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Every time we change something on the site, we'll note it here in plain language.

Red edge-burn dividers and centered article ending

  • Hand-painted red edge-burn textures now separate major sections on both the homepage and article page - rendered as CSS pseudo-elements so they overlay cleanly with transparent fade.
  • The article ending (last section + byline + author bio) is now a single centered column instead of a side-by-side grid. Author panel uses the same dark theme as the article body - red accent text, ring around the photo, red tag pills.
  • A subtle vertical burn texture edges the "Films in this article" sidebar on desktop.
  • Divider assets moved from notes/ to img/ folder.

Layout breathing room, animated headlines, and centered copy

  • "Enter the Blip" headline now animates in word-by-word on scroll - on both the homepage and article page.
  • Hero image focus shifted to the right so the character isn't cropped on smaller screens.
  • The manifesto sidebar ("A Remake Works When It Asks...") moved below the Salaam Bombay photo section into its own full-width block.
  • Salaam Bombay section is taller with more space between the two quotes. The overlapping text layers got better depth (text shadow and z-index fix).
  • The typewriter quote ("This story deserves to reach a new generation.") now spans much wider - nearly full screen on desktop.
  • All article body copy is centered with equal margins on both sides instead of left-aligned.
  • Full-width images break out of the text column cleanly at all screen sizes.

Protest vibes, slower typewriter, manifesto sidebar, and subtle polish

  • "Cinema as Protest" title now looks like protest placards - dark text on red blocks for each word. Feels more like a statement than a headline.
  • The typewriter pull quote ("This story deserves to reach a new generation.") is now BLIP red instead of cream, and types much slower so you can actually read it as it appears.
  • "Enter the Blip" newsletter section on the article page now has a red background, matching the homepage.
  • The sidebar next to "The Difference Between Memory and Recycling" now has a manifesto-style block: "A REMAKE WORKS WHEN IT ASKS: What does this story mean now?" vs "A REBOOT FAILS WHEN IT ASKS: What did audiences already like?" - with ransom-note styled labels that animate in on scroll.
  • Section headings throughout the article now fade up as you scroll to them.
  • A subtle film grain texture on the hero image and homepage featured photo.
  • "Anarchist Film Club" micro-badge appears in the byline on both pages - a small tilted stamp, barely visible, like a zine mark.

Article page polish - layout fixes, author panel, film card

  • "Films in this article" sidebar is now a centered card - big poster, film title, director, language, and pagination dots all aligned in the middle.
  • Fixed a red background bleeding through the right side and top of the article page. The page background is now dark throughout instead of red peeking through empty columns.
  • Article ending is now a two-column layout: the last section and byline on the left, and the author's photo, bio, email, and tags on a red panel on the right.

A big round of changes across the homepage and article page

Compare for yourself:

Homepage

Old: f701abc6.blip-8c3.pages.dev/home

New: blip.codeuncode.com/home

Article page

Old: f701abc6.blip-8c3.pages.dev/post-slant

New: blip.codeuncode.com/post-slant

  • "Stories that slipped past the system" is now the entire first fold - big, bold, with a strip-based glitch animation that feels like a signal breaking through static.
  • The featured article and Latest feed now sit side by side on desktop. Latest is text-only headlines - scannable at a glance.
  • Featured story headline overlaps the image so the photo and title feel like one piece. Buzzing flame icon moved inside the image.
  • Mobile homepage uses space better - the headline sits at the bottom of the screen like a poster.
  • "Ruins." changed to cream so it's readable (was red-on-red before).
  • Parallax on the featured image - a slow drift and zoom on a 14-second cycle.
  • Latest feed has six stories now with types and locations. Latest thumbnails are bigger on mobile.
  • More film posters in "Newly Added" to fill wider screens. Auto-scroll removed - swipe only.
  • "Enter the Blip" is roughly 3x bigger with a rounder email field and more breathing room.
  • "Don't Miss" section removed - the page flows better without it.
  • Buzzing icon is BLIP's own red flame from the design system instead of a generic emoji.
  • Navigation uses the same bold condensed typeface as headlines. Burger menu is mobile-only.
  • Article page opens with a full-screen image and "Cinema as Protest" animating in word by word.
  • Article body is now dark background with cream text, sidebar on red. Text is larger with better line spacing.
  • Salaam Bombay images are clickable - full-screen gallery with arrow keys. Text color flips where images overlap.
  • "This story deserves to reach a new generation." types itself out character by character when you scroll to it.
  • Logo and burger menu added to article page header on both mobile and desktop.
  • Don't Miss images on article page are greyscale until hovered, then color with a subtle zoom.
  • This changelog page now exists.