Version history
Version
Date
Description
6.25.0
21 Sep 2024
About page; update biography text and add One Eyeland and IPA 2024 awards
6.24.0
28 Dec 2023
split Gallery into four categories and upload additional pictures
6.23.0
21 Dec 2023
About page; add awards and update gear
6.22.0
12 Nov 2023
add 14 new pictures (Costa Rica, Switzerland, Lisbon) to Gallery
6.21.1
12 Nov 2023
rectify year of 9th FAPA from 2021/2022 to 2022/2023
6.21.0
2 Apr 2023
add 9th FAPA Nominee Award mention, add gear
6.20.0
26 Dec 2022
add background pictures slideshow code
6.19.0
22 Dec 2022
add Awards subsection to About page and list Chromatic Awards 2022, NLPA 2022 results, display HOME navigation item also in Desktop mode, change homepage background picture
6.18.0
19 Nov 2022
add 1 picture from Colmar to Gallery
6.17.0
19 Nov 2022
add total 8 pictures from Tenerife, Faroe Islands, Switzerland to Gallery
6.16.0
1 May 2022
add total 7 pictures from Gran Canaria and Tenerife to Gallery, remove 2 winter pictures, decrease picture size slightly, change profile picture on About page, change background picture on homepage
6.15.0
23 Jan 2022
add 8 pictures to Gallery
6.14.0
22 Jan 2022
small/mobile version: use polygons for menu icon (hamburger) and close X instead of special character for, slightly decrease header, slightly increase vertical padding and font-size on menu-items
6.13.0
22 Jan 2022
change font to Roboto light (font-weight 300)
header (with navigation): apply light-gray background (or semi-transparent for homepage), vertical align logo and navigation links and icons to middle, decrease menu item font size, apply letter-spacing to menu items, increase padding between menu items, remove shadow on logo and menu items (apply only when hovering), make header with navigation fixed on top when scrolling
main (content) section: apply letter-spacing to title
Gallery: change font to Roboto light as well, change polygon for close X; make it thinner and larger, hovering the X changes color to white
6.12.0
8 Jan 2022
add meta property and itemprop attributes
6.11.0
7 Jan 2022
change logo; make tagline a tiny bit larger, make social media icons smaller and increase padding between them and on the right from the edge
6.10.0
3 Jan 2022
change logo; tagline reads "PHOTOGRAPHY"
6.9.0
4 Oct 2021
add 11 pictures to Gallery, update Gear
6.8.0
12 Apr 2021
change homepage background picture
6.7.0
24 Mar 2021
tech: change page title, remove meta description of subpages, change version page to noindex
6.6.0
24 Mar 2021
tech: add title attribute to navigation items
6.5.0
21 Mar 2021
tech: set custom error404 page
6.4.0
21 Mar 2021
tech: migrate from JavaScript to use SSI (Server Side Includes) to include header, navigation, footer HTML snippets in the main pages, change suffix of main pages to .shtml
display only current copyright year in footer
tech: use SSI echo DATE_LOCAL to get current year in footer
6.3.1
19 Mar 2021
fix: not allow to resize/zoom image in mobile mode either
6.3.0
19 Mar 2021
tech: upgrade jAlbum gallery to v23.2.4 and Neptune skin to v50 and re-apply custom changes to skin
decrease min-width size of thumbnails
fix cropping mistake in 3 photos; image edge showed white/blank space
6.2.0
14 Mar 2021
tech: use semantic HTML elements header, nav, main, footer and migrate specific div elements and ids into them
use larger font-size for photo caption in mobile/smartphone layout
tech: cleanup stylesheet.css; remove unused definitions
6.1.0
10 Mar 2021
remove version and last update date from footer
set a div with specific id/class around footer include to reduce number of different footer pages (specify id/class outside of footer files)
6.0.0
7 Mar 2021
remove all galleries and showcase only portfolio images in one single gallery
change gallery; show max 3 images per row, resize thumbnails on window resize
display social network icon links as part of default website navigation
change navigation links color and use brighter shadow
change page title; upper case and center text
About page: put title on top and center instead of inline next to picture, decrease picture size, remove gray border around picture
use same footer information on all pages
5.9.0
31 Dec 2020
change homepage background picture
5.8.0
31 Dec 2020
update Gear section on About page
5.7.0
10 Jun 2020
add 4 pictures to Switzerland album
5.6.0
01 Jun 2020
remove 18 pictures from, add 11 pictures to Switzerland album
5.5.1
23 Feb 2020
tech: fix Home link in mobile navigation, remove stray div end tag, close unclosed div tag, encode pages with UTF-8 without BOM
5.5.0
23 Feb 2020
tech: organize webpages in directories, change links to use root-relative path (except in gallery generated code)
5.4.0
09 Feb 2020
refine signature logo
5.3.0
09 Feb 2020
add 1 picture to Hungary album, change 1 picture in Budapest album
5.2.2
02 Feb 2020
fix duplicate title tag and value in Galleries; remove redundant second definition
5.2.1
02 Feb 2020
add workaround/fix to rectify wrong lens information for Tokina AT-X 116 lens (Lightroom .CR2 vs .CR3 meta data behaviour)
5.2.0
02 Feb 2020
add 7 pictures to, remove 1 picture from Budapest album
add 4 pictures to Hungary album
change thumbnail picture for Budapest album
5.1.0
12 Jan 2020
update Gear section on About page; add EOS 90D, remove EOS 77D, remove EF-S 10-18mm lens, add ProTactic bag, remove Pro Runner bag
5.0.0
11 Jan 2020
change from Gromit to Neptune skin and customize it to create jAlbum galleries
increase max width of galleries and content area of the other pages
About page: float page title around picture as well
change homepage background picture
change website version number back to [major].[minor].[patch] format
2020.01.06.1
06 Jan 2020
update copyright notice with to-year 2020
2019.12.23.1
23 Dec 2019
re-upload larger size of Iceland background picture for homepage
add shadow to logo
2019.12.08.1
08 Dec 2019
add 5 pictures to Zurich album
2019.11.10.3
10 Nov 2019
add 1 picture to Northern Norway album
2019.11.10.2
10 Nov 2019
add Northern Norway album
2019.11.10.1
10 Nov 2019
add 6 pictures from Bernese Oberland region to Switzerland album
change website version number to format [YYYY].[MM].[DD].[SeqNbr]
4.3.6
01 Aug 2019
add 1 picture to Zurich album
add Tokina AT-X 116 lens and Lowepro backpack to Gear section of About page
4.3.5
20 Jul 2019
add 4 pictures to Zurich album
4.3.4
16 Jul 2019
exchange 1 picture in Sardinia album
4.3.3
02 Jul 2019
add 3 Rhine Falls pictures to Switzerland album
4.3.2
15 Jun 2019
add Pfäffikersee and Wetzikon pictures to Switzerland album
4.3.1
02 Jun 2019
add Sardinia pictures
4.3.0
02 Jun 2019
add Version history page
apply current layout/design to and fix error404 page
4.2.12
28 Apr 2019
add Rapperswil and Glarus Alps pictures to Switzerland album
add 3 Legged Thing Ellie-C L-Bracket to Gear section of About page
4.2.11
23 Apr 2019
add Aarburg and Lenzburg pictures to Switzerland album
4.2.10
22 Apr 2019
slightly improve website background picture
4.2.9
13 Apr 2019
add pictures from Bernese Highlands trips to Switzerland album
4.2.8
01 Apr 2019
add HOYA PROND8 3-stop light reduction neutral density filter
4.2.7
26 Mar 2019
add 5 pics from Rapperswil to Switzerland album
4.2.6
24 Mar 2019
correct datetime of Japan pictures; apply timezone offset
4.2.5
10 Mar 2019
increase font size of navigation links
4.2.4
07 Mar 2019
add HOYA PRO1D CIRCULAR PL polarising filter to Gear section of About page
4.2.3
02 Mar 2019
upload redone Japan pictures
4.2.2
01 Mar 2019
tech: change meta robots from noindex to index for Gallery, About, Contact pages
4.2.1
23 Feb 2019
add Malta pictures
4.2.0
09 Feb 2019
add picture and Gear info to About page, refine footer placement
4.1.2
07 Feb 2019
add redone Elba album
4.1.1
07 Feb 2019
add meta properties og:* (open graph) to homepage
4.1.0
07 Feb 2019
reduce redundant code by using html include for navigation and footer
4.0.3
02 Feb 2019
add tagline to logo, change minor margin and padding values
4.0.2
30 Jan 2019
add meta google-site-verification to homepage and change meta description
4.0.1
29 Jan 2019
add darker shadow for navigation links on homepage
4.0.0
28 Jan 2019
launch overall redesigned website, reorganize pictures, present selected pictures
3.1.3b
16 Dec 2018
add 4 pics to Zürich album, beta version due to playing around with Innsbruck
3.1.2
28 Oct 2018
upload albums: Lago di Braies, Val di Funes, Bressanone, Plose
3.1.1
17 Oct 2018
redesign logo
3.1.0
30 Sep 2018
add new logo and tagline
3.0.8
23 Sep 2018
add 4 pics to Vestfirdir album
3.0.7
16 Sep 2018
upload redone Roma pics
3.0.6
08 Sep 2018
add Flims pics
3.0.5
02 Sep 2018
upload redone Chamonix-Mont-Blanc pics
3.0.4
28 Aug 2018
add 13 Budapest pics
3.0.3
27 Aug 2018
add Klöntalersee pics
3.0.2
27 Aug 2018
change refreshPage() JS function, use location.reload()
3.0.1
19 Aug 2018
do page reload when resizing to fix bug when changing from mobile version with closed navigation to desktop version (navigation disappeared)
3.0.0
19 Aug 2018
transform website into responsive layout and make mobile/smartphone capable
2.2.4
09 Aug 2018
add Gossau ZH pics, add 5 pics to Zürich
2.2.3
08 Aug 2018
add Luzern, Caumasee pics, add 27 pics to Pilatus
2.2.2
30 Jul 2018
add Arnisee pics
2.2.1
29 Jul 2018
add Bloodmoon 2018 pics
2.2.0
24 Jul 2018
add Ísland pictures
widen table and logo
2.1.12
06 Jun 2018
add Dresden pictures
2.1.11
03 Jun 2018
add Schloss Moritzburg pictures
2.1.10
27 May 2018
add Sächsische Schweiz and Ceske Svycarsko pictures
2.1.9
06 May 2018
add Bautzen and Rakotzbrücke pictures
2.1.8
22 Apr 2018
add Cannes, Saint-Raphael, Les Issambres, Grimaud, Saint-Tropez, split Côte d'Azur into Menton and Nice
2.1.7
31 Mar 2018
add 1 picture to Zürich album
add Burg Hohenzollern, Schloss Sigmaringen, Rheinfall pictures
2.1.6
20 Mar 2018
upload redone Ireland pictures
2.1.5
11 Mar 2018
upload redone Hungary pictures
2.1.4
04 Mar 2018
add 24 pictures to Zürich album
amend last update script
2.1.3
01 Mar 2018
add Berlin pictures
2.1.2
03 Feb 2018
make country names bold
add Côte d'Azur and Monaco pictures
2.1.1
28 Jan 2018
add title Travel, Landscape, Cityscape Photography to homepage
re-upload all albums with Fully Skin menu opacity 50
2.1.0
27 Jan 2017
redesign: change menu; change font to Arial Narrow, justify text, change location order from alphabetical to more geographical (west to east)
add Innsbruck pictures
2.0.9
21 Jan 2018
add Schwangau and Vilsalpsee pictures
2.0.8
14 Jan 2018
use scaling method "Mitchell", sharpness 25, quality 85 in jAlbum
add Esztergom, Visegrád and Budapest pictures
re-upload Budapest, Canada, Copenhagen, Malmö, Oslo, US, Zürich pictures with new scaling method
2.0.7
26 Dec 2017
add Budapest and Vienna pictures
2.0.6
10 Dec 2017
add Zürich pictures
2.0.5
10 Dec 2017
add Oslo pictures
2.0.4
01 Nov 2017
add Philadelphia and Washington DC pictures
2.0.3
31 Oct 2017
add New York, Toronto, Niagara Falls pictures
2.0.2
02 Oct 2017
change Instagram username and link to michael_schmidmeister
2.0.1
23 Aug 2017
add 1 more picture to Copenhagen, re-order some pictures
2.0.0
21 Aug 2017
redesign; change layout, color, logo
add Copenhagen and Malmö pictures
1.4.10
07 Feb 2017
add vertical line between Instagram logo and text, add meta description information and change from noindex to index in robots
1.4.9
30 Jan 2017
add Day trips & hikings album,
add ISO Country Code to all albums
1.4.8
28 Jan 2017
add favicon
1.4.7
24 Jan 2017
upload Magyarország (Hungary) pictures
1.4.6
16 Jan 2017
upload Roma pictures
1.4.5
06 Nov 2016
add Instagram logo and link
1.4.4
06 Nov 2016
technical; change font size, use ndash for dates, change quality of pics
1.4.3
24 Oct 2016
upload Chamonix-Mont-Blanc pictures
1.4.2
24 Sep 2016
delete some pictures from Ísland gallery
1.4.1
18 Sep 2016
change language from DE to EN
re-upload Ireland pics with slightly smaller file size and quality
1.4
10 Sep 2016
upload Ireland pictures, update Fully skin to new version
1.3
10 Aug 2015
change layout
1.2
09 May 2015
change layout
1.1
08 May 2015
switch domain from michaelschmidmeister.ch to schmidmeister.net
1.0
25 Aug 2010
first version