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The Ancient Measures Test Lab separates trials from accepted work
A generated Test Lab index distinguishes ideas and working demonstrations from changes accepted for the main site.
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Build log
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How ancientmeasures.com is planned, built, verified and maintained. The Case Studies cover ancient measurement; this log covers the engineering. Entries follow the documented project history, newest first.
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Pyramid articles open the matching calculator preset
Links from pyramid articles open the calculator with the same monument selected. The navigation check covers the homepage and all eight pyramid presets.
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Article reviews assess the research question before adding detail
The editorial review now tests whether an article asks a worthwhile, supportable question before extending it, and keeps evidence, original analysis and graphic approval separate.
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Shared CSS and generator checks preserve page styling
Semantic progress classes and a full-tree CSS check now keep generated pages within the shared style system; unchanged renders verify the extraction of legacy styles.
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Research readiness requires the specific source passages
Specific passage requirements now govern research readiness, so generic catalogue matches cannot release a blocked study or put it next in the queue.
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The public research report is generated from the project queue
A generated public report now ties every research commission, publication milestone and source holding to the same checked queue as the progress displays.
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Research progress charts count individual pages from the queue
Three instrument plates now show the article programme page by page: a pyramid of 233 stones, a dial for temples and measuring rods for units.
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The homepage links converters, monument studies and research
The homepage now directs visitors from six converters to a preserved pyramid diagram, a rotating unit dossier, focused studies, and the latest build-log entries.
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Adding a font for fourteen Traditional Chinese citation characters
A typography release is complete only when its character scope, fallback metrics, responsive rendering, cache key, and public requests all pass together.
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Separating website build records from ancient-measure articles
A build log earns its place by showing what changed, why it changed, and what was checked; it is not a second home for ancient-history essays.
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Checking page identity catches successful fallback responses
A successful HTTP response can still be a fallback document; route checks must confirm the page’s identity, not merely its status code.
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A nested converter requested HTML instead of JSON
A relative asset path in a nested converter can resolve to an HTML fallback; the fix is to correct the depth and verify every sibling tool.
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Versioned asset URLs prevent stale calculator code
When an immutable JavaScript asset remains cached after a correct deploy, the HTML reference needs a new version key and the public route needs a later check.
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The Study Library adds topic hubs and contextual navigation
The Study Library became a connected information architecture: named collections, stable routes, redirects, and a navigation system that exposes the research surface.
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Shared card spacing prevents badges overlapping titles
When card badges needed clearance, the correction was a scoped shared rule across the library, not a series of hand-positioned exceptions.
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Redirects preserve links when research pages are consolidated
Renaming a case study or consolidating a page changes labels, not the obligation to preserve its address and the reader’s path to it.
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Research essays move from Journal and Blog routes into Articles
Topical essays moved to Articles, while the blog address became the technical build log.
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Naming Joe Foley as editor and adding a public corrections route
Version 5 changed no tools and no essays; it changed who visibly answers for them.
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The pyramid calculator adds eight sourced monument presets
The pyramid tool stopped asking users to type dimensions and began offering documented monuments.
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Ancient Measures launches on its own domain
The site took its name and domain, then made unit dossiers account for their sources or gaps.
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Expanding from one length converter to five measurement tools
One converter became five tools and 189 standards with the source register reconciled.
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The first Ancient Measures release delivers 44 working pages
Version 1 was built, frozen, and staged; version 2 hardened it before midnight.
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Planning sources, uncertainty and releases before building pages
The scaffold came first: a brief, palette, port band, and fact-versus-interpretation spine.
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