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Recorded updates
Historical update
Featured Photography is now live: 30 selected photographs showcasing rural landscapes, historic places, portraits, live music and moments in motion, with larger image viewing and links to their original galleries.
Historical update
The homepage now introduces Featured Photography above Behind the photographs, with a paragraph about my style and range, a refined button and thin gold separators between topics.
Historical update
The Discover membership page now uses the membership name shown in our catalog and explains the owner-review enrollment pause. Membership and individual-product purchases remain paused.
Historical update
Photo Games now has its own item in the main menu, separate from Learn & Explore.
Historical update
New return links help you find your way back to a page’s parent. On long pages, Back to top appears as you scroll.
Historical update
Each Learning Center lesson now includes related links to help you explore the topic further, from photography concepts and free photo games to history, maps, and the portfolio.
Historical update
Photography Concepts now takes you directly from the introduction into the lessons, with a cleaner page layout.
Historical update
Gettysburg history updates: selected photograph descriptions and monument date notes have been corrected, with supporting sources linked in the histories.
Historical update
A simpler Learning Center: browse all 20 photography lessons in one numbered list, with the duplicate navigation removed.
Historical update
More to explore, easier to find: the Learn & Explore menu brings together photography lessons, concepts, Gettysburg history, and the map.
Completed and verified
Two Troy gallery photographs now have native image descriptions. Both were verified by reopening the gallery manager and reloading the native page.
Log entry recorded at this time; implementation was earlier on October 2, exact save timestamp not recorded.
Completed and verified
All 42 community-event SEO titles and descriptions were saved and independently checked on public pages.
Log entry recorded at this time; implementation was earlier on October 2, exact save timestamp not recorded.
Pending installation
Automatic and manually opened update popups are being retired. Website Updates will use a permanent, dated history page. The native editor currently prevents saving; this change is not yet installed.
Published; customer-access QA pending
Personalized Photography Coach v0.2.8 was published and verified after a cold reload. Retired membership advice was reconciled, and visible coaching controls were checked. Native customer entitlement and real-origin history persistence tests remain incomplete.
Log entry recorded at this time; exact earlier native publication timestamp was not recorded.
Published; download QA pending
Member Photography Journal v0.1.2 was published. An edited disposable journal entry persisted after a cold reload. Export/download was not certified. A prepared v0.1.3 update remains uninstalled; purchases remain paused.
Log entry recorded at this time; exact earlier native publication timestamp was not recorded.
Prepared and tested; not deployed
A 30-day access service adapter was prepared with owner-only issuance, redemption, CSRF checks and rate limits. Eighteen adapter checks passed. Production deployment and native member access were not changed.
Published; normal download still unverified
Member Photography Journal v0.1.3 was published and independently checked after a cold reload. A copyable JSON backup, same-ID import without duplicates, delete and restore were verified. Disposable QA records were cleared and the journal count returned to zero. The ordinary download path remains unverified.
Native publication verified October 3 at 02:41:12 UTC; follow-up checks completed between 02:44 and 02:51 UTC.
Prepared and tested; not deployed
The trial access gateway was prepared and checked with 15 HTTP tests and 9 interface tests, bringing the reported test total to 55. No production codes or native member access were activated.
Planned; native wiring pending
Composition Lab is planned as a $19 standalone product and part of Studio. The catalog scope is now 14 standalone products. Native product associations and access checks remain pending.
Published and verified
The Memberships & Products catalog now places all 16 existing native purchase cards with their matching descriptions instead of repeating them after the footer. Composition Lab is listed at $19 one-time and included with Studio. Its standalone purchase connection remains pending. Camera Simulator signup was checked and still reports Coming soon; sales remain paused.
Recorded after public verification; exact save time was not recorded.
Published: simpler navigation and permanent updates page
Website updates now opens this permanent page. The automatic update popup has been retired, and duplicate sitewide scripts have been reduced while preserving Account / Sign in and the current navigation.
Published: photography accents and gold frames
Photography headings now carry a clearer camera accent. Gettysburg uses a Pennsylvania Memorial engraving. Preview cards and gallery photographs have fine gold frames; enlarged photographs remain unframed with the page design visible through a dimmed backdrop.
Published: people-focused community previews
All 42 Lincoln County & Beyond preview photographs were reviewed. Ten portrait previews received individual crop positions to keep heads and faces visible.
Published: clearer paused enrollment controls
The 16 existing native catalog offer controls now read Enrollment paused and are disabled. Their placement and appearance have been refined. Membership and standalone purchases remain paused while account, checkout, and access tests are completed.
Published: Field Companion App introduction
The Field Companion App page is now linked under Learn & Explore. It describes the Android prototype and planned field workflow; the app is still in development and is not a public release.
Published: sitewide code cleanup
Repeated sitewide page code was removed while preserving the current navigation.
Time shown is the saved-source or public verification time; this history entry was added on October 5, 2026.
Published: photograph search repair
Search now includes 23 previously omitted community galleries, with links that open the selected photograph.
Time shown is the saved-source or public verification time; this history entry was added on October 5, 2026.
Published: Search page consistency
The Search Photographs page now uses the site’s shared navigation, typography and footer.
Time shown is the saved-source or public verification time; this history entry was added on October 5, 2026.
Published: photo-viewer layout repair
Photo-viewer positioning and control visibility were corrected for viewing photographs after scrolling.
Time shown is the saved-source or public verification time; this history entry was added on October 5, 2026.
Published: quieter photograph controls
Photograph controls now use two separate, smaller buttons labeled View and Share.
Time shown is the saved-source or public verification time; this history entry was added on October 5, 2026.
Published: corrected animal description
A calf photograph in Animals now has an accurate description.
Time shown is the saved-source or public verification time; this history entry was added on October 5, 2026.
Published: email contact-link repair
The native email contact link and its generated website metadata were repaired.
Time shown is the saved-source or public verification time; this history entry was added on October 5, 2026.
Correction to an earlier record
The October 3 entry described the automatic update popup as retired. A live-site check on October 5 confirmed that the update card is still active. Its retirement is not a completed change.
Current availability
Membership and individual-product purchases remain paused while account and access tests are completed.