As per the title.
This is an old theme that I haven't updated since before Google did something to Blogger and everything changed (again). I feel old just grumbling about this kind of stuff.
So I might change the theme in the future, but for now, it's at least readable on a mobile / narrow screen.
Every so often I remember I have this place. So today I figured instead of trying to remember to add another bookmark to my list of a thousand or so, and instead of opening yet another .txt file to store my thoughts, I'd make a blog post about it!
In 2024!
Anyhow this was inspired by me fixing an issue I was having with GitHub Pages that was in no way clear from GitHub's own documentation, which I eventually resolved by tracking down their "legacy worker" blog post:
https://github.blog/changelog/2024-07-08-pages-legacy-worker-sunset/
Critically, it says:
Alternatively, if GitHub Actions is unavailable or disabled, adding a .nojekyll file to the root of your source branch will bypass the Jekyll build process and deploy the content directly.
Now, let's say I have a GitHub project. And, hypothetically, let's say GitHub Actions have been disabled. You might assume that "the root of your source branch" means, well, the root.
You'd be wrong!
It actually means the root of the folder you've chosen to use for your GitHub Pages deployment, in said source branch. So if you've chosen /docs, the .nojekyll file actually needs to be inside /docs, and not directly underneath /.
The More You Know™
Been thinking about Blogger for a while, on and off. Always want to do something with it, but rarely find the time.
Turns out Blogger doesn't recognise my account all of a sudden, so all my previous posts were listed as posted by "Unknown". Neat. The same goes for my theme, which it was very confused by. Despite being, y'know, a Blogger theme.
So I've had to dress the place up a bit. Fixed my name, too. Some things I didn't have much of a choice with, which is hilarious in 2021, by something owned by Google. Or perhaps not that hilarious at all. I guess I should be happy they haven't killed it yet.
I still like the green I used to have, but I've messed about with it here and there. I probably still need to work on the page contrast for accessibility, but at least browsers are starting to lean into a reading "mode" which will hopefully solve that problem for me. Or would, if Blogger had support for it.
Anyhow. Will see what I get time for, but everything else takes way too much of a priority to say "until next time".
It'll probably all still be nerdy nonsense anyway.
