, and I didn’t like that.
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Add the Changelog page, which lists the changes on the site.
The page displaying the photos shows the images styled like Polaroids. Please be patient, as it takes about ten seconds for the images to develop… just like real Polaroids.
There’s just a tiny bit of Javascript used to randomly position the images, but it’s not essential. Everything works perfectly fine with just CSS.
The alt text for the images was missing. That’s been fixed.