Changelog

Site launches, infrastructure shifts, and meaningful catalog updates. Most recent first.

Tool-level edits (typo fixes, FAQ wording tweaks, link repairs) are not listed individually. Feature-level changes are. The catalog is also tracked in the RSS feed.

2026-05-04

Phase A-F: SEO hardening, embed, cite, search, press kit, and homepage polish

Title and meta-description audit script (scripts/check-meta.mjs) wired as npm postbuild.
WebSite schema with SearchAction on homepage; powers Google sitelinks search box.
Site-wide share button: navigator.share on mobile, copy-link on desktop. Hidden on legal pages.
Open Graph and Twitter Card enrichment site-wide: og:site_name, og:locale, og:image:alt, theme-color.
Sitemap config gains lastmod, priority, and changefreq per page-class.
RSS feed at /feed.xml lists all tools by category. Auto-discovery via <link rel=alternate>.
Tool catalog refactored to single source of truth at src/data/tools.ts.
Five new category pages at /tools/<slug> (encoders, generators, image, calculators, AI). Each with a 200-250 word editorial intro and CollectionPage + ItemList JSON-LD.
SoftwareApplication schema on tool pages enriched: applicationSubCategory (auto-derived), url, image, inLanguage, isAccessibleForFree, creator (Organization), dateModified.
Embed-this-tool widget on every tool page: copy-paste iframe snippet. ?embed=1 strips chrome via synchronous head script (no FOUC). Iframe carries a real backlink to the canonical URL.
Per-tool OG images: 40 SVGs generated at build time via /og/<slug>.svg endpoint. Each includes the tool title, description, category, AI flag.
On-site tool search at /tools?q= with URL sync (history.replaceState).
Footer enriched: 4-column responsive grid with brand block, catalog, site, and feeds columns.
Helpful 404 page with search box, 6 featured tools, and navigation links.
Cite-this-tool widget on every tool page: URL, Markdown, BibTeX, APA 7, MLA 9 with copy button.
Homepage redesigned: stats block, featured tools, browse-by-category tiles, "Why glunty" 4-card grid, embed/cite/feeds callout, brand intro.
/about enriched with Principles, How the site is built, Embedding and citation, Feeds and discoverability sections.
New /press page: brief, key facts, boilerplate at three lengths, brand assets, brand colors, wordmark description, feeds, press contact.

2026-05-04

Stage 1 enrichment: 40 tools gain FAQs, related concepts, and FAQPage schema

Stage 1 ships in 8 batches of 5 tools each (saturated -> unsaturated -> AI-augmented).
40 tools enriched with 5-7 Q&A pairs each (240+ Q&A total) and 5 related concepts each (mix of internal + authoritative external references).
ToolLayout supports faqs and relatedConcepts props. FAQPage JSON-LD emitted when faqs prop is present.
BaseLayout emits Organization schema site-wide and BreadcrumbList per page.
7 broken internal relatedTools links repaired in flight.
AI-augmented tools carry data-handling, rate-limit, and output-reliability FAQs aligned with spec section 3.5.

2026-05-04

Initial launch: 40 browser tools across 5 categories

Site live at glunty.com on Cloudflare Workers with Static Assets architecture.
40 tools shipped: 9 encoders/decoders/validators, 10 generators/converters, 4 image and color tools, 9 calculators, 8 AI-augmented explainers and rewriters.
Pure-client tools store nothing; AI-augmented tools forward input to Anthropic Claude with per-IP daily rate limits via Cloudflare KV.
Brand standards v2: royal blue accent, system fonts, no popups, no above-fold ads, no email capture.
robots.txt allows AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, etc.) plus a sitemap directive.
llms.txt at site root for AI-search-friendly site description.
Compliance verdict and design audit completed pre-launch.

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