Main update, released 12/3/2021.
Read the news entry: Translation & Renovation

• → 12/4/2021khoảng nhiều hơn 31 ngày: solo albums aplenty
• ← 12/2/2021khoảng ít hơn 1 tháng: retrace, retexture

Smaller updates following this one:

• 16/3/2021: "random" link fixes

site changes — links: this page, its page

• translation/localization support:
  • nearly all static text on the wiki has been replaced with strings specified in a plain JSON file
  • default language for a wiki is generated at the root directory (/) as usual; new languages are in subdirectory (e.g. "/jp/album/diverging-delicacies")
  • no languages are newly supported yet, but the localization system is totally tested; see the news entry for details on contributing translations!
• thumbnail support:
  • small images (250x250) are used in grids (on homepage, album/artist galleries, etc)
  • medium images (400x400) are used on pages with larger cover art (individual track/album pages, etc)
  • full-size images (usually 600x600-1200x1200, pulled from public bandcamp listings) are no longer embedded at all, but can still be viewed by clicking on cover arts to zoom in
  • previously, every image on the site was full-size! this was particularly terrible for people with slow connections or limited bandwidths
  • example stats: download size of scrolling entire homepage reduced from 3.8mb to 0.6mb
• internal renovation across build file:
  • (before, after)
  • url system restructured:
    • link-related bugs are much harder to run into
    • link references in content (e.g. "[[album:foo-bar]]") are modularized and can more easily link to anywhere across the wiki
    • codebase forks can easily adjust url specification to move parts of the site to different paths (though this isn't yet possible via data file)
    • site build time is significantly reduced (since there are far fewer redundant calls to path.relative)
  • page write functions restructured
    • data required during a page write is gathered once, and then reused across all languages that page is built in, significantly reducing build time across multiple languages
    • writePage itself is broken into a few different chunks, which can be referenced individually when needed
    • changes tie nicely into url system restructure as well
  • shared data variables and functions organized and tidied for simpler access across code
  • miscellaneous arguments and specifications across code have been restructured to prefer explicit description before unnecessarily compact formats
    • this has the side-effect of making a fair amount of the build logic simpler!
  • significantly expanded data validation which happens before any site pages are written

albums — links: this page, its page

• besides additions for Psycholonials, no new music shared on the wiki this month, as translation and renovation changes took an especially long time to design and implement

artist pages — links: this page, its page

• added total duration of music contributed to an album next to the album date
• display "cover art" and "wallpaper art" lines at the top of an album art contribution list, rather than at the bottom (this had been an accidental code error)
• display flash/game date range next to the "act" (or flash group label), rather than showing every date next to each flash, to make this section much visually cleaner
• removed "Featured in" links, since these were taking up a lot of visual space
  • this has been added to Tracks - in Flashes & Games (by Album) instead

commentary pages — links: this page, its page

• cleaned commentary index layout and strings (e.g. before: "19/20 entries; 8.4k words", after: "8.4k words across 19 entries")

track pages — links: this page, its page

• reference list is only divided into "fandom" and "official" if a group with directory "official" is present in the first place
  • this is essentially hard-coded, but is a quick and simple fix for all references on wikis without the concept displaying as "fandom" references

listings — links: this page, its page

• generally tweaked strings to be more consistent across listings and the site
• added gallery link to Groups - by Name and Groups - by Category listings
• added flash links to Tracks - in Flashes & Games (by Album)
• added album links to Tracks - in Flashes & Games (by Flash)
• added number of uses to Tags - by Name
• implemented Random Pages as an actual listing via the same system as all others
  • this is just generally better practice
  • it also fixes the Random Pages link not being bold when selected though!

data changes — links: this page, its page

• dozens of internal changes using new link syntax, as well as other internal fixes without user-visible changes
• contributor list changes for consistency across wiki and to remove redundant credit info:
  • Showtime (Piano Refrain):
    • credit Kevin Regamey only as artist, not contributor
    • remove Malcolm Brown, originally included for composing Showtime (Original Mix)
  • Aggrieve (Violin Refrain):
    • credit Andrew Huo only as artist, not contributor
    • credit Gabriel Nezovic only as contributor, not artist
  • Sburban Countdown:
    • credit Mark J. Hadley only as artist, not contributor
    • remove Michael Guy Bowman, originally included for composing Sburban Jungle
  • Showtime (Imp Strife Mix):
    • credit Buzinkai and Curt Blakeslee only as artists, not contributors
    • remove Malcolm Brown, originally included for composing Showtime (Original Mix)
  • Requiem for an Exile: remove James Dever, originaly included for composing Requiem
  • Spider8ite!!!!!!!!: credit Kalibration for composition as well as choir
  • Stress:
    • credit Buzinkai for composition
    • place Buzinkai before Toby Fox (but leave toby in the artist list)
  • Solar Voyage: credit Marcy Nabors for composition as well as arrangement and vocals (and move to top of list)
  • Renewed Return: credit Marcy Nabors for composition as well as bass clarinet (and move to top of list)
  • You're A Mean One, Mr. Slick.: credit WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES for composition as well as lyrics (and move to top of list)
  • Violet and Gold: credit Veritas Unae for composition as well as lyrics (and move to top of list)
• typo fixes, thanks to Megatti:
  • renamed Ecstasy (used to be "Ecstacy")
  • renamed Till The Last Breath (used to be "Til The Last Breath")
  • renamed Aqueous Armagourddon (used to be "Aqueous Armagourdden")
  • renamed 50M3 GR347 4C7 0F H3R015M (used to be "5OM3 ...")
  • renamed Wisest Wizord (used to be "Wizest Wizord")
  • renamed Revisit/Rewind (used to have spaces around slash)
  • fixed typo in lyrics for CR1M1N4L, CR1M1N4L (used to be "Hey, crinimal scum, ...")
• added art tags to The Golden Towers and Prospit Dreamers, thanks to Celeste!
• fixed duplicate commentary entries in Doctor and Endless Climb
• removed some old commentary from Sports. RIP
• clarified wallpaper contributions that said "edits" (e.g. Homestuck Vol. 5) to say "edits for wiki"
• album and flash data additions for Psycholonials over the course of the month