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I like keeping a record of every change I make - it's satisfying to look back and see how far the site has come. Newest updates at the top. I use little version numbers like a real project.
Changed the whole site to a clean white background because it's easier to read and to print. Also added a "Videos" page where I recommend astronomy videos from NASA, Crash Course, Kurzgesagt and SciShow Space, with a note on why I chose each one.
Made the whole site work properly on phones with a slide-down menu. Added a "skip to content" link, better colour contrast, and arrow-key support in the explorer. Chose the domain lifeofastar.com.au.
Added a live search box so you can filter terms as you type, and added a bunch of new words I'd been collecting (gauss, starquake, parallax and more).
Built a 12-question self-marking quiz in JavaScript with explanations for every answer, plus a "knowledge challenge" with harder open questions.
This is my flagship topic so I made it the biggest page: added soft gamma repeaters, giant flares, the magnetic field comparison tool, and a magnetar diagram I drew in code.
Learned SVG and JavaScript and built an interactive explorer you can click through, plus a stellar evolution tree diagram and a comparison chart of how stars end.
The one-page site got too long, so I broke it into an Astronomy intro, the Life of a Star, and Magnetars. Added the first version of the glossary and a star life cycle diagram.
My very first website! One page, plain styling, just my Science Quest magnetar research typed up in HTML. Wonky but I was so proud of it.