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diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2f472e21 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.html @@ -0,0 +1,420 @@ +<style> +h2:not(.major-release) { + font-size: 1.1em; +} + +h2.major-release { + font-size: 1.4em; +} + +h2 { + margin-bottom: 0.4em; +} + +h3 { + margin: 0; + font-size: 1em; +} + +ul { + margin-top: 0.2em; + margin-bottom: 0.6em; +} +</style> + +<h2 id="DATE"><a href="#DATE">DATE - NAME</a></h2> +<h3>site changes</h3> +<ul> + <li>redesigned the homepage from the ground up to be a better landing page for the wiki! <ul> + <li>three groupings for the wiki index: New Releases, Fandom, Official, showing just a few so it's easy to navigate, with new buttons to view a complete grid listing</li> + <li>moved the "Explore the site!" links over to the newly wiki-wide header, placing albums front and center while leaving navigation links readily accessible</li> + <li>added a sidebar to the homepage, listing recent <a href="news/index.html">news entries</a> parallel with albums</li> + <li><strong style="color: red">todo: describe this lol</strong></li> + </ul></li> + <li>improved navigation all around the site, making the wiki as a whole more consistent</li> + <li>added lazy loading for images, so landing pages shouldn't take up nearly as much data, and will load quicker (especially noticeable for the <a href="flash/index.html">Flashes & Games</a> index!)</li> +</ul> +<h3>bug fixes</h3> +<ul> + <li>fixed a bug which meant chronology links (e.g "413th track by Toby Fox") for track artists weren't being displayed anymore</li> +</ul> +<h3>data changes</h3> +<ul> + <li>a bunch of additions to [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a]] and various credited artists, working with help from [[artist:nuclear]]! <ul> + <li>added lyrics to [[track:iron-infidel]] and [[track:bronze-page]]</li> + <li>added commentary to [[track:fuchsia-ruler]], [[track:gold-mage]]</li> + <li>added some remastered/remixed released of tracks: [[track:gold-mage-playtime-is-over-mix]], [[track:rags-of-rust]], [[track:teal-wings-and-scales]], [[track:violet-sea-breeze]] + <li>added credit links to [[artist:asiul]], [[artist:dallas-ross-hicks]], [[artist:david-dycus]], [[artist:digidigi66]], [[artist:elanor-pam]], [[artist:first-turn-fold]], [[artist:ian-white]], [[artist:jn-wiedle]], [[artist:kevin-grant]], [[artist:kitsu]], [[artist:leslie-hung]], [[artist:lynai-hicks]], [[artist:marcus-carline]], [[artist:plumegeist]], [[artist:shannon]], [[artist:willow-ascenzo]], and [[artist:zilon]] (sorry, i skipped a couple links - i'd rather avoid facebook/instagram links!)</li> + <li>fixed mis-double-crediting [[artist:magnum]] for the track art of [[track:olive-scribe]] - it's actually [[artist:wp]]!</li> + <li>renamed the artist [[artist:erupan]] (used to be Rebecca Ryberg)</li> + <li>renamed the artist [[artist:grim-harlequin]] (used to be Mingmingfurb)</li> + <li>renamed the artist [[artist:kajoinen]] (used to be Kajoi)</li> + <li>renamed the artist [[artist:kezinox]] (used to be Sinister Psyche)</li> + <li>renamed the artist [[artist:mathias-ramalho]] (used to be "Matthias", two t's)</li> + <li>renamed the artist [[artist:toghuchidraws]]</li> + <li>updated the youtube link for [[track:purple-tyrant]] to be the official upload</li> + </ul></li> + <li>added full commentary for [[track:rise-of-the-denizens]]!</li> + <li>fixed a bunch more typos in commentary, particularly for albums [[album:one-year-older]] and [[album:lofam2]]</li> + <li>fixed a typo which was keeping [[track:toccata-and-fugue-in-d-minor]] from showing up in the reference list of [[track:pipeorgankind]]</li> + <li>removed a duplicate youtube link for [[track:split-reality]]</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="10-oct-2020" class="major-release"><a href="#10-oct-2020">10 October 2020 - autumnal polish haul</a></h2> +<h3>new features</h3> +<ul> + <li>artist links will now have icons to jump directly to their personal websites most places they're linked</li> +</ul> +<h3>flash pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>moved the "tracks featured in" section above the "contributors" section, since the contributor list gets quite long in some cases</li> + <li>plus a variety of additions, see data changes section</li> +</ul> +<h3>data changes</h3> +<ul> + <li>three new solo albums archived: [[album:Labyrinth's Heart]], [[album:I Am Writing Myself A Dream In A Letter]], [[album:Exceptis Excipiendis]]; plus the 2011 collaborative album [[album:jailbreak]]</li> + <li>added track art for [[album:alternia]] and [[album:alterniabound]], brought over from the <a href="https://alterniaart.tumblr.com/">Alternia/Bound</a> track art anthology projects!</li> + <li>added album links to the index pages for [[album:Shortcuts]] and [[album:p-s]], since i forgot them last time (oops!)</li> + <li>added bandcamp links to the rereleased album [[album:prospit-and-derse]], plus remastered track art for [[track:hallowed-halls]]!</li> + <li>added thumbnail art for [[flash:pony2]]</li> + <li>added a bunch of pages for artists/contributors that were previously left linkless</li> + <li>added new flash pages for [[flash:7635]] and [[flash:2070]] (sorry, <a href="https://www.homestuck.com/story/4229">[S??????] ==></a> isn't getting the same treatment! :P)</li> + <li>added missing durations on [[track:galaxy-hearts]], [[track:fighting-spirit]], [[track:joy-and-dreams-eternal]], [[track:master-of-puppets]], and Bill Bolin's removed tracks (thanks, foreverFlummoxed!)</li> + <li>added better resolution track art for [[track:tomahawk-head]]</li> + <li>copied flash art credits info from <a href="https://www.homestuck.com/credits/art">Homestuck's Art Credits page</a></li> + <li>fixed [[flash:pq-vol9]] featuring [[Requiem]] (from [[album:Sburb]]) instead of [[track:requiem-labyrinths-heart]] (from [[album:Labyrinth's Heart]])</li> + <li>fixed [[flash:644]] and [[flash:651]] featuring "John Sleeps - Skaian Magicant" instead of [[track:john-sleeps-skaian-magicant]]</li> + <li>fixed contributor credits for [[track:minihoofs-adventure]] to correctly attribute vocals to [[artist:tavia-morra]] (was crediting "Tavio Morra")</li> + <li>fixed contributor credits for [[track:renewed-return]] to correctly attribute percussion to [[artist:jamie-paige-stanley]] (was crediting "Jamie Paige Stanely")</li> + <li>fixed contributor credits for [[track:spiders-eclipse]] to consistently capitalize [[artist:magnoliajades]]</li> + <li>fixed missing track art credits on [[track:meta-choices]]</li> + <li>fixed loads of typos made while transcribing commentary booklets for [[album:alterniabound]], [[album:lofam]], and [[album:homestuck-vol-10]], plus a few stray tracks throughout the rest of the discography (going to get to the rest of the albums too, but didn't have time before release!)</li> + <li>renamed the track [[track:lavender-lullaby]] (it used to be spelled "Lullably")</li> + <li>renamed the track [[track:additional-mayhem-universe-a]] (it used to be spelled "aditional")</li> + <li>renamed the artist saffronScarf to [[artist:hanni-brosh]] and fixed their DeviantArt link</li> + <li>renamed the artist Shad to [[artist:shad-andrews]]</li> + <li>renamed the ambiguous artist "Kat" to [[artist:kato]] in [[track:the-obsidian-towers]], and to [[artist:nyanface]] in [[track:gilded-sands]], [[track:cumulating-dreams]], [[track:buy-NAK-sell-DOOF]], [[track:Nakkadile]], [[track:planet-in-shadow]], and [[track:paradoxical-meteor-shower]]</li> + <li>added artist links for [[artist:bea]], [[artist:pride]], [[artist:kato]], and [[artist:shad-andrews]] (per credits in [[album:prospit-and-derse]] Bandcamp release)</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="24-july-2020" class="major-release"><a href="#24-july-2020">24 July 2020 - recompose, refine</a></h2> +<h3>new features</h3> +<ul> + <li>two new albums archived, both from <a href="http://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/">Casual Sunday</a> (a group of the artists behind countless homestuck tracks): [[album:Shortcuts]] and [[album:p-s]] + <li>added durations to every track, and rough total sums to album and artist pages</li> + <li>added keybindings (shift+N, shift+P, shift+R) for common navigation (respectively next, previous, random) on track, album, and flash pages</li> + <li>six new listings: <ul><li><a href="list/albums/by-duration/index.html">Albums - by Duration</a></li><li><a href="list/artists/by-duration/index.html">Artists - by Duration</a></li><li><a href="list/tracks/by-duration/index.html">Tracks - by Duration</a></li><li><a href="list/tracks/by-duration-in-album/index.html">Tracks - by Duration (in Album)</a></li><li><a href="list/tracks/in-flashes/by-album/index.html">Tracks - in Flashes & Games (by Album)</a></li><li><a href="list/tracks/in-flashes/by-flash/index.html">Tracks - in Flashes & Games (by First Feature)</a></li></ul></li> + <li>restructured the [[album:Unreleased Tracks]] album to be broken into four reorganized sections</li> +</ul> +<h3>data changes</h3> +<ul> + <li>added the track [[Friendship Aneurysm]] to the [[album:Squiddles!]] album</li> + <li>added some unreleased tracks by artists from the music team: [[Arisen Anew (Remaster)]], [[Cascade (Director's Cut)]]</li> + <li>added a bunch of commentary for [[Narrative Command]]</li> + <li>added lyrics for [[GameBro (Original 1990 Mix)]], [[GameGrl (Original 1993 Mix)]], [[Remember Me When I Am Gone Away]], [[Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station]], and [[An Apple Disaster!!]]</li> + <li>renamed the track [[John Sleeps / Skaian Magicant]] (it used to contain a dash)</li> + <li>renamed the track [[The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] (there used to be a typo)</li> + <li>added links to youtube pages for tracks, not just albums</li> + <li>added playlist links for [[album:[S] Collide.]] and [[album:Prospit & Derse]]</li> + <li>added contribution credits to [[Buy NAK Sell DOOF]]</li> + <li>tweaked the reference data for [[FIDUSPAWN, GO!]], [[The Blind Prophet]], [[Highland Thunder]], [[Irrelevance Event Horizon]], [[Hero's Growth]], and [[The Brave and the Bronze]] to show more referenced tracks</li> + <li>fixed the bandcamp link for [[Another Jungle]] (it was previously linking to <a href="https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaianet-2">Skaianet</a>)</li> + <li>fixed the commentary for [[Princess of Helium]] being attributed to Clark Powell instead of Tavia Morra</li> + <li>fixed the commentary for [[Violet Mariner]] being attributed to... "Violet Mariner" instead of Willow Ascenzo</li> + <li>fixed the commentary for [[Despot]] not showing up at all</li> + <li>fixed the link formatting in [[album:One Year Older]] commentary, so that they are automatically color-coded</li> + <li>fixed a typo in the commentary attribution for [[Another Chance]]</li> + <li>fixed the flash [[flash:5308]] incorrectly referencing "G4M3BL0RG" instead of [[G4M38L0RG]]</li> + <li>fixed the flash [[flash:5776]] incorrectly being named "[S] WHddddddEEEEE!" and referencing "A Very Trickster Mode Christmas (WHddddddEEEEE!)" instead of [[A Very Trickster Mode Christmas (WHEEEEEEEEEEE!)]] + <li>fixed the flash [[flash:7101]] incorrectly referencing [[Elevatorstuck]] and "with Meows" instead of [[Elevatorstuck, with Meows]]</li> + <li>changed the playlist links for a few albums (to official or better organized playlists)</li> + <li>changed existing youtube links to include the album playlist</li> + <li>generally aimed to include links to as many official releases as possible, including making new playlists which include these and can be updated as more are found (feel free to drop <a href="feedback/index.html">a contact</a>! much thanks to an emailer for helping out with this part of the update)</li> + <li>changed the links of theese tracks to not be extended releases: [[108 Stars of Density]], [[Crab Waltz]], [[Darling Dolorosa]], [[Elevatorstuck, with Meows]], [[G4M38L0RG]], [[GameGlr]], [[Hero's Growth]], [[The Brave and the Bronze]]</li> + <li>fixed the YouTube link for [[Trickster Mode (Blast Off)]] (it was linking to the video for [[Trickster Mode (Engage)]]) +</ul> +<h3>miscellaneous</h3> +<ul> + <li>reworked the way pages are generated to fix random buttons not working</li> + <li>changed the date format from "YYYY-MM-DD" (e.g. 2009-04-13) to "day, month name, year" (13 April 2009), as i meant to last update</li> + <li>changed the "and more to be added soon" text at the bottom of the fandom album list to "and more to be added at your request", and linked it to the feedback page</li> + <li>made track links on the changelog page color-coded</li> + <li>made album links <i>everywhere</i> color-coded, too</li> + <li>tweaked some margin styling so grouped lists should look better all around the site</li> +</ul> +<h3><i>later-in-day patch</i></h3> +<ul> + <li>added two new flashes, both featuring [[Fear of the Heavens]]: [[flash:3952]] and [[flash:7086]]</li> + <li>added another "flash", this one (indirectly) featuring [[Problem Sleuth Theme]]: [[flash:31]]</li> + <li>added [[Nic Cage Romance]] to the list of tracks featured in [[flash:2792]]</li> + <li>moved those last two tracks ([[Problem Sleuth Theme]], [[Nic Cage Romance]]) over to the "Tracks featured in Homestuck" section of [[album:Unreleased Tracks]]</li> + <li>added a new track [[Onett Theme]] to the list of tracks referenced in [[Secret ROM]]</li> + <li>hid [[album:Unreleased Tracks]] from the <a href="list/albums/by-date/index.html">Albums - by Date</a> and <a href="list/tracks/by-date/index.html">Tracks - by Date</a> listings</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="12-jun-20" class="major-release"><a href="#12-jun-20">12 June 2020 - happy birthday karkat</a></h2> +<h3>homepage</h3> +<ul> + <li>a new <a href="changelog/index.html">Changelog</a> page! you are probably reading it now.</li> + <li>two new albums: [[album:Rust Apocalypse]] by Willow Ascenzo, and the follow-up to [[album:Beforus]], [[album:Ancestral]]! +</ul> +<h3>flash pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>flash pages now have links at which they can be listened, besides just on homestuck.com! most importantly: links to HD recordings, so they can be watched at good resolution on any device</li> +</ul> +<h3>track pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>previously, all tracks required a URL to be added to the wiki; now, for tracks which don't have any links to be listened at online (but are still referenced by other tracks), they have been added alongside a message saying there aren't any listening links</li> + <li>as such, another full pass through <a href="https://homestuck.net/music/references.html">NSND</a> has been completed, and many tracks which weren't present on the wiki before have been added to the newly reorganized [[album:Unreleased Tracks]] album!</li> +</ul> +<h3>listings</h3> +<ul> + <li>the <a href="list/all-commentary/index.html">All Commentary</a> listing page has been tweaked so that links in commentary will follow the color of the album the commentary is from</li> + <li>the <a href="list/index.html">listing index</a> shows its list in the main content area now too, for when the sidebar is collapsed (see below!)</li> +</ul> +<h3>miscellaneous</h3> +<ul> + <li>a new navigation header added to every album, track, flash, and listing page, making the site considerably more usable on any device</li> + <li>the header has links to the previous and next (or random) track/flash, and chronology links have been moved into the header too, so you don't need to scroll to the bottom of the page to access them</li> + <li>on top of redoing the sidebar-header layout, changes to styling (collapsing the sidebar when the screen isn't very wide, for example) have made the site usable on mobile devices now!</li> + <li>also, some changes to the way pages are generated, to make the site usable from hit command-line web browser <a href="https://lynx.browser.org/">Lynx</a></li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="2-jun-20"><a href="#2-jun-20">2 June 2020 - track art for beyond canon</h2> +<ul> + <li>thanks to the folx who contributed art to and organized the <a href="https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/post/619761136023257089/unofficialmspafans-we-are-proud-to-announce-the">Beyond Canon Track Art Anthology</a>, the [[album:Beyond Canon]] album now has track art!</li> + <li>this anthology also came with a commentary booklet, and that (alongside the sketches contained!) has been transcribed into the wiki!</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="25-may-20" class="major-release"><a href="#25-may-20">25 May 2020 - albums, artists, and urls</a></h2> +<h3>homepage</h3> +<ul> + <li>another four new fandom albums! [[album:Sburb OST]], [[album:Beforus]], [[album:Strife 2]], [[album:Perfectly Generic Album]]</li> + <li>the entire homepage has been restructured, placing official albums from the music team for <i>Homestuck^2: Beyond Canon</i> front and center, and generally adding flare to the rest of the page too</li> + <li>a <meta> tag has been added to the homepage, so hsmusic's search result that comes up when you look up "homestuck music wiki" is a lot prettier</li> +</ul> +<h3>album pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>links to listen to the full album have <i>finally</i> been added to album pages, including bandcamp as well as youtube links (both full album and playlist) wherever available</li> + <li>chronology links now contain credits for cover artists, so they'll show up on album pages too</li> +</ul> +<h3>track pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>chronology links for contributors to tracks as well as the main musicians! check out [[You Killed My Father (Prepare To Die)]] by team dogfight, for example +</ul> +<h3>flash pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>chronology links have been added to flash pages too!</li> +</ul> +<h3>artist pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>artist pages - both musicians and cover artists - now have links to explore their work outside of homestuck</li> + <li>many, many artists whose names are either typo'd or out of date or otherwise duplicate have been updated, making artist pages a considerably more reliable resource than they were before</li> + <li>behind the scenes, lots of code changes to make accidentally typo'd or duplicate artist names much more difficult</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="15-apr-20"><a href="#15-apr-20">15 April 2020 - chronology links</a></h2> +<ul> + <li>"chronology links" have been added to the bottom of the sidebar on track pages</li> + <li>these let you follow through the history of an artist's contributions without having to navigate back and forth between their own artist page</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="13-apr-20"><a href="#13-apr-20">13 April 2020 - beyond canon</a></h2> +<ul> + <li>the new official album [[album:Beyond Canon]] has been transcribed! pretty minimal commentary and no track art, as yet.</li> + <li>pages for the routes of Hiveswap: Friendsim and Pesterquest were added to the <a href="flash/index.html">Flashes</a> page!</li> + <li>the new "flash" pages contain full credits for their authors and asset artists, and these can be explored like any other link</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="31-mar-20"><a href="#31-mar-20">31 March 2020 - typo fixes from foreverFlummoxed</a></h2> +<ul> + <li>per foreverFlummoxed's <a href="https://forum.homestuck.xyz/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=151&sid=4d28b089724502b9019dd52c0fc7cdb2&start=20#p14209">excellent page-checking</a>, a bunch of typos and missing track art around the site have been fixed!</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="18-mar-20"><a href="#18-mar-20">18 March 2020 - more sburb commentary</a></h2> +<ul> + <li>the [[album:Sburb]] solo album was rereleased by its artist, so Bandcamp links have been copied to its track pages, as have the new commentary released with it</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="16-mar-20" class="major-release"><a href="#16-mar-20">16 March 2020 - Land of Fans and Music <small>(and References and Randomness and Art and Also Some Other Stuff)</small></a></h2> +<h3>homepage</h3> +<ul> + <li>four new albums archived (and their booklets transcribed): [[album:Land of Fans and Music]], [[album:Land of Fans and Music 2]], [[album:Land of Fans and Music 3]], and [[album:Land of Fans and Music 4]]</li> + <li>(the commentary booklets transcribed here are hilarious and very insightful and there are a bunch of easter eggs - check them out!)</li> + <li>another new "album", [[album:Unreleased Tracks]], containing tracks which were never released but were either referenced in released tracks or included in flash animations</li> + <li>the text of the link to the feedback page has been changed from "Feedback" to "Feedback & Suggestions"</li> +</ul> +<h3>listings</h3> +<ul> + <li>two new listings: <a href="list/tracks/by-times-referenced/index.html">Tracks - by Times Referenced</a> and <a href="list/random/index.html">Random Pages</a></li> + <li>if you're bored and don't know here to start exploring, the Random Pages listing has a bunch of links that will decide for you! (it does require JavaScript, though)</li> +</ul> +<h3>album/track pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>these got their share of randomness too, in the form of a new "Random Track" link at the bottom of the sidebar</li> + <li>cover art can now have a distinct release date from the album, which is the case for anthology projects that organize art for an album after it has been released</li> +</ul> +<h3>artist pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>track credit listings already showed collaborators in contribution lines; now cover art credits do too, e.g. the page for <a href="artist/mika-b/index.html">Mika B.</a></li> +</ul> +<h3>miscellaneous</h3> +<ul> + <li>the <a href="https://sollay-b.tumblr.com/post/188094230423/hello-a-couple-of-years-ago-allyssinian">Homestuck Vol. 5 Anthology</a> has been mirrored in the [[album:Homestuck Vol. 5]] album page</li> + <li>a new feature acknowledgements section has been added to the <a href="about/index.html">About & Credits</a> page</li> + <li>a bunch of code changes to make expanding the wiki a fair bit less difficult</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="1-mar-20" class="major-release"><a href="#1-mar-20">1 March 2020 - embracing fanon</a></h2> +<h3>homepage</h3> +<ul> + <li>the homepage is now split into two sections: "Fandom" and "Official"</li> + <li>only one fandom album now, [[album:Diverging Delicacies]], but more to come soon</li> + <li>the official album grid listing was changed to sort the newest releases closest to the top of the page, as bandcamp orders releases, to keep consistent with the fandom grid listing (where we want new releases to stand out right away)</li> +</ul> +<h3>track pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>the "tracks that referenced" list is now grouped into two sections: official and fandom</li> +</ul> +<h3>flashes</h3> +<ul> + <li>a CSS change targeting the homepage inadvertently made the headings on the flash index look very fancy, and i kept this because it looks cool</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="7-feb-20" class="major-release"><a href="#7-feb-20">7 February 2020 - flash pages</a></h2> +<h3>homepage</h3> +<ul> + <li>link to the new <a href="flash/index.html">Flashes</a> index page</li> +</ul> +<h3>flash pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>an individual page for each flash, and a new grid-style index (like the homepage) to collect them all, grouped by act</li> + <li>each flash gets its own unique thumbnail (except A6I4 flashes, please forgive me troll clown jegus)</li> + <li>every flash page has a link to play the flash on homestuck.com, its page number, release date, and a list of the tracks featured in it</li> + <li>the code to generate sidebar was absolute hell to write</li> + <li><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/19708732/chapters/46642894">jadevris</a></li> +</ul> +<h3>track pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>a track's page will list the flashes in which it's been referenced, e.g. [[Elevatorstuck]]</li> +</ul> +<h3>artist pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>within the list of tracks an artist has contributed music to, if that track has been featured in any flashes, those will be listed on the track's contribution line</li> +</ul> +<h3>miscellaneous</h3> +<ul> + <li>switched a couple artist names around, for consistency with credits in the latest release ([[album:Homestuck Vol. 10]])</a> + <li>added a new <a href="feedback/index.html">Feedback</a> page, with links to contact me; this is also linked from the homepage</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="14-jan-20"><a href="#14-jan-20">14 January 2020 - commentary for Sburb</a></h2> +<ul> + <li>copied commentary for the [[album:Sburb]] album, per descriptions of the YouTube videos</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="6-dec-19"><a href="#6-dec-19">6 December 2019 - commentary for [S] Collide.</a></h2> +<ul> + <li>copied commentary from James Roach on twitter about his contributions to the [[album:[S] Collide.]] album</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="3-dec-19"><a href="#3-dec-19">3 December 2019 - commentary & lyrics</a></h2> +<ul> + <li>copied over official commentary booklets for three official albums - [[album:AlterniaBound]], [[album:One Year Older]], [[album:Homestuck Vol. 10]] - beginning a long tale of booklet transcription going forward</li> + <li>added a new section to track pages for lyrics, e.g. on [[Temporal Shenanigans]]</li> + <li>added two new listing pages: <a href="list/tracks/with-lyrics/index.html">Tracks - with Lyrics</a> and <a href="list/all-commentary/index.html">All Commentary</a></li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="24-nov-19" class="major-release"><a href="#24-nov-19">24 November 2019 - so many new pages</a></h2> +<h3>homepage / "About & Credits"</h3> +<ul> + <li>moved the intro message to a new <a href="about/index.html">About & Credits</a> page</li> + <li>structured the site credits list more nicely there</li> + <li>added a new "Explore the site!" box on the homepage, linking to the about page as well as the new <a href="list/index.html">listings index</a></li> +</ul> +<h3>listings</h3> +<ul> + <li>completely new pages for exploring the wiki in completely new ways; they serve as an alternative to writing a dynamic search engine, because github doesn't let us write a custom backend and client-side javascript sucks</li> + <li>all linked from <a href="list/index.html">listings index</a>, accessible through the sidebar</li> + <li>there are nine of these but if you doubt i'm going to list them all, you're wrong</li> + <li><a href="list/albums/by-name/index.html">Albums - by Name:</a> every album, sorted alphabetically</li> + <li><a href="list/albums/by-date/index.html">Albums - by Date:</a> every album, sorted chronologically (at the time this was no different than the homepage grid listing's sort, but today it contains fandom albums interweaved with official ones)</li> + <li><a href="list/albums/by-tracks/index.html">Albums - by Tracks:</a> every album, sorted by number of tracks</li> + <li><a href="list/artists/by-name/index.html">Artists - by Name:</a> every artist, sorted by name (this also shows the number of contributions each artist has made next to their name)</li> + <li><a href="list/artists/by-commentary/index.html">Artists - by Commentary:</a> every artist, sorted by number of commentary entries</li> + <li><a href="list/artists/by-contribs/index.html">Artists - by Contributions:</a> every artist, sorted by number of contributions (times credited as a contributor, to music or art, on any track or album)</li> + <li><a href="list/tracks/by-name/index.html">Tracks - by Name:</a> every track, sorted alphabetically</li> + <li><a href="list/tracks/by-album/index.html">Tracks - by Album:</a> every track, grouped by album</li> + <li><a href="list/tracks/by-date/index.html">Tracks - by Date:</a> every track, grouped by release date</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="19-nov-19"><a href="#19-nov-19">19 November 2019 - grouped artist listings</a></h2> +<ul> + <li>artist page credit listings have been sigificantly restructured (<a href="media/misc/changelog/old-artist-page.png">before</a>, <a href="media/misc/changelog/new-artist-page.png">after</a>)</li> + <li>contributions are now grouped by album (or more specifically, by release date, which is noteworthy in the case of [[album:Homestuck Vol. 1-4]], which was originally released over a period of four distinct dates, plus one for the final compiled album release)</li> + <li>because it's easy to see where tracks are referenced now, dim contribution lines (showing tracks which reference a track by the specific artist, but were not otherwise contributed to by them) have been removed</li> + <li>the lists aren't numbered anymore because, with this grouping, it was sort of ambiguous whether that referred to a track's position in the album or if it was a continuous counter of the artist's contributions (it was the latter); both such counters can now be displayed by holding still the cursor over a contribution line for a moment</li> + <li>removed a few referenced-track contributions i'd missed switching to the new format (distinct reference lists) earlier</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="18-nov-19"><a href="#18-nov-19">18 November 2019 - high-res cover art</a></h2> +<ul> + <li>copied cover art from <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homestuck/comments/dn2s69/i_was_prepared_for_this_eventuality_and_also/">this archive</a>, which was originally compiled by clicking each cover art off the bandcamp to get a higher-resolution cover art (it is intentionally still less than the resolution gotten in purchased album downloads, for particularly high-res art)</li> + <li>commentary for [[album:Hiveswap Act 1 OST]]</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="16-nov-19" class="major-release"><a href="#16-nov-19">16 November 2019 - track references & commentary</a></h2> +<h3>homepage</h3> +<ul> + <li>got rid of the twitter link on my name and added two links in its place - my twitter and reddit accounts - as well as a note that suggestions and feedback are welcome</li> +</ul> +<h3>track pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>track references show up in a dedicated list now</li> + <li>forward-facing reference links: track pages list not just the tracks they reference, but the tracks <i>which reference them</i></li> + <li>reference data is from <a href="https://homestuck.net/music/references.html"><dfn title="nobody knows what NSND stands for">NSND</dfn></a> (credited on the homepage)</li> + <li>"listen on" links show up before the contributor list instead of after; reference list after contributor list</li> + <li>at the very bottom, a new section for artist commentary, largely copied from <a href="https://pastebin.com/gqpHsKkE">this pastebin</a></li> +</ul> +<h3>artist pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>added a message describing dim contribution lines: "Dim tracks are tracks that this artist contributed only a based-upon song to."</li> + <li>for tracks with multiple contributors, those are listed as well, e.g. "(with Michael Guy Bowman)"</li> + <li>note that this doesn't include "contributors" who only provided a referenced track, since those are now stored in a list separate from the contributors list</li> + <li>a new section for commentary</li> + <li>a "jump to" paragraph at the top, to quickly scroll to any of the track/art/commentary sections</li> +</ul> + +<h2 class="major-release" id="15-nov-19"><a href="#15-nov-19">15 November 2019 - initial release</a></h2> +<h3>initial release of the website</h3> +<ul> + <li>published <a href="https://github.com/hsmusic/hsmusic.github.io/">on github</a> with code under the GPL; hosted on hsmusic.github.io</li> + <li>advertised exclusively <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homestuck/comments/dwtc4w/i_made_a_wiki_for_homestuck_albums_including/">on reddit</a></li> + <li>(and maybe twitter but my account has long been deleted)</li> +</ul> +<h3>homepage</h3> +<ul> + <li>an intro message which has since been moved to <a href="about/index.html">About & Credits</a></li> + <li>a grid listing for the albums: all official releases, from [[album:Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead]] through [[album:Hiveswap Friendsim]]</li> +</ul> +<h3>album pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>album name, release date, track listing, cover art & art credits</li> + <li>solo albums also show their artist</li> +</ul> +<h3>track pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>track name, release date, artists (musicians), cover art & art credits</li> + <li>links to listen to the track too (and code to convert URLs into human-readable site names, e.g. "YouTube" or "Bandcamp" or "(External)")</li> + <li>rudimentary leitmotif reference credits in the form of "Contributors" list</li> + <li>contributors list also contains credited collaborators on the track, e.g. producers, vocalists</li> +</ul> +<h3>artist pages</h3> +<ul> + <li>name, track and art credits</li> + <li>artist pages look quite different from today but serve the same purpose of listing their contributions</li> + <li><a href="changelog-misc/old-artist-page.png">here's an example</a></li> + <li>credits are all in one numbered list; most are just the name of the track contributed to and the album it's from</li> + <li>for tracks where an artist made a specific contribution, that's mentioned too, e.g. "Sburban Countdown (arrangement)"</li> + <li>if a musician's contribution is simply a track which was referenced, the line for that contribution is slightly dim (it still contributes to the counter)</li> +</ul> |