|
By: Paul S Cilwa |
Posted: 3/15/2026 |
|
Page Views: 22 |
| Documentation review, Whatever2JPG migrated to .NET 10, Manifesto Obscura project, NamtiraWeb section restructured; plus 33 NamtiraWeb code documentation pages published, PageProperties cleanup, TimeRibbon bug fix, Navigation warnings fixed, clean-build skill added. |
| Estimated reading time: 4 minute(s) (742 words) |
Project Documentation Review
Common fixes included:
- Adding Copy buttons to all block-level
<code> elements
- Fixing keyword formatting (each word capitalized, comma-separated, no extra spaces)
- Converting Posted dates from string format to date literals
- Adding missing
Published = True property
- Removing dead external links (thinkexist.com)
- Removing vestigial
class="DOS" from inline code elements
- Adding contextual
<aside> notes where appropriate (e.g., modern .NET
no longer needs COM registration on the Register DLLs page, legacy nature of VB runtimes)
Whatever2JPG Migrated to .NET 10
The Whatever2JPG project was migrated from .NET Framework 4.8.1 to .NET 10 with an SDK-style
project file. The duplicated NamtiraLib code (SuperStrings.vb) was removed and replaced with
a reference to the shared NamtiraLib DLL. The Magick.NET NuGet package was updated from 14.2.0
to 14.10.3. Version bumped to 2.1 to reflect the library change and AVIF conversion support.
Website documentation updated accordingly.
New Project: Manifesto Obscura
A new utility project was documented: Manifesto Obscura, a single-purpose tool that puts the
display to sleep with one click. Built on .NET 10 using the Windows
SendMessage API via NamtiraLib's TurnOffDisplay method. An Inno
Setup installer was created and the documentation page added to the Projects section of the
site.
NamtiraWeb Section Restructured
The NamtiraWeb parent page was trimmed from a five-paragraph essay to a concise two-paragraph
header that introduces its child pages. The redundant content about ASP Classic history and
AI was removed (the "Why NamtiraWeb?" child page already covers that ground). Spelling and
grammar fixes were applied across the section ("commericial", "articial", "it's/its",
duplicate words).
The ASP child section was rewritten to focus on ASP.NET Web Forms specifically, with an
architectural diagram showing how Site.Master and code-behind files feed into content pages.
An aside was added clarifying that while Microsoft now recommends ASP.NET Core with Razor
Pages, Web Forms remains a practical choice for this site. A new "Alternatives to ASP.NET
Web Forms" page was added covering MVC, Razor Pages, Blazor, static site generators, and
WordPress.
All pages in the section had "ASP.net" and "VB.net" corrected to "ASP.NET" and "VB.NET",
string dates converted to date literals, and backslash link paths fixed to forward slashes.
NamtiraWeb Code Documentation Published
All VB.NET modules and CSS stylesheets under the NamtiraWeb code section were documented
and published. New pages cover: SiteMaster, PageProperties, KeywordList (new folder 25.Keywords),
WebSpecific, SiteData (with four child pages), Navigation, SpiderService, and ShareData.
The Styles section received 19 child pages—one per CSS file—plus a parent overview page
explaining the stylesheet loading order and the CacheBustedUrl() cache-busting
mechanism. TimeRibbon was fully rewritten from an older stub. All 33 pages set to
Published = True with Posted = #3/15/2026#.
PageProperties Cleanup
Removed the dead ThumbnailOwnedPath property (no callers anywhere in the
codebase). Renamed the Thumbnail property to ThumbnailInfo
to clarify it returns a WebFileInfo object, not an image. Callers in
Navigation.vb and Site.Master.vb updated accordingly.
TimeRibbon.vb Bug Fix and Reorder
Fixed a bug in GenerateYears where the single-year case was unreachable—the y = StartYear branch always fired first, giving the wrong colspan for
any new site whose data doesn't yet span two calendar years. Fixed PopulateMilestones
parameter name from Employment to Posts. Classes reordered
bottom-up to match the documentation reading order: TimeRibbonItem ?
TimeRibbonRow ? TimeRibbon ? PersonalTimeRibbon.
Navigation.vb Warning Fixes
Eliminated six BC42025 compiler warnings in Navigation.vb by replacing instance
access of shared/constant members with direct class-name access: _SiteData.Home
? SiteData.Home, and five ThisPage.ActualPage.XButtonText
references ? SiteMaster.XButtonText. These were legitimate warnings, not
suppressed.
New clean-build Skill
Added a clean-build Claude Code skill triggered by "clean up for build". It clears
the contents of all bin and obj folders without deleting the
folders themselves, then re-applies attrib +S +H so OneDrive continues to
ignore them between builds.
Navigation Button Text Wrapping
Multi-word section names such as "Namtira Web Code" were overflowing their 55px navigation
button and obscuring adjacent buttons. Fixed in 30.Navigation.css by changing
white-space: nowrap to white-space: normal and adding
word-break: break-word. Buttons now grow taller as needed to accommodate
wrapped labels.