updates

click the text or the triange for details, coding terms are translated to layman speak where applicable

07/04/2024 ==> not an actual update:

huh, been a while since i've done one of these
haven't added anything but i have been working on a few things
lowkey forgot about the TMA webshrine cause i was HELLA engrossed in another podcast, also by rusty quill (horror podcast webshrine two: the seconding?!?!). anyway shoutout to WOE.BEGONE
spent a whole lot of time developing a new stylesheet (that's the "secret" thing i was working on), i think i've gotten to a point where i can start migrating my pages onto that

11/03/2024 ==> ACTUALLY PLAY GAMES.:

found out why my imood thing didn't colour properly, so i fixed that sitewide
actually added the games subpage to the site! or, to be more accurate, to the navigation bar
tweaked the homepage to accurately reflect the new games subpage, also made the pages description easier to read by bolding key words
added the cool scrolly sidebar that's in my blinkies page to the tma shrine and optimised it for that!

04/03/2024 ==> PLAY GAMES!!! (and quizzes):

organised the games subpage and added a quizzes section! also added my results to the page
struggling with security stuff re: quizzes section so i'll probably have to rework that before i link it in my header i.e. release it to the public
worked some more on my magnus archives shrine! now with a proper colour scheme and fancy sections! and even proper usage of headings with different levels of importance! who knew they weren't just different sizes and had important semantic meanings aside from that? me now!

25/02/2024 ==> neighbours added to site!:

pretty much what it says on the tin, removed the placeholding wizard gif and added buttons or links to homepage
minor formatting changes to the about me page, including an update for my fanlistings section
started proper work on a magnus archives webshrine..! this is my first shrine ever so i hope i can make a nice one..
divvied up the update section by month!
worked on the games subpage some more..! i'd forgotten about it for a minute there, haha

17/02/2024 ==> secret page? what page?:

FIGURED OUT WHAT WAS FUCKING UP THE BACKGROUND FOR MY SECRET PAGE!!!!! can't believe it was as simple as switching margin to padding...
disregard the last point, there is no secret page. it would be quite silly if there was a secret page. anyway theoretically if there were one it would have been spruced up a little by adding a border and improving the background and also WAIT..
oh this is a little embarrassing.. turns out the page was linked wrong.. curse you absolute urls!! anyway, that was fixed, carry on
speaking of, i changed the website url! i just removed the dashes, so it's now aclumpofmoss instead of a-clump-of-moss. i was forgetting the dashes most of the time anyway
restructured footer so it's more semantically valid/correct (i think..? in any case, ive been meaning to remove the "this website doesn't have a button" button for a while now, because i do have one now!)
and that brings me to my next point. i have not one, not two, but three button options for you to choose from! they're linked on my homepage for now
speaking of, check out that sick animation i did for the buttons B). i'll probably improve that later, but it is still "pretty" "rad" immhoo (in my most humble of opinions)

11/02/2024 ==> so fucking efficient:

started work on a comment/chat box! i'm still tweaking the theme so i won't implement it for a bit, but it's coming along nicely
something top secret is in the works..! i don't expect anything to come out of it anytime soon, but i'm really excited!
going to kill two birds with one stone by filling the features sidebar with people's buttons!! i've been trying to figure out forever where to put them and also what to do about the empty sidebar. sorry birds :P

08/02/2024 ==> hide & seek:

grouped the blinkies page into sections. it looks the same on the outside, but it results in neater code
found out how to hide and show things without using javascript!!! woohoo
on that note, new subpage coming soon (hopefully)
added a bunch of blinkies to the blinkie page

30/01/2024 ==> new subpage up and runnning!:

added the blinkies subpage to the navigation bar! changed up the decorative emojis up there too
FINALLY figured out what was wrong with the top bar (the one that tells you what page you're currently on) when it came to mobile display. it was the padding! fixed it, which will vastly improve the experience for non-desktop folks
figured out how to externally link scripts which streamlines the code for these pages. took me long enough tbh

23/01/2024 ==> everything's connected:

linked up a few pages. added more stuff to the images page along with alt text
added unique ids to some sections and divs (divisions), enabling me to more efficiently link to specific parts of a page
cool scroll-y box in the images section now has table of contents in it for extra functionality

21/01/2024 ==> images...:

added a lot of alt text for the landing page and for the images page (which will be linked soon!)
added a cool accompanying-as-you-scroll box to the pictures page
testing out site button (!!) implementation. still needs some finetuning, so i won't be adding it to the rest of the site just yet. for now it's just here on the credits page
added a bunch of horizontal rules (those grey thin horizontal lines) everywhere
changed up the titles of the subpages (the text that appears up in the tab). probably will change them again later, but i figured this would be a good first step

13/01/2024 ==> starting to implement animations!:

wasn't planning on updating today but i got curious and wanted to try implementing a thing so here i am now
- the thing was adding a glow effect to the update box on hover and also on focus
modified the accent colour which shouldn't impact much now, but would if i ever implemented certain types of input later
ended up working on the credits, organised into sections and added some things

11/01/2024 ==> i forgor:

i'm pretty sure i did stuff today but i can barely remember any of it
reworded and added some stuff to the about me section
probably tidied up some? idk
added a few things to a page i'm working on

09/01/2024 ==> beep boop:

tweaked the landing page a little, added more gifs
did some work on the credits page
tidied up the css a bit
started work on the next page i'll be adding to my navigation bar, looking forward to this one so much!
set up the featured archive page and wrote up current features

07/01/2024 ==> kris where the hell are we:

moved the site updates to the credits & resources section! hello! this used to be on the homepage, but now it's here
rebalanced the landing page a little and added a cool gif to tie in with the lyric marquees
the credits page now follows the same standard as the others! header footer sidebar etc
slightly fixed up the page template, also i have a proper page template now!! making new pages should be much easier now
wrote some stuff for the about me section! that was technically a couple of days ago but i got busy and so i'm adding it now

01/01/2024 ==> the Big update:

finally made my landing page look semi presentable !
added a bunch of gifs and graphics to my home page!
standardised my homepage and added a proper intro
it may not sound like a lot but it took so much work! i feel like this is finally progressing past "barebones structure" into "established work in progress"
resized some elements to make them fit better

24/12/2023 ==> the Small update:

technically this is a bunch of updates from the past few days rolled into one announcement
changed the font colour, gonna tweak that later but decided it was better like this
working on making template for pages & subpages
tweaked some things to clarify their purpose to new visitors

19/12/2023 ==> winter spring cleaning:

started work on prettifying landing page !
cleaned up the credit pages, implemented a thing i was thinking about doing
tidied up backstage a lil, you won't believe how messy my dashboard's gotten

16/12/2023 ==> the Nothing update:

this custom cursor buisness is going to be the death of me i swear it
made the navigation bar links bigger so they should look better on mobile hopefully
not directly related to this website but i'm almost done with the w3schools html course (!!)
- i know what an iframe is now, tremble before me
figured out how to have text in the top bar
tidied up the fanlistings box
added a placeholder about me

15/12/2023 ==> aesthetics, babey:

selecting text now gets a fun new colour!
started adding fanlistings to my about page
a new cursor?!?!?!
- still working out a few kinks with it though
changed the background colour to lavender, should only be noticeable on the landing page

12/12/2023 ==> small update!:

added rudimentary "about" page, it's mostly empty now though!
cleaned up the navbar links so they should all be working now..

11/12/2023 ==> three cheers for more stuff (implemented in this website):

made a page for blinkies, internet bumper stickers, web badges, gifs, graphics, etc. etc.
secret page actually looks presentable now, yay!
tried my hand at messing with the navigation bar to make it more responsive for mobile, i'm not sure how well it worked
my website now has a guardian. y'know, like, rawr

10/12/2023 ==> more tidying up!:

made basic landing page to welcome people to site
expanded website so it looks nicer on wider screens
cleaned up code some more

08/12/2023 ==> minor upd8:

adapted edited custom homestuck ao3 workskin into stylesheet with visual guide

07/12/2023 ==> started documenting updates to page:

recoloured sadgrl's template & (mostly) added own text
set up rudimentary credits page
set up linking to secret page
cleaned up code and removed unnecessary bits
added scm player & imood

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(guest! book! guest! book!)

heres stuff i've used in one way or another

constantly updating, so feel free to check back in from time to time

this is an incomplete list, but is intended to show my appreciation for the resources that enabled me to build & weave this website! for now, this list is comprised mostly of art things, but once i get that to a satisfactory point i'll probably add some webdev stuff

when applicable, site buttons are included at the bottom!

current header background + guestbook: mostly homestuck tilesets here but there's a few different things! definitely worth a look
current favicon: yeah. you'd have to scroll down a bit to find mine specifically but it's somewhere on there
current animated background: yet another sadgrl resource, it's set up pretty nicely too
current non-animated background: definitely worth looking into, it has a ton of options. used it on my landing page in lieu of the animated background
cursor sparkle trail: i love this effect so much, this entire page has soooo many fun effects, i also use the wobbly text for my landing page and the googly eyes for my 404 page
web badges archive: this is for the reeeeal small 80x15 badges i have scattered around, they pretty much all came from here !
flight rising badges: made for their forums though pretty useful outside of it. have yet to use their stuff but they have so much they deserve a spot
yesterweb button archive: this is a cool archive of buttons, with ones i was not expecting (hello talkshow boy buttons)
userboxes tumblr account: seems to be fandom-focused, they're pretty cool though
internet bumper stickers: some of them suck (think "i hate my wife" humour) but the internet sections are generally pretty funny!
eggramen's buttons: this webmaster also has pretty good website layouts if you're interested
wilsoninfo: good site for oldstyle animations & clipart, used an animated book gif off there. also offers a bunch of fun webdev stuff like rollover image script generators and counters
special art credit: add this tamari when they least expect it

heres stuff i've used in one way or another

generally useful resources

currently using:

places to get buttons, badges, bumper stickers, & other graphics:

special credit shoutouts

site buttons!