Tracking the changes I make to this website. Loosely following the Keep a Changelog format. Dates are yyyy-mm-dd because that's obvious and logical.
2026
2026-03-01
- Migrated to PureBlog, an awesome project by Kev Quirk.
- Created a Tags page with a little tag cloud
- Created an Archive page with all my posts in chronological order
2025
2025-11-08
- Changed home page (again!) to show the latest posts.
2025-10-22
- Changed home page back to a custom static page!
- Updated About with a list of all Slash pages on the site
2025-10-20
- Added a custom About page
- Changed home page to show the latest posts again. Still on the fence about this.
2025-10-17
- Added GoatCounter analytics
2025-09-18
- Changed home page
<img>tag to use srcset and sizes (calling microblog's image endpoint) for better responsiveness and page loading time on mobile. - Added email obfuscation to the home page
2025-09-11
- Added a Reply by Mail button to my blog posts
2025-09-03
- Changed order of sections on /blog page
- Added a little TOC to my /things page, in the same style I did with /blog and /books. Also, updated with some new favourite things.
2025-08-30
- Added a Cookbooks section to my /books
2025-08-25
- Fixed CSS for homepage image aspect ratio
2025-08-21
- Added a custom homepage
2025-08-20
- Added a /notes page for my micro blogging / short format / snapshots content.
- Added a /blog page for my articles and photos.
- Added a /feeds page listing all my RSS feeds.
2025-08-12
- Fixed main content block margins on mobile
- Added a /things page
2025-08-10
- Added a cute
box-shadowto header and main elements 💜 - Added links to social media and to webrings
- Added a dark theme colour scheme
2025-08-09
- Added this /changelog page
- Changed the colour scheme from white and minimal to green and purple
From this point on, I am backfilling my changelog based on Github commits and Wayback Machine screenshots.
2025-07-21
- Changed color scheme from pure white to beige/brown
2025-07-06
- Signed up to micro.blog! Wrote my first blog post! Moved my domain name!
2025-05-19
- Created a new static site using Astro
Before 2025
From 2024-12 to 2025-02 I was using Adobe Portfolio and showcasing photo galleries. No blogging. Found no screenshots.
From 2023-11 to 2024-12 I was using Publii to host a blog about my progress learning piano. Found no screenshots.
From 2020-08 to 2023-11 I had a Gatsby static site that was supposed to be my return to blogging, on which I wrote a total of two posts, lol.
From 2018-03 to 2020-08 I had a static site built by hand (html, css, js), no blogging. The site is still live on github pages and I still love it!
On 2012-05-04 I bought the domain name mairamartins.com. From that day until 2018-03, I had a website and blog on Wordpress about my wedding photography business. The design went through several changes over the years, but I found a screenshot of the final iteration on the Wayback Machine.
From 2005 to 2012 I have blogged under several different domain names, using Blogger/Blogspot and Wordpress, mostly about my life -- college, moving out of home, moving to a bigger city, moving to a different country, getting married, getting a dog...