// build log
Changelog
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
built and tested, session by session
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A security review, and a plugin for the content
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
Test every form by actually submitting it. A form that looks right can still reject everything.
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Events, with a Register button
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
Anything with a date should know when it's over. Then nobody has to remember to take it down.
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Certificates are managed from the dashboard
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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Outlined buttons, and never more than six cards
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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Card images no longer jump on hover
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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Typography, spacing and line height, tidied up
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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A new accent colour: clay
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
Test an accent colour as a highlight on both light and dark backgrounds before committing to it.
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One newsletter sign-up, on every page
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
Build a repeated section once and reuse it. Copies drift apart.
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A clearer “How I got here” timeline
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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A My Plugins page, with downloads
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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The dotted background came and went
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
A background pattern has to work behind text, cards and photos at once. Plain won.
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This changelog
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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The hero portrait is now black and white
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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Media & Talks moved above Latest writing
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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A cut-out portrait on the home page
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
The first version cropped the top of my head. The arch is taller than it is wide, so the photo needed to be scaled to fit its height, not its width.
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A real photo, email and phone on Contact
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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Post cards read better
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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Every page now has real content
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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Cover images in the site’s own style
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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Sections are tighter: 60px top and bottom
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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Links no longer show two arrows
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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Section spacing collapsed on Elementor pages
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
Elementor containers define their own --gap variable. Inside them, my theme's --gap quietly resolved to Elementor's value of 0.
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Home page built, section by section
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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The site launched on its own custom theme
This site is never really finished. I keep improving it — new features, small fixes, better performance — and I test what I teach here first.
This page is the record of that work: what shipped, what I changed my mind about, and the small fixes nobody else would notice. For the current setup instead of the play-by-play, see how this site is built.
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