A Million Little Pieces Of My Mind

Changes for March 18, 2026

By: Paul S Cilwa Posted: 3/18/2026 Page Views: 20
NamtiraWeb gateway restructuring: Chronological replaces DateRange, Unpublished gateway added, Spider always included. NamtiraLib ColorWheel gains programmatic positioning.
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NamtiraWeb Gateway Restructuring

The NamtiraWeb gateway page set was updated to match the actual gateways shipped with NamtiraWeb, replacing the old DateRange gateway with a Chronological one and adding a new Unpublished gateway for managing draft content.

Chronological Replaces DateRange

The 50.DateRange gateway folder in the Template was renamed to 50.Chronological. The old DateRange name implied a user-specified date range filter; the actual gateway simply presents all content in chronological order, which is what Chronological says more accurately. The NamtiraMyWeb wizard was updated to reflect this: the corresponding checkbox is now labeled Chronological rather than By Date Range.

Unpublished Gateway Added

A new 95.Unpublished gateway was added to present content pages that have not yet been marked as published. This gives site authors a private index of draft pages—useful during content development. In the NamtiraMyWeb wizard it appears as an opt-in checkbox (unchecked by default), since not every site needs to expose a draft-content listing.

Spider Always Included

The 01.Spider gateway, which generates the metadata file used by search indexers, was made unconditionally included in every generated site. It was previously listed alongside the optional gateways, which was a mistake: a site without a spider page cannot be crawled or indexed. The NamtiraMyWeb wizard no longer shows a checkbox for it.

NamtiraMyWeb Wizard: Site Purpose & Sections

Two new features were added to the NamtiraMyWeb wizard to better tailor generated sites to their intended audience:

  • General Purpose of Website dropdown on the Identity page—eleven purpose types ranging from Personal Journal and Photography Portfolio to Corporate Home and Band/Musician.
  • Sections to Include dual-listbox on the Features page—populated from the chosen purpose, with full drag-and-drop, move and reorder buttons, and a custom section entry field. Custom sections are stored in a separate registry key and survive a settings reset.

The underlying data is provided by a new SitePurposeConfiguration class that maps each purpose to a default section list. A new ListBuilder UserControl implements the dual-listbox pattern (available items on the left, chosen items on the right) and is designed for reuse wherever ordered selection from a supplied pool is needed.