lol/content/changelog/2026/march-5th.md

title, date, updates

title	date	updates
March Update - v1.6.0	2026-03-05	Major update

v2.1.2 introduces analytics from GoatCounter, plenty of small improvements and behind the scenes changes.

Highlights

1. Added GoatCounter analytics. Learn more or opt-out here.
2. Now using the IBM Plex Sans Variable font for headings. Only two font files are needed instead of 8, which should result in faster load times.
3. Renamed "About me" to About & rewrote some parts.
4. Renamed "My Tech" to What I use & added software section.

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Changes

• Content:

  • (Late addition) Updated links and page titles in several changelogs to their current equivalent
  • What software do I use? now has a new cover image
  • Added What's on my desk (2024) back just for fun
  • Rewrote parts of Website info, added information about analytics & opt-out option
  • Changelogs now use their own Updates taxonomy rather than Categories
  • Corrected a typo in Laugh out loud - Website update
  • Added previously missing taxonomy to Website Update
  • Changed "October Update - 2025" name back to Website update - October 2025
  • Reworded last entry in October Update 2 - v1.10

• UI & UX:

  • (Late addition) Fixed mobile menu being centre aligned
  • No longer using CSS nesting for better compatibility with older browsers
  • Now adhering to an 8pt grid system for most UI padding and spacing
  • Larger corner radius for all elements
  • Increased text content link font weight
  • Changed "Read the full post" to "Read the full changelog" in home page dialog
  • The home page dialog now uses the same block styles as notes and review overviews
  • Adjusted top padding on the hero to be more proportional
  • Added copyright year & link to analytics site in footer
  • Share section is now same width as page content
  • Removed old styles from dialog partial, tweaked IDs & JS
  • Footer text now uses the .prose class for text content
  • Added copyright symbol and year to footer

• Behind the scenes:

  • Switched to using a semantic version numbering system (major, minor, patch)
  • Created a password-protected staging version of this website (uses dev branch)
  • Single layout now lists any taxonomies on a page rather than being limited to just Categories
  • Remove minify and garbage collection flags from Dockerfile build command
  • Updated README
  • Added extra configs for staging and development environments
  • Added environment checks to head to include or exclude parts based on environment

• CSS:

  • Now using logical values for text-align (e.g., "start" & "end")
  • Home page dialog now uses the .block class
  • Changed font names for better readability
  • Added font-variation-settings "wdth" value to headings and mobile navigation menu links
  • Separated padding and spacing variables
  • Darker border colour for pre elements
  • Added bottom border to mobile navigation menu
  • Removed .width-constrained class
  • .row items are now aligned vertically (excluding .row.vertical)
  • Added dialog styles to .block styles
  • Adjusted dialog animation speed
  • Added .block styles for opt-out section
  • Removed underline offset from text content links
  • Removed dotted underlines from external links
  • Figcaptions now use regular text colour
  • Added margin to home page latest content if it's not :last-child
  • Added align-self to footer menu & center value for it in media query