Better for you

• What’s new share cards are square (1200×1200) for feeds and social posts

Polished

• What’s new share cards use solid markers instead of empty boxes; Coming up backlog section removed from the page

What's new

• A friendlier What’s new page you can share, with a custom share image for each release drawn from that release’s story and the look of the site

Better for you

• On wide screens the page fills the window cleanly—no gray side strips beside the main story
• Text is a little larger and easier to read
• What’s new is written for friends and supporters—plain language, not build notes

Polished

• Styles now refresh properly when the live site is updated

What's new

• Roomier layout on large screens so history, projects, and galleries breathe
• This What’s new page (linked from the version in the footer)
• Clearer invitation on the API & feeds page to request a key when you want to contribute

Better for you

• The API page focuses on free feeds and how to join in—not a dump of internal tools

Polished

• Signup interests work reliably again when you choose what you care about

What's new

• Stewards can approve people who request API access and send them a key
• Optional emails when someone’s role or key is ready (sent by hand, never automatic)

What's new

• Choose several interests when you sign up or update your profile—so news can match what you care about

Polished

• Clearer help for the people who maintain the site day to day

Better for you

• The live memorial site is the site; older side-by-side design checks are optional only

What's new

• Stewards can welcome new accounts and email subscribers directly from the admin desk

Better for you

• Simpler day-to-day commands for running the memorial site in development and in production

What's new

• Richer accounts for stewards: names, interests, notes, and a clear history of changes
• Signup links that already know what you’re interested in
• Email confirmation before you’re fully subscribed or granted access—so lists stay trustworthy

Better for you

• Site tagline: “Keep Moving Forward”

Polished

• Clearer messages when the homepage signup form needs a correction

What's new

• Stewards can stay signed in on a trusted browser for thirty days
• Stewards can remove an email subscriber when asked

What's new

• Fellowship applications live on this site (no more off-site form)
• Quiet usage insights so stewards can see how the memorial is visited
• Optional daily digests for stewards, with email settings in admin

Better for you

• Digests run as part of the main site service

What's new

• The memorial site now runs as a living home—news, archive, and tools in one place
• Knowledge-base API for contributors who help grow Bassel’s record
• Clearer path to deploy and host the live site

Better for you

• Next is the primary public site; the older static generator is optional for catalogs and checks

Stepped back

• The separate service from everyday hosting (kept in the archive for history)

Better for you

• Site tagline: “Honor Bassel by Keep Moving Forward”

What's new

• Proper favicons from Bassel’s mark
• Easier archive contributions: drop files and add reference links
• An admin desk for submissions, key requests, and subscribers

Better for you

• Homepage call to action: “Contribute archives”

Polished

• Homepage collection stats follow the same order as the main menu
• Renamed the homepage “Sources” count to Archives
• Added an API count on the homepage so public tools are visible

What's new

• A full v2 memorial site: people, artworks, projects, gaps, archives, news, and a living timeline
• Open catalog feeds you can follow or reuse
• Ways for contributors to share archives and request access
• Bassel’s handwriting, Palmyra banner, quotes, and featured news on the home page
• Familiar links from the older site so bookmarks still work

Better for you

• Framing as a news and legacy hub; the fellowship is one project among many
• Tagline: “Honoring Bassel by Keep Moving Forward”
• Clearer navigation through About, History, News, Projects, People, Artworks, Archives, Gaps, and Contribute

Stepped back

• Separate Arabic site mirror
• The old Jekyll-based stack

Carried forward

• News posts, fellow profiles, timeline events, and core pages into the new home

• Earlier chapters of the site are preserved at web.archive.org.