A few people have contacted me to say, "I haven't seen any updates on your website in a long time! Are you still working on it?"
The fact is, I am almost always working on it, but sometimes, like recently, I am updating older articles (currently stubs) with data that I recently recovered or received. Sometimes I have to take new photos or record new video to complete a restored article. Since these are often dated prior to 2015, most people don't even notice. So, to help keep track for myself and others, I will be posting a reply to this message with all the updates and the date of that update. That way, people can see I am working on the site.
I just really want to restore every previous article that I can and, as I mentioned in another thread (https://savagechats.com/index.php?topic=159.0), I am trying to move into a new house before September 1st, so not really starting anything new, but rather, trying to wrap ones I can first.
I recently made content updates the following articles, though they're not fully complete. I will post new updates in new replies moving forward.
74HC165 Demo [SPIN] - Tutorial (https://savagecircuits.com/74hc165-demo-spin/)
74HC595 Demo [SPIN] - Tutorial (https://savagecircuits.com/74hc595-demo-spin/)
74HC165 to 74HC595 Demo 1 [SPIN] - Tutorial (https://savagecircuits.com/74hc165-to-74hc595-demo-1-spin/)
74HC165 to 74HC595 Demo 2 [SPIN] - Tutorial (https://savagecircuits.com/74hc165-to-74hc595-demo-2-spin/)
Relay Driver Circuits - Tutorial (https://savagecircuits.com/relay-driver-circuits/) has been restored.
PIR Triggered Relay Circuits - Tutorial (https://savagecircuits.com/pir-triggered-relay-circuits/) has been restored.
PanaVise® Model 201 PV Jr. - Review (https://savagecircuits.com/panavise-model-201/) has been restored (still needs replacement photos).
PanaVise® Model 315 PCB Holder - Review (https://savagecircuits.com/panavise-model-315/) (STUB) added.
The Savage///Circuits Privacy Policy (https://savagecircuits.com/privacy-policy/) has been posted.
The support page (https://savagecircuits.com/support-us/) has been updated.
The Arduino Blaster (https://savagecircuits.com/arduino-blaster/) article has been completed and posted to social media.
The History & Changes (https://savagecircuits.com/history-changes/) page has been updated.
This also means that the restoration tags will all be updated over the next few days to point to the correct place.
Updated the "THIS ARTICLE IS STILL BEING RECOVERED AND RESTORED" tag to include a link to the details (https://savagecircuits.com/article-being-recovered/) of why the articles are missing and in need of recovery / restore.
Fixed two issues in the BS2-OEM 'LITE' (https://savagecircuits.com/bs2-oem-lite-bs2/) tutorial page.
Added rating icons to reviews (https://savagecircuits.com/category/reviews/), however, I don't like the way it is currently, so it is subject to change.
EDIT: Changes implemented. Better solution, though not as good as my old website. ::)
Started adding 2024 updates to Office Evolution (https://savagecircuits.com/office-evolution/#2024).
Additional updates added to Office Evolution 2024 (https://savagecircuits.com/office-evolution/#2024).
Yep, even more updates to Office Evolution 2024 (https://savagecircuits.com/office-evolution/#2024), which is symbolic of how close I am to getting projects going once again. ;D
Completed the Dual I2C Displays (https://savagecircuits.com/dual-i2c-displays-arduino/) tutorial for Arduino.
Completed LCD Bar Graph Demo (https://savagecircuits.com/lcd-bar-graph-demo-bs2/) for BS2.
Completed Short Circuits: Halloween Pumpkin Project Demo (https://savagecircuits.com/halloween-pumpkin-project-demo/) video.
Acrylic LED Sign Shim (https://savagecircuits.com/acrylic-led-sign-shim/) project has been completed (as of May 8th). Just need to add the Short Circuits (https://savagecircuits.com/short-circuits/) video later tonight.
Added MakerWorld (https://makerworld.com/) to the Useful Links (https://savagecircuits.com/useful-links/) page.
The Savage///Circuits website is almost fully updated from the original Virtue Theme to the Kadence Theme. Things have been streamlined to reduce the effort and simplify the site. Please report any bugs or issues you may find and I will fix them ASAP. Thanks everyone!
As of Friday, the new website theme is finally working as it should. All the bugs are worked out for the desktop version of the website. As for the mobile version, that's probably not working at all. I need to look into this, but right now my priority is desktop use of the site. There aren't nearly enough members to make me worry about the mobile theme.
I think for the time being that I am going to unpublish some of the "stub" articles until I can get them finished, or at least partially. This will make it look like there are less articles, but technically that's true on principle.
As mentioned in the previous post, some "stub" articles have been unpublished on the main website. Some of these were previously linked from forum topics here and consequently may show up as not found. This is a temporary condition and these articles are being worked on in the background and will be published again when there is sufficient content within them.
The SHOP (https://savagecircuits.com/shop/) has been added to the site. This is not intended to be a store where I sell new merchandise and keep it stocked, but rather an outlet for extra things I have to sell. Once they're gone, that's it. Let's call this, "MeBay". Projects, one-of-a-kind items, new-old-stock items and other stuff I am getting rid of can be found here. With the exception of the Savage///Circuits Mugs, nothing will be restocked.