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+date = 2023-01-03
+title = "Recent Website Changes"
+description = "A quick review on this website's recent changes."
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+
+## The State of This Website
+
+Over the years, this website has changed URLs, styles, content focus, and much
+more. However, it seems that I am never done, as I am yet again changing this
+page to fit my current needs and wants.
+
+While this site was already minimal (~12kb), it contained a lot of disorganized
+content and some poorly chosen color schemes.
+
+The recent updates attempt to fix these items while focusing on what I truly
+care about here: the content within each page.
+
+## Recent Changes
+
+I've made quite a few changes to the style of this website today, both in the
+CSS and in the HTML.
+
+Here are some of the key takeaways from today's changes:
+
+1. Reduce the width of the website from `60em` to `40em`.
+2. Remove breadcrumb navigation and replaced with a simple "Return Home" link
+when visiting anything other than the homepage.
+3. Remove syntax highlighting from code blocks. CSS now loads from a single
+file.
+4. Move blog posts on the homepage to the top, pushing tertiary content down.
+5. Update font-family from `monospace` to `sans-serif` for readability.
+
+## Future Focus
+
+### Accessibility
+
+My main focus amidst all the changes this past year was accessibility.
+I tried to improve the accessibility of all pages on this site as well as I 
+know how.
+For example, I added aria labels to identify different navigation menus in 
+November.
+
+I want to continue this in 2023 and learn more about the accessibility features
+I can utilize to help those who may need them.
+
+### Content First
+
+Beyond accessibility, I am making a concerted effort to bring the content of
+this site to the forefront and push the tertiary information (e.g., About Me,
+Services, etc.) down below the content.
+
+Further, I want to review and edit previous blog posts for grammar, accuracy,
+dead links, and more. Where necessary, I may even add a blurb at the top of old
+posts that are no longer accurate or helpful.
+
+### Style
+
+As always, I will be searching for ways to reduce distractions and bring a
+minimalistic approach to this site. While there are certainly more drastic
+measures I could take, such as making this a [Shinobi
+Website](https://shinobi.bt.ht) or a [No CSS Website](https://nocss.club), I
+prefer to keep some modern features here.
+
+Two ideas have been floating around in my head, but I am not sure how I feel
+about these approaches yet:
+
+1. Going all-in with Emacs org-mode and creating a script to auto-publish all my
+blog posts from org-mode to plain HTML files and then letting my CSS style it
+after the fact.
+2. Focus on publishing for Gemini or Gopher and then utilize a conversion
+program to translate the pages to HTML.
+
+## Looking Back
+
+As I sit here and finalize the changes, as well as this post, I am happy with
+the current state of this website. It's certainly a long way from my first
+attempts (parallax background images, anyone?) and it's good to see the
+progress.
+
+I can only hope and work hard to ensure that I make more meaningful progress by
+this time next year.