DevLog #9 - 3/10/2023
made a todo page where i'll list future plans or tasks that need to get done
tinkering around with site theme radio switch on a test page
added a sitemap to the l337 directory
restyled and improved both the ui and the backend for the anime rank page
might make some of the style choices i added to the anime page universal because i think it looks really nice
DevLog #8 - 3/1/2023
long time no update
been working on other projects, mostly web scrapers with Python and cURL, but some work has been done on the site
that work being almost entirely restricted to the /fiction/kbj page, but work nonetheless
firstly, to any chrome users who saw the old font, i'm horribly sorry, i had no idea it was that bad, that has been fixed
beyond that, i redesigned the color scheme to be different from the rest of the site, added a mini nav bar for other pages i either have or want to make, added photos to the art page, added a bit of content to the trauma, pride, and lore page, and have done a lot of speculation for what i want to do with this subdirectory
i'm probably going to end up making it like a mini-wiki page, so if you like reading about other people's d&d campaigns, stay tuned
there was also another snafu with the external drive i was backing this site up to, basically it died and started corrupting things, it was 7 years old though so i shouldn't be surprised
so i plugged in a 64gb thumb drive there instead to backup files to, and that died as well, it was brand new so i am definitely surprised
and so now i have my second 64 thumb drive plugged in and getting backups and i'm still contemplating spraying it with holy water
future plans:
slowly make a d&d wiki page, add shitposts and more content through the site, start actually doing the tea blog (i have filled out one entry and added two more), and maybe make some ui changes
outside of all that, as usual, anything said previously that is not added yet is also fair game for updates (i should really just make a todo page or list to keep track of everything, might do that now tbh)
DevLog #7 - 2/14/2023
the security update!
got https working finally! turns out i just forgot to open port 443, so of course upgrading to https would brick the site
anyway, in addition to https, i also added non-default 404 and 403 error pages
they're still incredibly generic and i'll need to make them look pretty, but at least they exist
also restricted directory traversal through the browser, so you nosey folk can't look at my naked files
to-do:
well the site still looks like barren shit in most places, so i guess i gotta fix that
i also want to enable headers in apache to set up origin policies and x-frame options, so i'll probably look into that
i'm also getting a lot of connectivity issues when connecting to the actual domain and not locally, so i'll look into that because i have no idea if that's affecting anyone else but me
no other immediate ideas coming to mind, so i guess anything in previous to-do's that haven't been addressed yet are also fair game
also, happy valentines day <3
DevLog #6 - 2/13/2023
taken the time to organize my directory structure so it should be more intuitive for me to work on, and i've re-organized the front end according to my back end changes so that navigating is more intuitive
the nav bar was getting a bit cluttered, so changed it from direct links to sites, into categories where i can add sites to
should also make it easier for me to add new pages because i don't need to edit every single nav bar anymore (only if i add a new category)
i also created a script and a crontab to automatically back everything up to an external drive every night, so if i make a big goof or my raspberry pi breaks somehow, i have a contingency plan
next plans remain the same mostly, but priority is going to go to adding error page configurations and restricting access to certain areas
also, i still want to get ssl set up so traffic is secure, but i haven't gotten around to looking back into that yet since the last fiasco
and of course, now i have even more pages to fill with stuff, so i gotta do that
DevLog #5 - 2/11/2023
again, not much development cause social stuff, and probably wont be too much in the near future
however, i did add a (as of now) secret page that tracks all my dnd shenanigans
fully fleshed out and everything, just need to make a link to it from my home page, or something
to-do, in addition to previously mentioned things:
want to rework the navigation system so i don't have to update several different pages every time i make something new
and also so there's not a dozen different options on the home page, it's a little overwhelming
also if there's a way i can help it, make my css and index pages more centralized
DevLog #4 - 2/7/2023
not a big update, been busy with a certification exam and social life stuff
first update, tried to get an ssl cert and bricked the website, so undid those changes and will attempt again later
second update, i removed the bideo games navigation section and replaced it with trash panda appreciation, still plan to add bideo game stuff and the files still exist, just not right now
final update, got some new cybersec books that i added to the end of my resources page and clarified which books i have actually read
haven't decided if i'm going to add tangentially related books to the end of my resources tab (like quantum computing or high-tech warfare books)
to-do, uhh, everything still (refer to devlog 3)
also i want to add some way to change background for some user customization
DevLog #3 - 2/2/2023
yea yea devlog on same day as last one, i didn't feel like updating it
anyway, i finally got a domain name so i don't have to send people my ip address (not like they can't get it anyway, but it feels more professional)
i also added content to most of the rest of the pages so they aren't barren wastelands, just have to add stuff to bideo games
future plans:
i still need to get a valid certificate so the site isn't insecure, and pretty things up because that will be a forever project
then of course give some love to the bideo games tab
and as a final goal i think i need more images of random things and to steal more from other web developers, i haven't stolen anything in a while and it kinda shows
oh and i still need to remake the 404 and 403 error code pages
DevLog #2 - 2/2/2023
the clusterfuck update!
so in trying to configure settings and move files around i both accidentally deleted all the files (luckily not directories) in my root folder
and also deleted myself from the passwd file trying to give myself root privileges
luckily i had my site open in a browser so i could just copy the html from there, remade some of the other files i accidentally deleted, and i did get my user account back after much trial and error
other than that, i made a universal navigation bar and mostly organized my file structure so things should be more intuitive for both of us
future plans:
still need to get a domain name, add content to half the pages, pretty things up, recreate the custom error pages i had, and really need to start making backups because we're on two fucky wuckies and it's only update number 2
DevLog #1 - 2/1/2023
started site on 1/30/2023 so log will include all that
was inspired after finding
maia.crimew and
remiiii's pages to make my own
have been shamelessly stealing content and browsing stackoverflow since
work that went into setting things up:
installing apache2 on raspberry pi, configuring router to forward port 80 to said raspberry pi, setting up ssh on raspberry pi so i don't have to connect it to a keyboard and monitor, attempted to configure a static ip on raspberry pi (unsuccesful so if site goes missing, you know why)
content i have added since i started working:
dumb little header introduction thingamabop, brief description, homepage, css template, UNC project page, cybersec list page, tinkaton appreciation page (she funy :3), tea blog :3, favicon, titles, and a lot of testing different theme ideas
things i want to do:
make this devlog look pretty, make a universal menu, get a domain name, make the bideo game and anime list windows, more pictures, automatic process to make backups (in case of fucky wucky)