blog updates & housekeeping
While I'm home with a mysterious crippling gastrointestinal ailment (tummy hurt), I figured I'd do some much-needed housekeeping! Here's what I did:
- Moved all my blog posts to a new page called entries where they're separated by year. The never-ending post list was beginning to irritate me, but I still have it up as an undisturbed archive for reference. I made the page by individually tagging all my posts and using the embedding blog post lists feature from Bear Docs, then just replacing the blog page in the nav.
- Solidified my theme across all my navigable pages. My blog's theme is not very code-reliant, so this mostly meant keeping the same formula/aesthetic for all my pages. I enjoy using the flower border on all my pages from tomomi on neocities as a divider with an italicized caption above explaining the page, so I kept that formula across all the pages. I also revamped my reading log to look aesthetically similar to entries. I also plan on adding some sort of review feature for future books where I can link to my review on Storygraphs or as a blog post.
- Hid the toast count and replaced it with something infinitely cuter using this and this as reference. I was getting tired of checking and re-checking my posts to watch the toast count slowly tick up. I didn't intend to be a metric-chaser, but I accidentally ended up placing a lot of value on that number, even though it doesn't mean anything. So now, instead of a number, you can make a little guy happier when you toast my post!
- Added a photos page where you can see a few of my favorite pictures from my photography hobby! I love documenting my life and bring my digital camera (a red Kodak PixPro covered in Rilakkuma stickers) everywhere I go. I don't share my photos anywhere else, so I figured this would be the place to finally do it! Still tinkering with this page, might add captions or dates to spice things up and make it more log-like.
That's all for now! Happy navigating <3