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title: November Update - v1.1.0
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date: 2025-11-08
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updates:
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- Major update
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## Major news
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**The category and share sections have been merged in to their own area below page content with brand new "Copy Link" and Email options.** The category section now says "Category" instead of "Categories" if only one has been specified.
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**The mobile menu has nice new animations and a border on the bottom.** It now closes if your browser window goes beyond 640px in width while it's open. You can now also close it by pressing the Escape key.
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**The header is now translucent and blurry once again.** It turns opaque while the mobile menu is open.
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**You can now filter by Category on the Search page.**
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**Many templates and partials have been simplified and consolidated wherever possible.**
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**All post and review covers are now in the `.webp` file format.**
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**The list of gadgets from About have been moved to [What I use](/what-i-use).**
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**Changelog entries are now in [Major Update](/categories/major-update) and [Minor Update](/categories/minor-update) categories**
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**Footer links are now better organised and text has been made smaller and more unobtrusive.** Footer menus now highlight the page you are currently on, just like the main navigation menu.
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**I have implemented view transitions with the new [View Transitions API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/View_Transition_API)**. It will not yet work on Firefox as it currently [does not support view transitions on multi-page applications](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1860854).
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**All animations including the mobile menu, links, the header and view transitions now respect the user's "Reduce motion" setting.**
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**A link to the parent of any content you're reading is now above the page title.** This excludes pages whose parent is `/` aka [Home](/).
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### Important license information
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I am now excluding images from the permissions granted by the license.
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**Please do not share or redistribute any of my images elsewhere.**
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As of the time I am writing this changelog, all images on this website are my own.
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In the future, I will be adding a "Credits" section to the bottom of any page that is using another individual or company's work/intellectual property. It will likely be above the new combined Category and Share section.
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I may also create a dedicated page outlining what you can do with my content, both based on the [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) deed and my own wishes regarding images.
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## Other changes
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- Changed title of `/posts` to [Blog](/posts)
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- Changed title of `/about` to [About](/about)
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- Changed title of `/ai-models` from "Regarding "AI" models" to **"Use of AI"**
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- Fixed SVG layout issues on share section buttons
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- Changed [Dell 27 Plus 4K - S2725QC](/reviews/dell-s2725qc) cover image to my own
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- Fixed missing Summary text in [Apple iPhone 13](/reviews/apple-iphone-13)
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- Added original changelog entry names and removed dates from some titles
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- Corrected post links in previous changelogs
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- Tweaked hero & card title font sizes
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- Made header site title text smaller
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- Fixed markdown issues in `overview.html` and `note.html` shortcode
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- Fixed how shortcodes were being called in Markdown files
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- Replaced share section "X" text and logo with Twitter
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- Simplified Note design and removed rounded corners to be consistent with images and other elements
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- Overview summary font size is now clamped
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- Changed homepage hero update notice text to "vX.XX - Date"
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- Tweaked colours for better contrast and readability
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- Added an additional darker border colour
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- Added a border to the top of the footer for better separation
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- Changed scrollbar colours to match the website itself (only on Firefox, Chrome and derivatives)
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- Reduced size of homepage hero update notice
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- Corrected a typo in the Threads URL in share section
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- Started using Catppuccin Frappe style for `pre` elements
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- Simplified the Contact page
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- Reduced font weight of links
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- Organised and added links to [Website info](/website-info)
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- Links now have a 200ms transition for text colour or background colour to match other new animations
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- Made `code` background darker and added a small border for better visibility
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- Changed "Share on..." to "Share page link" in share section
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- Fixed search page UI colours
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- Fixed figcaption font size
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- Fixed horizontal layout shift when viewing a page without a scrollbar
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- Tweaked clamped font sizes to start shrinking later
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- Added a `needsupdate` front matter paramater for future use
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## Removals
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- Removed the "View all posts" and "View all reviews" buttons on the homepage
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- Removed gradient background from the Note shortcode
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- Removed AI disclaimer text from [Website info](/website-info/#large-language--generative-models)
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- Removed AI disclaimer shortcode and repurposed it for the footer
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## What's next
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I am planning on writing a blog post about my progress with HTML and CSS. It *should* be out before Christmas day.
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Light mode *will* be added back soon. It's not that much of a concern right now aside from potential accessibility issues.
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Speaking of accessibility, this is something the website doesn't particularly excel at right now. I need to work on a [focus trap](https://css-tricks.com/a-primer-on-focus-trapping/) for the mobile menu, along with writing alt text for every image on every page.
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I hope to work on my own UI implementation for Pagefind soon. The default one, while functional, doesn't completely fit in with the rest of the website.
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I was experimenting and had a proof-of-concept layout for content with a table of contents available on the right side of your screen on desktop, inspired by [Josh W. Comeau](https://www.joshwcomeau.com/)'s website. I may implement this in the future.
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I am making a commitment to provide detailed changelogs for every major update to this website going forward.
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That's all for now.
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