Changelog

v1.5c

2026.02.03

  • CSS:
    – Header significantly revised
    – Search and language selection now in the header in desktop view
    – Main navigation only at low resolution
    – Stylistically adapted subtitles for images
    – Many language-related new variables and classes
     
  • WordPress:
    – The entire basic blog is now trilingual: German, English, and Chinese (simplified)
    – There are now separate pieces of wisdom in Chinese
    – Only a few posts will be translated into Chinese

v1.5

2026.02.02

  • CSS:
    – Accent color changed from the original red to several shades of blue
    – Slightly edited background image added (blue sky by Fabrizio Conti on unsplash)
    – Improved mobile scrolling behavior
    – Removed color effect from content images, added brightness instead
    – All areas now have hover animation and glass/blur effects
    – Link highlighting adjusted by underlining, color scheme adjusted
    – Category formatting adjusted
    – Error pages and search results adjusted

v1.4

2026.02.01

  • CSS:
    – Everything rounded: border-radius: 22 px for main shapes, 16px for inner children
    – Ivory Search heavily modified to match the new design (!important)
    – Hover animations in the index and for images and galleries, including color effects
    – Box shadows for main shapes, color-adjusted in dark mode
    – Spacing for everything increased to 30px or 20px
    – Mobile menu now animated and color-adjusted
    – Comment button recolored and animated
    – Links are now only underlined on hover

v1.3

2026.01.30

  • PHP / HTML:
    – Improved search function: Layout
    – Adjusted line breaks in irrelevant places
     
  • CSS:
    – All titles are now bold and larger
    – Spacing improved on a technical level, especially in the mobile view
    – Special solution for the title of setups, embedded in the respective post
    – Date in the index now colored and italicized
    – Table headers colored with an additional class, column(s) of my choice as well
    – Link styling in the footer and site info
    – Last “straight corners” design

v1.2

2026.01.29

  • PHP / HTML:
    – Continued tidying up and added more comments
     
  • CSS:
    – Some changes to the search function
    – Text sizes adjusted, especially in the mobile view
    – Grayscale standardized
     
  • WordPress:
    – Significantly more English random wisdom

v1.1

2026.01.28

  • PHP / HTML:
    – Tidying and annotations
     
  • JS:
    – Button to scroll up moved and animation time adjusted
     
  • CSS:
    – Same width for all content (including headers and footers)
    – 20px spacing between footer elements
    – 20px spacing between header and menu
    – Color adjustments in dark mode
    – Color adjustments for text in light mode
     
  • WordPress:
    – The entire footer is now bilingual, just like the content
    – There are now separate random wisdoms in English

v1.0

2026.01.27

After over a year of constant tinkering, I am satisfied with the basics and am upgrading this blog to version 1.0.
The latest changes were:

  • PHP / HTML:
    – Credits in footer now with links
     
  • CSS:
    – Padding of the main container adjusted to 20px to ensure uniform spacing
     
  • Minor adjustments to the layout of the privacy policy and disclaimer
  • Preparations for the bilingual conversion of all posts and blog content

v0.9

2026.01.20

What did I not document, of course?
That’s right, the constant minor changes to the blog template, plugins, etc. True to the motto “The code is the documentation.”

This changelog was introduced today on January 20, 2026 to document the technical changes, at least in the future. Last year, many minor and major adjustments were made to the original template and this blog, including:

  • PHP:
    – Many translations and text adjustments that were hardcoded
    – The positioning and format of the publication date
    – Menu adjustments
    – Number of views at the end of each post, bottom right
    – Error pages
     
  • HTML:
    – Text formatting
    – Line breaks
    – Standard pages such as search results
     
  • CSS:
    – Color changes
    – Paddings and margins everywhere
    – Small “thumbnail icon” in the top right corner of the post
    – A few things for the mobile view
    – Font sizes and types changed
     
  • Plugins:
    – Code Block Pro is now the plugin for displaying source code
    – WP Dark Mode for switching between light and dark mode in the bottom right corner
    – Ivory Search for a very powerful (live) search function
    – Image Source Control Lite for the legally required source citation of images
    – Firelight Lightbox for a visually appealing way to display images
    – Easy Quotes for random quotes in the footer
    – CookieYes to comply with the GDPR
    – Polylang for bilingualism (German/English)
    – Post Views Counter for post view counts
    – Yoast SEO to optimize content for search engines
     
  • WordPress:
    – Very granular categories, bilingual
    – Templates for everything imaginable
    – Getting used to the “new” block editor took some time
    – Wordfence security has proven to be effective; AI bots, crawlers, and brute force automation attacks bombard this blog from time to time

v0.1

2024.12.26

Hello World, I chose the free “Cube Blog” template from Kantipur Themes as my basis.
Of course, I’m changing just about everything as my goal is to create a very clear, uncluttered blog.

So, rubber gloves off and let’s dive into PHP, HTML, and CSS.