leilukin-site/src/pages/now.md

---
title: Now
updated: 2024-06-17
eleventyNavigation:
    order: 3
eleventyComputed:
    desc: What {{ sitemeta.siteAuthor.name }} is doing now.
---

*This page was last updated on {{ updated | formatDate }}.*

This is my [/now page](https://nownownow.com/about). You can find more pages like this at [nownownow.com](https://nownownow.com/).

You can also check out my [status.cafe profile](https://status.cafe/users/leilukin) for my latest short status updates.

## Participating in the Personal Web

I have been making a more active effort in participating in the personal web and connecting with other webmasters, through various methods including leaving messages on others' guestbooks, sending other webmasters emails, linking to each other's websites, following each other's Neocities profiles, etc.

Furthermore, I joined [32-Bit Cafe](https://32bit.cafe/) on both its Discourse forum and Discord on 15 June 2024.

## What I am Working on

### Reduce Website's JavaScript Reliance

In order to accommodate visitors who have disabled JavaScript, I have been working on reducing this website's dependence on JavaScript to perform basic functions.

Previously, the navigation bar's hamburger menu on mobile needed JavaScript to open and close, while the "Back to top" button used JavaScript to hide or display based on the visitor's scroll position. Now I have removed JavaScript from being needed to perform these functions, though the hamburger menu still uses JavaScript to enable pressing the Escape key to close to improve accessibility for keyboard navigation.

For components that still require JavaScript, such as my status.cafe widget and the Website Carbon badge on the home page, I have added `<noscript>` elements to notify visitors who have JavaScript disabled that JavaScript is required for those components.

You can learn more about how JavaScript is used on this site on the [JavaScript section of the colophon page](/colophon/#javascript).

### Website Performance Improvement

After setting up a [custom domain name and migrating this website to Netlify](/blog/posts/2024-05-31-domain-name-hosting-change-leilukins-hub), I have been working on improving the performance of this website to make visitors' experience with browsing this site better.

Important steps to improve this site's performance include preloading assets of the default font (Lexend), removing unneeded Font Awesome assets, and converting most images of this site to AVIF format to reduce file size and bandwidth.

As a result, {{ sitemeta.siteName }} is finally able to score 100 in all categories (Performance, Accessibility, Best practice and SEO on both mobile and desktop views) on [PageSpeed Insights](https://pagespeed.web.dev/).

### Updating my {% cite "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" %} mods

As part of my ongoing collaboration with [KOtOR Community Portal's mod builds](https://kotor.neocities.org/modding/), I have updated [KotOR 1 Twi'lek Male NPC Diversity](/projects/kotor1mods/#kotor-1-twilek-male-npc-diversity), [PartySwap](/projects/kotor2mods/#partyswap) and [PartySwap and Extended Enclave Compatibility Patch](/projects/kotor2mods/#partyswap-and-extended-enclave-compatibility-patch) to ensure my mods are bug-free and compatible with other mods in the mod builds, and to prepare for the next iteration of the mod builds.
Create a Now page 2024-04-15 17:00:02 +00:00			`---`
			`title: Now`
Update Now page about participating in the personal web 2024-06-17 05:47:21 +00:00			`updated: 2024-06-17`
Use Navigation plugin to render site map 2024-04-18 12:47:51 +00:00			`eleventyNavigation:`
Use Eleventy Navigation plugin to render main site nav bar 2024-04-24 16:43:39 +00:00			`order: 3`
Use sitemeta variables for web page descriptions 2024-06-02 06:21:54 +00:00			`eleventyComputed:`
			`desc: What {{ sitemeta.siteAuthor.name }} is doing now.`
Create a Now page 2024-04-15 17:00:02 +00:00			`---`

Rename niceDate variable to formatDate 2024-05-10 02:34:12 +00:00			`This page was last updated on {{ updated \| formatDate }}.`
Add content 2024-04-18 04:57:42 +00:00
Add information about now page 2024-04-18 05:02:46 +00:00			`This is my [/now page](https://nownownow.com/about). You can find more pages like this at [nownownow.com](https://nownownow.com/).`

Add link to my status.page profile to my now page 2024-06-03 10:41:59 +00:00			`You can also check out my [status.cafe profile](https://status.cafe/users/leilukin) for my latest short status updates.`

Update Now page about participating in the personal web 2024-06-17 05:47:21 +00:00			`## Participating in the Personal Web`

			`I have been making a more active effort in participating in the personal web and connecting with other webmasters, through various methods including leaving messages on others' guestbooks, sending other webmasters emails, linking to each other's websites, following each other's Neocities profiles, etc.`

			`Furthermore, I joined [32-Bit Cafe](https://32bit.cafe/) on both its Discourse forum and Discord on 15 June 2024.`

Update Now page 2024-05-24 17:42:55 +00:00			`## What I am Working on`
Add content 2024-04-18 04:57:42 +00:00
Add info about reducing JavaScript dependence to Now page 2024-06-13 14:54:02 +00:00			`### Reduce Website's JavaScript Reliance`

			`In order to accommodate visitors who have disabled JavaScript, I have been working on reducing this website's dependence on JavaScript to perform basic functions.`

			`Previously, the navigation bar's hamburger menu on mobile needed JavaScript to open and close, while the "Back to top" button used JavaScript to hide or display based on the visitor's scroll position. Now I have removed JavaScript from being needed to perform these functions, though the hamburger menu still uses JavaScript to enable pressing the Escape key to close to improve accessibility for keyboard navigation.`

			For components that still require JavaScript, such as my status.cafe widget and the Website Carbon badge on the home page, I have added `<noscript>` elements to notify visitors who have JavaScript disabled that JavaScript is required for those components.

			`You can learn more about how JavaScript is used on this site on the [JavaScript section of the colophon page](/colophon/#javascript).`

Add website performance improvement section to Now page 2024-06-09 07:36:43 +00:00			`### Website Performance Improvement`
Add site maintenance progress and days to celebrate 2024-04-21 15:31:05 +00:00
Add website performance improvement section to Now page 2024-06-09 07:36:43 +00:00			`After setting up a [custom domain name and migrating this website to Netlify](/blog/posts/2024-05-31-domain-name-hosting-change-leilukins-hub), I have been working on improving the performance of this website to make visitors' experience with browsing this site better.`
Update Now page to move Lesbian Visibility Week to recently celebrated 2024-04-29 07:12:13 +00:00
Add website performance improvement section to Now page 2024-06-09 07:36:43 +00:00			`Important steps to improve this site's performance include preloading assets of the default font (Lexend), removing unneeded Font Awesome assets, and converting most images of this site to AVIF format to reduce file size and bandwidth.`

			`As a result, {{ sitemeta.siteName }} is finally able to score 100 in all categories (Performance, Accessibility, Best practice and SEO on both mobile and desktop views) on [PageSpeed Insights](https://pagespeed.web.dev/).`
Add blog post about custom domain and new host to Now page 2024-05-31 14:17:53 +00:00
Update Now page 2024-05-24 17:42:55 +00:00			`### Updating my {% cite "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" %} mods`
Add site maintenance progress and days to celebrate 2024-04-21 15:31:05 +00:00
Add website performance improvement section to Now page 2024-06-09 07:36:43 +00:00			As part of my ongoing collaboration with [KOtOR Community Portal's mod builds](https://kotor.neocities.org/modding/), I have updated [KotOR 1 Twi'lek Male NPC Diversity](/projects/kotor1mods/#kotor-1-twilek-male-npc-diversity), [PartySwap](/projects/kotor2mods/#partyswap) and [PartySwap and Extended Enclave Compatibility Patch](/projects/kotor2mods/#partyswap-and-extended-enclave-compatibility-patch) to ensure my mods are bug-free and compatible with other mods in the mod builds, and to prepare for the next iteration of the mod builds.