Website Updates: Improvements & New Features
What developments have taken place today?
Several improvements and refinements have been implemented across various parts of the website’s user interface and backend data handling. These updates focus on enhancing presentation, improving search functionality, optimizing database structures, and ensuring consistent styling. Specifically, date formatting has been adjusted for visual clarity, the maximum number of posts returned in searches has been significantly increased, and a modern grid layout has been introduced for displaying project statistics, incorporating responsive design principles.
A key enhancement involves the addition of tag support to post listings, achieved through new template functions and database schema modifications. This allows for associating tags with posts, presenting them as clickable links alongside post information. Furthermore, significant changes have been made to the display of weekly project statistics, prioritizing current relevance and utilizing a grid layout that adapts to different screen sizes. The breadcrumb navigation has also received attention, with adjustments to font size, color, background styling, and margin to improve visual hierarchy and prominence.
Database modifications include adding a “tags” column to the “post” table, alongside an accompanying migration script for rollback purposes. This addition is coupled with the removal of previously used “slug” and “tags” columns. Additionally, several stylistic updates have been implemented across various elements, including links within breadcrumbs and text sizes/colors to ensure visual consistency. Finally, a substantial increase in the number of posts returned by search queries has been made, intending to improve user experience through expanded results.
These changes collectively contribute to a more organized, visually appealing, and informative website experience for users, while also laying groundwork for future enhancements like tag-based filtering and improved data management within the database.
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