Changelog
This page contains a log of updates to my theme CSS and pages. Last edited {{ post_last_modified }} ago.
2025-09-04
I wanted to create something that suited the duotone colors more. I kept picking at the CSS until the theme looked nothing like it did before... so today's change is: new look & feel.
Added more feeds to the homepage.
Moved light/dark mode switcher from the header to the footer.
Removed the nav.
2025-09-01
Colors colors colors. Tried out a bunch of themes & settled on a muted duotone (Base2Tone's Pool theme), a contrast to my prior neon colors.
Updated link styles: they now have solid underlines and the hover state is a color change (not removing the poppy entirely 🙃).
Mo' CSS trimming as a result of the two changes above.
2025-08-30
- Picking at light mode color scheme...
2025-08-26
- So it turns out Safari (Mac + iOS) does not support the
text-decorationshorthand. I've reverted back to using separate properties.
2025-08-25
Cut CSS that applied to only one page & embedded to the pages directly. I wanted to move the tiny notes CSS too, but it applies to the home, small thoughts, and clippings pages, so I've left it in the theme CSS for now. I don't want to have to update it in three places if I do update it.
Mo' CSS trimming. It's just like any other kind of writing. The first draft is so verbose. Updated
text-decoration& a few other properties to shorthand.
2025-08-20
- Trimmed the theme CSS: cleaned up colors, removed
color-mix()(except for one instance).
2025-08-18
Trimmed the theme CSS: removed duplication + unnecessary lines and reduced repetition.
Adjusted underline styles for the title, tags, and toast button.
Removed syntax highlighting (as a part of the trimming) & added border to code box.
Added bookshelf CSS to theme CSS. But I'm not sure I want to keep it here, since it's so many lines that apply to only one page. But I also like keeping the page's input box clean. Eh.
2025-08-17
More footer fiddling: hid original "Powered by Bear" and added a bear face link instead.
Added a styled books list. I think I want to style some of my other lists too. 🤔
Flattened out design for consistency with new book list: removed drop shadow from tiny notes and added border instead.
2025-08-15
- Removed #notes posts from the Notes page and placed them on the new odds & ends page.
2025-08-14
Followed Yordi's guide and added a light/dark mode switch.
Added a blank page (why that?).
Added a new page for odds & ends.
Fiddled with wording in the nav and footer.
2025-08-11
- Lightened the background color in light mode. Kind of itching for a new color scheme.
2025-08-10
- Removed cats from my nav.
2025-08-05
- Increased Rosé Pine Dawn color contrast for syntax highlighting.
2025-07-23
- Do I really need a post list on my homepage? I don't think so.
2025-07-18
- Added cats to my nav.
2025-07-17
I'm picking at my theme less these days, so I published my theme CSS and Markdown for my pages.
My nav doubles as an intro (it just happened this way and I quite like it). I wanted to keep the links internal, so I moved the sandbox link to the footer.
Retagged my My theme CSS, Markdown for my pages, Feeds, and Changelog pages as #bearblog instead of #notes. It feels more intuitive.
Added a Currently page instead of a Now page because a Now page communicates focus, which is not at all what I am about here.
2025-06-06
- Added a callout style.
2025-06-03
- New theme is up (but I'm still tweaking): Old Style system font stack, poppy + chartreuse, and tiny notes everywhere.
2025-06-01
Writing more #wordvomit posts, so I've given it a section on the Notes page. Removed the #life tag, since everything is life.
It turns out I don't like maintaining a blogroll after all, so I've unpublished it (and removed the Javascript from the footer directive).
Removed the nav. I want to make larger changes, but don't quite have a vision of what I want yet, so I'm picking at things slowly.
2025-04-04
- Created a static site backup of this blog over at squ.eeeee.lol.
2025-03-05
- Added some space before + after images in the body.
2025-02-24
- The code font was too big so I made it smaller.
2025-02-03
- Added a Subscribe page.
2025-01-31
- Pruned & deleted all of the more personal posts.
2025-01-27
Removed #musings tag — the line was blurring between this and #life, so I've just combined everything into #life.
Added #meta tag — for blogging about blogging and writing about writing.
Pruned & deleted a couple of posts.
2025-01-15
Added a blogroll and used a little JavaScript to randomize the list order.
Removed footer content from CSS and added it via footer directives. Linked stuff, including the Atom + RSS feed.
Clippings felt right. It is now official. Tag, link, and CSS class have all been updated to the new name.
Resized the blog title; it's small now.
2025-01-12
Cleaned up CSS for nav and tags; updated to flex styles to define gap.
Changed Quotes page name to Clippings. It seems more appropriate? Giving it a try to see how it feels.
2025-01-09
- Added baseline alignment to the flex styles for the date + post link (mentioned in 2024-12-23 update). It was an oversight. I wanted the text aligned at the bottom.
2024-12-23
- Cleaned up CSS for my Status / Quotes / Doodles pages. I didn't like the negative margin for aligning my date + post link, so I updated the flex styles to achieve the same look.
2024-12-09
- Created a sandbox to play with. Linked to it from the homepage.
2024-12-06
Updated style for visited links. Decided that the subtle pink underline wasn't sufficient. Visited links are now wholly pink, and the pink in light mode has been darkened to meet the 4.5:1 contrast ratio.
Created a changelog page.
2024-12-05
Added latest status post to homepage.
Restored post links to short-form content feed. Kept them subtle — they're little underscores in the bottom right corner.