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Historical Releases

Note: This file covers early releases (v0.3.0–v0.7.0). For v0.8.0 and later, the canonical record is CHANGELOG.md. For detailed historical notes on each release below, see the git tag annotations.

v0.7.0 — Blog & News Architecture Redesign

Released: January 2026 | Type: Minor (new features)

  • New category.html and tag.html layouts with card-grid display and breadcrumbs
  • blog.html completely rewritten as a professional news homepage with dark header, hero section, category navigation, and sidebar widgets
  • journals.html enhanced with author bio, related posts, and previous/next navigation cards
  • New post-card.html and author-card.html reusable components
  • _data/authors.yml for author profiles with social links
  • Bug fix: resolved Liquid "nesting too deep" errors by inlining card content

Files added: _layouts/category.html, tag.html, _includes/components/post-card.html, author-card.html, _data/authors.yml, 6 category index pages, 4 sample posts.

v0.5.0 — Comprehensive Sitemap Integration + First RubyGems Publish

Released: October 25, 2025 | Type: Minor (new features) | Gem: 3.9MB

  • New sitemap-collection.html layout: unified site overview with statistics, interactive search/filtering, collections overview, and recent activity feed
  • Site statistics dashboard with 6 real-time KPIs
  • Navigation updates: sitemap added to main nav with map icon
  • First public RubyGems publication: gem install jekyll-theme-zer0
  • WCAG 2.1 AA compliant; mobile-first responsive design
  • 14 files changed, +2,479 lines

v0.4.0 — Statistics Dashboard

Released: October 10, 2025 | Type: Minor (new features)

  • New _layouts/stats.html dashboard container with 6 modular components (header, overview, categories, tags, metrics, error handling)
  • Ruby generator (_data/generate_statistics.rb) analyzes 62 content pieces, 19 categories, 47 tags and caches results as YAML
  • Bootstrap 5 responsive design with tooltips, animations, and mobile-first layout
  • 21 files changed, +87,693 lines (documentation and components)

v0.3.0 — Mermaid Diagram Integration

Released: January 27, 2025 | Type: Minor (new feature) | Issue: #6

  • Full Mermaid diagram support: flowcharts, sequence, class, state, ER, Gantt, pie, git graphs, journey, mindmaps
  • Conditional loading via mermaid: true front matter — only loads when needed
  • GitHub Pages compatible; dark mode (forest theme); responsive
  • 16-test automated test script (scripts/test-mermaid.sh)
  • 53% reduction in scattered Mermaid files (15 → 7); single include _includes/components/mermaid.html
  • Documentation: comprehensive user guide + integration tutorial in pages/_docs/jekyll/