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Notes | April 2026

I've added some data analysis into my training log so that it can total up and average out across months and years - only from 2024 onwards until I format and add earlier data.

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I've fixed the color scheme of my rebuilt website in lightmode. A nice shade of Burnley claret now, not a royal blue and white belonging in a dark circle on the map, 13 miles away.

The frontpage of my website with claret used as accent colour

I've added two functions to my PureBlog install, to extract the first image, and the first description or first paragraph in a post, with a custom header.php using them for opengraph. I need to copy two files into my install after each update - feed and header.

I've managed to reformat and simplify the content from my Kirby CMS and 11ty installs, test, and upload today, and improve my archive layouts a little. I have some housekeeping to do, and I need to trim taxonomies, but I'm really happy with how this afternoon's work has gone.

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For once, I'm going to remember to turn echofeed off before importing the first 21 years of content into this site. No idea will happen on RSS though!

Hopefully see you on the other side!

Objectives for the remainder of the weekend:

  • Complete theme structure and check pagination.
  • Burnleyfication of the color scheme!
  • Start importing content from previous 11ty and Kirby CMS builds
  • Climb again, ride my Wattbike more

What else to do on a long bank holiday weekend than play about with web design? I've implemented custom header and fonts, accented headers, widened view. Need to upgrade archives, and make that light theme Burnley acceptable!

My linkblog in dark theme Dark theme - Gold on Black

My linkblog in light theme Light theme - Royal Blue on White

I see that Kev is not entirely succeeding at dialling back the rate of development on Pureblog. Here's a couple of screenshots of the new admin stats page which is really neat.

The top half of the admin dashboard in pureblog, showing a 12 month activity chart and key metrics

The bottom half of the admin dashboard in pureblog showing posts by month (again), by day, total words, average words and all tags used