IXION'S REALM

Change Log

This is the history of site updates. It should roughly corresponding to the "updates" list on neocities. If you'd rather see a high-level summary of important changes, check out the announcements page. Full commit history is available on github .

Version Numbers

My updates try to follow a semantic versioning scheme. For example the current version is v1.0.10. This is broken down as "v[major].[minor].[patch]".

  • major: redesign of the layout or site structure; links may break
  • minor: new feature or minor reorganization; links should stay intact
  • patch: Smaller incremental changes

Older updates were not using regular numbering so these use a 4th "-" number to differentiate between them.

  • v1.0.10 March Recap
    April 13, 2025
  • v1.0.9 February Recap
    March 03, 2025
  • v1.0.8 RSS (atom) Feeds
    March 03, 2025
    • Added RSS (atom) feeds!
    • Moved contact and credits links into the about page
    • Changed links in footer
    • Added pages for individual announcements
    • Improved navigation on screen readers
  • v1.0.7 Valentines Day
    February 09, 2025
  • v1.0.6 Announcements
    February 09, 2025
    • Added a "What's New" section to the homepage to display announcements
    • Converted old changelog entries into announcements
    • Added new changelog entries for all past site updates
    • Added site version number to the footer
  • v1.0.5 Refactor
    February 09, 2025

    Start of proper semantic versioning to track changes to the site

    • Tech: Refactored stylesheets and templates with SASS (no visible changes)
  • v1.0.4 Changelog
    February 07, 2025

    Note: Skipped version number v1.0.3 due to internal testing

    • Added "Latest Blog Post" and "Recent Changes" to homepage
    • Added message about javascript and view counter to homepage
    • Added link to source code on github
    • Added changelog page
    • Updated blog list style to make it more consistent with changelog
    • Tech: Integrated GoatCounter for counting page views
    • Tech: Fixed canonical url and meta tags on redirect
  • v1.0.2-2 January Recap
    February 04, 2025
    • Posted January Recap
    • Improved page load times by setting the webneko script to "defer"
    • Fixed an accessibility issue on the theme picker
    • Tech: automatic formatting with "prettier"
    • Tech: automatic check for valid post dates
  • v1.0.2-1 Blog Layout
    January 27, 2025
    • Added new layouts for the blog page and for individual posts
    • Tech: created blog template to list all posts
    • Tech: created draft folder for unpublished drafts
  • v1.0.2 Redirects
    January 26, 2025
    • Added link to neocities profile
    • Added svg version of favicon
    • Added a custom svg arrow icon for external links
    • Moved blog url from /posts/ to /blog/ with a redirect
    • Split page footer into 2 lines
    • Tech: Implemented page redirects
  • v1.0.1-1 Copyright
    January 25, 2025
    • Updated copyright
  • v1.0.1 Cache Busting
    January 20, 2025
    • Added announcement for new blog on the homepage
    • Tech: Upgraded to eleventy v3
    • Tech: Added cache busting to style sheets
    • Tech: Set recommended cache to 1 hour
  • v1.0.0-10 Favicon
    January 18, 2025
    • Added a custom favicon
    • Fixed mobile formatting in blog post
    • Edited blog post for clarity and tone
  • v1.0.0-9 First Post!
    January 16, 2025
  • v1.0.0-8 Refactor
    November 09, 2024
    • Tech: Refactored page templates (no visible changes)
  • v1.0.0-7 Theme Switcher
    November 06, 2024
    • Added a theme switcher to the sidebar
    • Reverted back to the original default theme
    • Updated the wording for the Halloween announcement on the home page
  • v1.0.0-6
    November 02, 2024
    • Added emojis and orange title bar for Halloween theme
    • Added my partner Ellie to the credits of the Halloween game
  • v1.0.0-5 Halloween Event
    October 29, 2024
    • Added Halloween event pages
    • Added "Halloween Fun Run" mini-game
    • Dressed up site for Halloween
    • Moved game designs to museum
  • v1.0.0-4
    October 26, 2024
    • Updated "contact" and "about" pages
  • v1.0.0-3
    October 25, 2024
    • Added placeholder pages for 32-bit cafe Halloween event
  • v1.0.0-2
    October 06, 2024
    • Added robots.txt to block AI crawlers
  • v1.0.0-1
    September 27, 2024
    • Added arrow icon to external links
  • v1.0.0 First Upload
    September 23, 2024

    Initial version of "Ixion's Realm"

  • v0.0.0 Placeholder Site
    August 28, 2024

    Original placeholder website

    Placeholder page called 'self-in-progress'

    Placeholder page called 'self-in-progress'

    This was the first incarnation of the website. It only contained a list of things I like, and a webneko named Lucy.