Changelog

Notable public updates to The Geeks Forge. Newest first.

2026-10-13

Electronics: Speakers, Buzzers, and Microphones; Motors; and Crystals and Oscillators. All 21 Learn articles (EL-01 through EL-21) are now published.
Electronics menu: the Projects group is now called Helpers.
New Electronics Helpers: Schematic Symbols, Ohm’s Law, and Resistor Color Codes, listed in the menu and on the Electronics Overview.
New Electronics Helper: Power (PIE) Formula.
PowerShell: the Overview now lists every project, script source, and style demo page, and projects are listed alphabetically in the menu and on the Overview.
SQL Knowledge Base: a new Overview page is now the starting point, listing every SQL topic grouped like the menu; topics are alphabetical within each menu group, and the old Starter Guide page was retired.
SQL Knowledge Base pages have simpler footers (author byline removed).

Sitewide forge redesign: dark metal look with light texturing; the site is now dark-only (the light/dark switch is gone).
Section colors for the banner and menu: PowerShell blue steel, SQL green, Electronics gold; other sections keep copper/oxblood.
Banner title is now a Borg-cube-style “The Geeks Forge” image with a light glow in each section’s color.
Sites and Menu buttons swapped (Sites first in the banner), each with its own little gear that spins on hover.
Dog personality images: Lana and Zoey on the home page, Zoey on Electronics, Lana on PowerShell, Honey on SQL, and Honey, Lana and Zoey on Research Projects.
New Electronics section on the hub and Sites dropdown, with an Overview and learning path, collapsible Learn and Projects menu groups, and Previous/Next links.
Electronics Learn articles 1–18: What is Electronics; Conductors, Insulators, and Semiconductors; Resistors; Capacitors; Coils (Inductors); Diodes; Transistors; Transformers; DC Circuits; AC Circuits; RCL Circuits; Switches and Relays; Batteries and Cells; LEDs and Optoelectronics; Voltage Regulators; Integrated Circuits; Fuses and Circuit Protection; Sensors.
Microcontrollers: The ESP32, Explained: A Beginner’s Guide.

New Home Assistant section on the hub and Sites dropdown, with an Overview page.
Home Assistant: What Is Home Assistant? and Setting Up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi guides.
Home Assistant guides: external links open in a new tab.
Site menus are now sorted alphabetically (Home first, Changelog last).

AN/TPS-43E: Share what you know contribution page (photos, documents, and stories), linked from the Research Projects menu and the article.

Responsive shell sitewide: phones get an off-canvas menu drawer; desktop side menus can collapse (including Home and Changelog).
Topic pages use a fluid layout on narrow screens.

Research Projects section live on the hub and Sites dropdown (Overview plus project pages).
AN/TPS-43E Radar deep dive, with Military service records.
RTA-4A Weather Radar deep dive, with training certificate.
KDM 7000B DME deep dive, with training certificate.

PowerShell Projects: HtmlEditor Style demo source (sample-styled.html and sample-extra.css), linked under HtmlEditor.

PowerShell Projects: Media docs and Script source (picture and video metadata helper).
PowerShell Projects: HtmlEditor docs and Script source (WPF WYSIWYG HTML editor with a style dropdown built from the page CSS). Source updated to version 08: the Color box now shows the color swatch and name without being cut off by the arrow.

Sites dropdown opens on hover (fine pointer), with click and keyboard still supported.
Install Arduino IDE topic: dark mode follows the site theme toggle.
Fixed apex https://geeksforge.com DNS/TLS (A record pointed at the Static Web App stable inbound IP; mail DNS left unchanged).
SQLTool topic: dark mode follows the site theme toggle (data-theme).
Sitewide: friendly topic titles instead of SQL-/SQL-CLI- style IDs; removed personal name references from public pages.
PowerShell: added indented Script source pages for SQLTool and Convert-Ps1ToHtml (examples use generic server/instance/database names).
SQLTool docs layout left-aligned.
Menu expand/collapse state remembered (localStorage).
PowerShell menu: Overview, Modules (placeholder), Projects (SQLTool + Convert-Ps1ToHtml).
Section banners use the “The Geeks Forge: …” prefix.
Sitewide Sites dropdown (Home + sections); removed the banner subtitle line.
Added this Changelog page; linked from the hub home menu.

Geeks Forge hub launched; SQL Knowledge Base under the hub; published to www on Azure Static Web Apps with HTTPS.
Microcontrollers section and Install Arduino IDE topic.
SQLKB menu and structure refinements (collapsible sections, topic organization).