Changelog for:
http://mcretro.net
http://mcretro4lov3ycyvikjdeer3dgl5wel5aer6xakj5mxa26a3qvrp22qd.onion
http://retrojunkie.net
http://retro56qdosu3zuisr5tiuh7ihpn6owzpwjwvs7djlweiqb3mcspahyd.onion


To Do
- GitHub for static websites - options?
- Image cycle on front page (randomised).

2024-03-17
- Contact form is broken. How long has it been broken? I don't know.
- Contact form removed. Reach me through social media, like BlueSky or Tumblr.
- Removed WPForms and hCaptcha as no more forms. Easy!
- Page caching enabled - we're still on a 4G internet connection.

2023-12-18
- Cloudflare Argo Tunnel active to bypass CG-NAT - set latency to maximum.

2023-10-13
- The GeoCities archive rebuild (v6) has been mothballed.
- Abandoning Docker migration; Raspberry Pi is here to stay.

2023-08-02
- Migration complete for channelchirp.mcretro.net and retrojunkie.mcretro.net
- Splash pages exist on channelchirp.com and retrojunkie.net
- Started swapping donation links to archive.org
- Got the header working on retrojunkie.net after a decade!
- Added a marquee to retrojunkie.mcretro.net...

2023-07-24
- Began migration channelchirp.com to channelchirp.mcretro.net
- Began migration retrojunkie.net to retrojunkie.mcretro.net
- Fixed new sitemap width to suit mobile devices slightly better.
- Adjusted title cycling text to be slightly smaller to prevent overflow to next line.

2023-07-05
- Removed hardware page - I'm no longer a collector.
- Installed sitemap page from retrojunkie.net - width is broken for mobile.

2023-06-26
- Considering moving to Docker for portability.
- Considering moving static sites to GitHub for offsite hosting.
- Rejiggered the YouTube Channel page - now has five channels, up from two.
- Homepage text refreshed, reworded slightly.
- Removed server stats from About page.

2022-11-15
- GeoCities is back online after a few months downtime.
- Removed outdated plugins.

2022-06-13
- GeoCities rebuild proof of concept complete.
- Disabled geocities.mcretro.net, taking it offline.
- Still available locally and on the darknet address below:
- geocitiesllczuf44da2nj45jn3fntdjpw27ercfbhkrw3mnegti7pid.onion

2022-01-23
- Cloudflare CDN now in use.
- Covers GeoCities, Assembler and more.
- Using ddclient 3.9.1 with Cloudflare support.
- Will allow for "Always Online".
- Onion (Tor) addresses still work when accessed via https sites.

2021-12-29
- Started work on hosting an AssemblerGames mirror.

2021-10-02
- Broke the footer (0 bytes).
- Fixed the footer.
- Added dogecoin donation links on each page.
- Generation of v3 vanity onions for darknet domains is underway.

2021-09-26
- Moved most subsites to subdomains, allowing for better future darknet integration.
- Migrated to a Raspberry Pi 4 (Ubuntu 20.04.03).
- Proxyserver enabled for geocities.mcretro.net subdomain for load balancing.
- Established files.mcretro.net, speed capped at 10kb/sec.

2021-05-14
- Dockerisation failed (Tor requirements).
- Migrated to a Raspberry Pi 3B+ (Ubuntu 20.04.02).

2020-12-20
- Migrated to aarch64 (Apple M1).
- Now running Ubuntu 20.04.01 on a Parallels VM.

2020-10-04
- Migrated to VM from a dedicated Raspberry Pi.
- Now running Ubuntu 20.04.01 on a VirtualBox 6.1 VM.
- v2 onion domains retired.

2019-08-21
- v2 onion domains active.
- v3 onion domains active.

2019-08-10
- Multi-domain support for onion domains using WordPress filter hooks.

2019-08-04
- Began work on 56 character v3 onion addresses.
- Migrated to Buster.

2019-02-14
- Shortened the permalink structure.

2019-01-20
- Converted the header text to CSS.
- Fixed YouTube video formatting.
- Nuked sidebar calender.

2018-12-28
- Upgraded Photo Gallery to Single File PHP Gallery.
- Removed Emulation Realm 124 (ER124) and The Glitch (09/09/1999).
- Limited social media contact information, too many avenues. 

2018-12-21
- Upgraded to faster SD card.

2018-06-16
- Moved back to Raspberry Pi (Model 3 B+).
- Turns out the old site was undervolting and powering off.
- Cause was thin wiring in the RetroFlag NesPi Case.

2018-03-15
- Uptime of 18 days. The fan works well!

2018-03-02
- Removed a bunch of rogue iframes for YouTube.

2018-02-25
- Installed a 5V fan on a 3V3 GPIO pin.
- Boosted CPU speed to 1800MHz.
- 40 degrees Celcius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) idle.

2018-02-10
- Reintegrated all "Imported" posts from 2013-2015.
- Slowed CPU speed to 1200MHz on Tinker Board to prevent overheating.
- Fixed all darknet links on RetroJunkie.net.

2018-02-05
- TLS/SSL (https) enabled via Let's Encrypt.
- DNSSEC enabled sitewide.
- FTP server enabled.
- Full resolution photos moved to FTP server.

2018-02-03
- Much changes.
- Moved to MariaDB from MySQL.
- Online shop purged completely.
- Lost my https.
- Darknet probably broken again too.
- Almost got the ftp server working though.

2016-07-03
- OpenCart is having issues with TLS.
- Moved the shop back to WooCommerce in WordPress.
- shop.mcretro.net has been nuked for now.

2016-06-29
- irc.mcretro.net is live on encrypted port 6697.
- TLS/SSL (https) enabled on all sites
- Moved more images into the WordPress directory structure.

2016-06-19
- So many changes over the past few months.
- shop.mcretro.net is now working.
- oldskool.mcretro.net is now working and mirrors the darknet.
- Added "Latest News" table back onto the front page.
- Investigating setting up an IRC server.

2016-03-17
- A store page has been added and is now under test.
- Resurrected the contact form, that shouldn't have been down for so long.
- Tweaked the general layout even more.

2016-03-12
- Lightened the background colour slightly.
- Sorted out the social icons at the top, they spin now.

2016-03-03
- Fixed the darknet (tor) mirror. WordPress and absolute links...

2016-02-09
- Sanding the rough edges on the WordPress theme.

2016-02-08
- Major overhaul, moving to WordPress.

2016-01-12
- Dropped font size to 14. 16 is far too big. Wikipedia uses 14.

2016-01-11
- File Server is active.
- Fixed last updated date on pages that were not the front page.

2016-01-07
- Upgraded font size to 16.
- Added cellspacing to text on front page underneath image.
- Hid the blogroll, *should* remove it.

2016-01-05
- 41 days uptime, decided to rebuild server using Raspbian Jessie Lite.
- Enabled speed limits to 56kbps - 7000 bytes per second.
- Any code now displays in a shadowed box.

2015-12-29
- Photos page now displays gallery if on a modern browser.
- YouTube page now shows most recent video rather than subscription video.
- Reduced front page blog items from four to three.

2015-12-06
- Livestreaming via 4G WiFi dongle has better upload - 80kB/sec vs 480kB/sec.
- Improved header images on both Shane McRetro and McRetro Gaming YouTubes.
- Fixed YouTube "About" pages so that links are current.
- Added more draft pages from old guides and hardware on former website. 
- Noted 13 days uptime on the Raspberry Pi 2. Gotta love Linux!
- Updated 404 not found page with a Zero Wing face palm.
- Added latest updates section to front page, last four posts pulled from blog.

2015-12-01
- Tidied up YouTube descriptions on most popular videos.
- Livestream on PS4 works OK, really need more upload bandwidth.

2015-11-27
- Purged RetroJunkie.net tags from YouTube videos.
- Added McRetro.net tags to YouTube videos.
- McRetro Gaming livestream is somewhat successful - 360p maximum.
- Initial tests with Blue Yeti Microphone.

2015-11-26
- Keeping the server on the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B.
- Fixed CPU utilisation percentages, was 1 core, now 4 cores.
- Corrected Shane McRetro and McRetro Gaming YouTube Channel links.

2015-11-15
- Imported YouTube videos from July 2013 to present.
- Updated sitemap for both / and /blog/
- Modified search box to include advanced search options.

2015-11-14
- Completed importing posts from 2012-2013.
- Resized images that exceeded the 560px width of column1.

2015-11-13
- Cleaned up some more imported posts, 137 posts to go.

2015-11-11
- Started to tidy up imported posts.
- Deleted "Science with Shane" YouTube Channel.
- Updated channel links to McRetroGaming and ShaneMcRetro.
- Optimised some internal links to avoid redirects.
- Updated root sitemap.xml

2015-11-10
- Hacked up a python script to convert WordPress XML to FlatPress.
- Deleted all previously imported posts (~2000).
- Broke the blog, post import failed to rebuild properly.
- Fixed the blog, format was ddmmyy, should have been yymmdd.
- Imported 237 posts vs ~2000 with previous method.
- Repaired blog .htaccess file, leftover code was causing redirect issues.
- Generated sitemap for / (manual) and /blog (updates on publish).
- Imported comments from WordPress.

2015-11-09
- Revised changelog formatting.
- Added statistics via Webalyzer.

2015-11-08
- Removed Dropplets blogging platform.
- Installed FlatPress blog in place of Dropplets.
- Configured FlatPress theme heavily to match website.
- Imported all old Wordpress posts including ALL revisions..!

2015-11-03
- Added Games section to header.
- Added Asteroids and initial formatting / layout.
- Rejiggered the CSS, mainly consolidated code.

2015-10-29
- Added Google Drive to File Server page.
- Basic password protection on /files/public/
- Merged onion and clearnet website for ease of configuration.
- Disabled indexes via “Options -Indexes” sitewide.
- Enabled indexes via “Options +Indexes” for /files/public/

2015-10-28
- Started a changelog to track website progress.
- YouTube page now has subscription videos.
- Screen captures of older Netscape versions to the about page.
- Added align="center" to <div class="nav”> instead of <center> tag.
- Added border="0" to images to avoid blue outline on Netscape.
- Random text in header and front page images are now PHP based. 
- Document.getElementById() is not compatible with older browsers.
- document.write could not be used twice as it would overwrite random site code.
- Compatibility with Netscape Navigator 1.22+ significantly improved.
- Header image no longer embedded in CSS for better compatibility.
- Moved background colour from CSS to header.php <body> tag.
- Reverted from UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1 via php.ini improving compatibility.
- Fattened up borders on tables.
- All JavaScript removed in favour of server-side PHP scripting.
- Removed retrosites from navigation bar, accessible via about page.
- Blog path now relative, not absolute to allow for https / onion sites.
- Permalinks now working on blog (Apache 2.4.x).
- Revalidated as HTML 4.01 Transitional.
- Adjusted width of navigation bar and page width due to wide headers on onion domains.
- Refreshed sitemap.xml

Formerly changelog for http://mcretro35qepy5cy.onion (V2 onion, retired)


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