Last Updated On December 27, 2023 Version 1.0.0-1.0.9: Final Release Date: March 30, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Not released Features: First Release: Instagram, YouTube and latest video/future video sneak peek sections on home page. First Version: 1.0.0 (March 30, 2021) Final Version: 1.0.9 (April 4, 2021) Support End Date: April 4, 2021 Development Begin Date: March 30, 2021 (1.0.0) Development End Date: March 30, 2021 (1.0.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 1.1.0-1.1.8: Final Release Date: April 4, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Not released Features: Added multiple pages (one website per page) in the categories of Home, Social Media, About Me and Web Apps. Removed date of current day from website home page. Added version of website to website page title. Added top five newest videos to home page. First Version: 1.1.0 (April 4, 2021) Final Version: 1.1.8 (April 11, 2021) Support End Date: April 11, 2021 Development Begin Date: April 4, 2021 (1.1.0) Development End Date: April 4, 2021 (1.1.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 1.2.0-1.2.9.1: Final Release Date: April 11, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: April 10, 2021 Features: Home Page: Removed five reasons to subscribe to my channel section, removed subscribe banner and website link sections, all are available in the More page in Removed current version/all website versions text from bottom of website. Removed all pages text from website home page. Added/Removed Pages: Removed links page. Added Internet Archive and Versions page. First Version: 1.3.0 (April 11, 2021) Final Version: 1.3.9 (April 24, 2021) Support End Date: April 26, 2021 Development Begin Date: April 10, 2021 (1.2.0) Development End Date: April 11, 2021 (1.2.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 1.3.0-1.3.9: Final Release Date: April 26, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Not released Features: YouTube Pages Update: All website pages related to my YouTube channel added to a separate website. New Page: Version 1.3 added a new Gaming page. First Version: 1.3.0 (April 26, 2021) Final Version: 1.3.9 (May 15, 2021) Support End Date: May 16, 2021 Development Begin Date: April 25, 2021 (1.3.0) Development End Date: April 26, 2021 (1.3.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 1.4.0-1.4.6: Final Release Date: May 16, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Not released (betas released after 1.4.0) Features: New Pages: Version 1.4 adds a new Upload Schedule page. Other Changes: Text changes. First Version: 1.4.0 (May 16, 2021) Final Version: 1.4.6 (May 28, 2021) Support End Date: May 16, 2021 Development Begin Date: May 16, 2021 (1.4.0) Development End Date: May 16, 2021 (1.4.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 2.0.1-2.0.7: Final Release Date: May 16, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Initial beta version was 2.0.0, final release version was 2.0.1 (betas released after 2.0.1) Features: Redesign: Version 2.0 features a major redesign featuring stacked elements and page info added to page header to save space, multiple pieces of information in page headers. Links are yellow to indicate they are links. New font to page titles in the header, text in the headers is attracted to the right rather than the center. Pages are moved into a side panel on desktop (on mobile on the top right corner clicking the three bars reveals the page menu. More consistent design. Home page now serves as a page folder. Pages Update: Home page now serves as a page folder. The Contact Me page is now in the home page folder. New plzsub2me page (features channel description, channel link and link to access the channel). New Superhero stuff page (this page was for my interest in comic books). First Version: 2.0.1 (May 28, 2021) Final Version: 2.0.7 (June 3, 2021) Support End Date: June 4, 2021 Development Begin Date: May 28, 2021 (2.0.1) Development End Date: May 28, 2021 (2.0.1) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 2.1.0-2.0.7: Final Release Date: June 4, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Not released (betas released after 2.1.0) Features: New content. Changed feature info on home page from 2.0 to 2.1 (includes 2.0 introduction video) New Pages: New About Myself, About My Channel and My Fav Channels page (and of course a navigation page folder to go along with it). First Version: 2.1.0 (June 4, 2021) Final Version: 2.1.4 (June 3, 2021) Support End Date: June 19, 2021 Development Begin Date: June 4, 2021 (2.1.0) Development End Date: June 4, 2021 (2.1.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 2.2.0-2.2.7: Final Release Date: June 19, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Beta 1 (June 17, 2021) Features: Features unique wallpaper for each folder of pages. Big text edits. Redesigned home page to page header with a channel subscribe 'ad', "hello" text and site map and a section with site, COVID notice, introduction and simpler interface text with a two column design info panel design below it. Newsletter: Version 2.2 introduced the newsletter. The newsletter page folder included these page for use, page folder page, rules and sign up page (more pages were added to the newsletter section in later versions of 2.2). First Version: 2.2.0 (June 19, 2021) Final Version: 2.2.7 (June 25, 2021) Support End Date: June 27, 2021 Development Begin Date: June 11, 2021 (2.2.0) Development End Date: June 19, 2021 (2.2.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 2.3.0-2.3.6: Final Release Date: June 27, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Not released Features: New content. Access to easter egg for 14 year iPhone anniversary accessible from the home page. Newsletter: Newsletter page folder renamed as "Newsletter", instead of "Newsletter (Beta)". Added Older Newsletters page to Newsletter page folder. Articles: Changed the Articles page in the fun page folder to it's own page folder. Organized various types of articles into pages in the Articles page folder. These pages include: Tutorials, Stories, YouTube, More and a rules page. First Version: 2.3.0 (June 27, 2021) Final Version: 2.3.6 (July 13, 2021) Support End Date: July 13, 2021 Development Begin Date: June 27, 2021 (2.3.0) Development End Date: June 27, 2021 (2.3.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 2.3.0-2.3.6: Final Release Date: June 27, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Not released Features: New content. Access to easter egg for 14 year iPhone anniversary accessible from the home page. Newsletter: Newsletter page folder renamed as "Newsletter", instead of "Newsletter (Beta)". Added Older Newsletters page to Newsletter page folder. Articles: Changed the Articles page in the fun page folder to it's own page folder. Organized various types of articles into pages in the Articles page folder. These pages include: Tutorials, Stories, YouTube, More and a rules page. First Version: 2.3.0 (June 27, 2021) Final Version: 2.3.6 (July 13, 2021) Support End Date: July 13, 2021 Development Begin Date: June 27, 2021 (2.3.0) Development End Date: June 27, 2021 (2.3.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 3.0.0-3.0.3: Final Release Date: July 13, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Beta 1 (July 10, 2021), Beta 2 (July 10, 2021), Beta 3 (July 11, 2021), Beta 4 (July 12, 2021) Features: Start: This is a page designed as a replacement to the Home page (it is now the Home Content page). This page features a side panel with website information and a 6x6+3 grid of icons that represent each page, when you tap it it will bring you to that page (obviously) Light/Dark Mode: Since website version 1.0.8 the only option for the theme color was dark mode. But in website version 3.0 you can switch from dark mode to light mode in the new Settings page. New Pages: Website version 3.0 features a new settings page to switch in between light and dark mode as mentioned before. Site Help: Website version 3.0 features a new Site Help page. This page features three tips for navigation (Search, Start and Select) with an image beside each one to represent how to do it. Page Dividers: In website version 3.0 each page has a divider below the content so you know it is the end of the page. First Version: 3.0.0 (July 13, 2021) Final Version: 3.0.3 (July 18, 2021) Support End Date: August 11, 2021 Development Begin Date: July 9, 2021 (3.0.0) Development End Date: July 13, 2021 (3.0.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 3.1.0-3.1.9: Final Release Date: August 11, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Not Released Features: Adds an updated list of Top 6 Vids for the Top 6 Vids page. There are also a few design changes in the Web Apps page to make the page more compact. Apple Game Center recreation is linked to from the Start page and the Fun page folder. To expand on the page ended divider which was introduced in website version 3.0. Each page has a divider in between different sections. The Start page features a background image rather than a black/white background. It also features other new content and text improvements. Site Help: Website version 3.1 features a redesigned Site Help page. Instead of featuring three navigational tips, it now features one video tutorial of use for each page. It also features a guide which provides a link to each individual page tutorial. Simpler Interface: 3.1.simple.version is an update to the Simpler Interface version of the website to go along with website version 3.1. It is even simpler than 2.3.2.simple.version (the previous version of the simpler interface). 3.1.simple.version also features multiple pages. New Pages: Website version 3.1 features a few new pages. The first new page I will talk about is the Common Hashtags page in the YouTube page folder, this page features links to hashtags that I commonly use. The second new page in website version 3.1 is the re-adding of the Site Map page which was removed in a version of website version 2.0, this page features links to each page. The final new page in website version 3.1 is the My Fav Videos page, this page features my favorite YouTube videos I have watched, this page is designed to replace the My Fav Channels page. Gaming Page Redesign: Website version 3.1 features a redesign to the Gaming page in the Fun page folder. The old page featured twelve gaming-related YouTube videos from my channel and then Temple Run wallpapers with 3.5 inch display and 9.7 inch display versions with text about how to save the Temple Run wallpapers to you photos. The redesign in version 3.1 features my gaming channel profile pic and description, clicking it will bring you to my gaming channel where you can find my gaming-related YouTube videos. Next/below it are all three of the Temple Run wallpapers, but now they are just one size because the images are actually capable of fitting 3.5 and 9.7 inch displays. First Version: 3.1.0 (August 11, 2021) Final Version: 3.1.9 (August 29, 2021) Support End Date: September 1, 2021 Development Begin Date: July 17, 2021 (3.1.0) Development End Date: August 11, 2021 (3.1.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 3.2.0-3.2.9: Final Release Date: September 1, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Not Released Start: Version 3.2 features design updates to the Start icons. First, all images in the Start icons have been replaced by a better/newer one, and all images in the start icons are now PNGs for design reasons. The second feature is the alphabetical order of Start icons to match the new alphabetical order of the pages/page folders. Website version 3.2 features the Site Map on the Start page. One little final feature of the Start page is the side text panel is now bigger than it previously was in version 3.1. Site Help Page: Website version 3.1 introduced tutorial videos for each page, each video was a side panel to the left of the text. This caused extreme performance issues as the page had to pull up 50+ videos all at once as well as black background images in dark mode, text and dividers. All of this combined caused extreme slowness. Website version 3.2 fixes this issue by making the text panel fill up the entire section. Above the text is bigger text, 3.2 makes this text yellow and acts as a link, when clicked it will bring up that site help video on YouTube. Removed Pages: In the Newsletter page folder a page was removed that was named Newsletter Schedule, this page was no longer needed and was removed. Because the Site Map was added to the Start page in website version 3.2 the Site Map page was no longer needed and was removed. Other Features: Text improvements, new video added to the My Fav Videos page and bug fixes. First Version: 3.2.0 (August 11, 2021) Final Version: 3.2.9 (September 20, 2021) Support End Date: September 22, 2021 Development Begin Date: August 17, 2021 (3.2.0) Development End Date: September 1, 2021 (3.2.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 3.3.0-3.3.10: Final Release Date: September 22, 2021 Initial Beta Release Date: Not Released Features: Articles More page renamed to Tech Articles. Channel Rules and Upload Schedule pages. Text updates. New content. First Version: 3.3.0 (September 22, 2021) Final Version: 3.3.10 (December 25, 2021) (Revision Published On 12/26/2021) Support End Date: January 1, 2022 Development Begin Date: September 18, 2021 (3.3.0) Development End Date: September 22, 2021 (3.3.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 3.4.0-3.4.3: Final Release Date: January 1, 2022 Initial Beta Release Date: Not Released Features: Dark Mode: Darker dark mode, version 3.4 as well as version 4.0 have a darker version of dark mode. This is done by using a darker background image. New Pages: Website version 3.4 features two new pages. iOS 17 feature wish list (a page for submitting feature ideas for Apple iOS 17) and My Fav Videos (a page that features links to every one of my YouTube videos excluding website help videos). Start Icons: Website version 3.4 features redesigned Start icons. The new icons feature gradient backgrounds and a new font for the text (it is white if the background color is dark). Some icons feature new images inside of them. First Version: 3.4.0 (January 1, 2022) Final Version: 3.4.4 (January 1, 2024) Support End Date: January 15, 2022 (Feature/Content Updates) Development Begin Date: December 27, 2021 (3.4.0) Development End Date: December 31, 2021 (3.4.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 4.0.0-4.0.11: Final Release Date: January 1, 2022 Initial Beta Release Date: Beta 1 (October 3, 2021), Beta 10 (October 16), Beta 11 (October 16), Beta 12 (October 16), December 2021 Betas Features: Page Footer: Website version 4.0 features a new page footer. This features my Animoji, social media access, page sorting and the site map. New Pages: Website version 4.0 features a new My Fav Websites page, this page features my favorite websites. Another new page is the Website Feedback page, this page features a survey for my website and YouTube channel. One new page featured in website version 4.0 is the Website Archive page, this page features removed website content. The final new page in website version 4.0 is the iOS 17 Feature Wishlist page, this page allows people to submit feature ideas for iOS 17. My Fav Images Section: The Images page in website version 4.0 features the My Fav Images section (not active until website version 4.0.3). This section is below my images and shows my favorite images I have seen on the internet. Start Icons: Website version 4.0 features a new design to the Start icons. The new design to the Start icons feature a gradient background and a new text font (the new design is also available in website version 3.4). In website version 4.0 Start icons can be found on other navigational pages than Start. Other Features: Because website version 4.0 is built in Weebly there is now an option to have a custom domain (https://theiphonefan.com rather than https://sites.google.com/view/iphonefan/start). One other feature is darker dark mode, this allows for darker (easier on the eyes) backgrounds by using a darker background image. First Version: 4.0.0 (January 1, 2022) Final Version: 4.0.11 (January 23, 2022) Support End Date: March 5, 2022 Development Begin Date: June 23, 2021, September 12-October 17, December 29, 2021 (4.0.0) Development End Date: December 31, 2021 (4.0.0) Codename: Project Blue —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 4.1.0-4.1.16: Final Release Date: March 5, 2022 Initial Beta Release Date: Beta 1 (March 4, 2022) (betas released after version 4.1.0) Features: Start: Website version 4.1 upgrades the maximum capacity of Start icons from 30 to 36. Website version 4.1 also moves the text panel to below the icon panel rather than it being above the icon panel. Page Footer: Website version 4.1 adds a new settings section to the page footer for going back to start, switching in between the light mode or simpler interface version of the website. Google Site-Weebly Transition Updates: Website version 4.1 moved all the articles and the Apple Game Center Recreation to in-site. New Pages: Website version 4.1 adds a few new pages, these include: My Fav Channels page, added back Saved Website Versions page as well as adding major website versions. First Version: 4.1.0 (March 5, 2022) Final Version: 4.1.16 (May 10, 2022) Support End Date: May 27, 2022 Development Begin Date: January 25, 2022 (4.1.0) Development End Date: March 5, 2022 (4.1.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 4.2.0-4.2.13: Final Release Date: May 27, 2022 Initial Beta Release Date: Start Page Example (May 7, 2022) Features: Start: Website version 4.2 introduces a section to the start page called "featured pages", it contains start icons linking to some recommended pages. These pages include Blog (4.2.3+), Channel Survey, My Videos, my YouTube channel link, Top 5 Vids, Simpler Interface and Newsletter Sign-Up. Also, below the main start icon panel a page folders section has been added, it features a start icon for each page folder to allow for easy navigation. My Videos: Website version 4.2 has significantly​ improved the experience of the My Videos page. Instead of an entire list of all my videos you can now select an upload month to view and play all of the videos in the selected month. The complete list is still retained as an option. Navigation Bar: In website version 4.2 the top bar was made smaller. Access page that had to fit into a second page row were put into a "more" menu. The site name has been changed from "Jordan R." to "TheiPhoneFan", and the site name has also been made a bit smaller to allow for an even smaller top navigation bar. Page Footer: The sitemap section in the page footer has been replaced by the page folders section also featured on the start page. However, this function was removed in version 4.2.3 due to the page footer being removed from this site. Newsletter: In website version 4.2 the newsletter pages have been brought back. This is because the 2022 season of the newsletter became available when 4.2 was released. In version 4.2.2 on May 29, 2022 the newsletter sign up became available. Articles: Article navigation is improved in version 4.2. Instead of an article-category-specific image and text below it, an icon for each article has been added similar to start icons. First Version: 4.2.0 (May 27, 2022) Final Version: 4.2.13 (June 23, 2022) Support End Date: July 1, 2022 Development Begin Date: May 7, 2022 (4.2.0) Development End Date: May 27, 2022 (4.2.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 4.3.0-4.3.4: Final Release Date: July 1, 2022 Initial Beta Release Date: Not Released Features: Start: Website Version 4.3 replaces the "Recommended Pages" section with the "My Social Media Section". All of the Start Icons are made perfect 301x301 squares, this solves the issue of Start icons displaying as different sizes on mobile devices. Below the Start icons is the sitemap, website version 4.3 updates the site map to accommodate new pages. The "Tech Articles" Start icons was added to the Start page, prior to version 4.3 it did not show due to a bug. To allow new pages in the Start Icon section, the maximum capacity of Start Icons has been upgraded to 42 from 36. Content: Website version 4.3 features a major-site wide content-overhaul. The new content replaces a lot of very out-of-date content. New Pages: The 4.3 update features five new pages: All Pages, Thumbnail Design, Settings, Newsletter Info, and a new My Fav Images page. The All Pages page is a page for navigation, it contains links to all of the pages on this website. Thumbnail Design is a page about all of my custom thumbnails for all of my YT videos. Settings contains multiple site preferences. Newsletter Info contains several newsletter support pages. And My Fav Images features the "My Fav Images" section from the Images page in an all new page. Due to the discontinuation of the iOS 17 Feature Wishlist service, the iOS 17 Feature Wishlist page has been removed. Navigation: Beside each page folder name is an emoji that reflects the content of that page folder. The presentations page features icons similar to the ones used on the Start page for accessing presentations. The playlists page features a section that lists each of my playlists, and what it is about. Design: The design in website version 4.3 has been made to look better, page folder headers now feature a unique background for each page folder. First Version: 4.3.0 (July 1, 2022) Final Version: 4.3.4 (July 16, 2022) Support End Date: July 21, 2022 Development Begin Date: June 9-13, 2022, June 13, 2022 (4.3.0) Development End Date: July 1, 2022 (4.3.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 5.0.0-5.0.9: Final Release Date: July 24, 2022 Initial Beta Release Date: Navigation Preview (July 10, 2022), Beta 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 (July 21), Beta 11/12/13/14 (July 22) Features: Revamped Navigation: Website version 5.0 features a method of navigation that involves the user choosing an option to complete a task by clicking on icons. With this navigation method scrolling has been eliminated for the most part. Wherever the design can be made more compact, it has. At the top of each page, a new back and home button has been added for going back to the previous page/going to the home page. Site Help Integration: For each clickable option, an "i" button has been added. Once clicked, you will be able to read a short introduction to what the option does. Text Formatting: In SV 5.0 a new font, Roboto, has been applied. With this, heading text can and has been made bold. And finally, all text (that can be) centered has been. Other: The "Home Content" page has been replaced with the "Recent Content" page. It allows site users to find recently published content instead of featured content. Page sorting has been re-evaluated to place pages in more fitting categories. First Version: 5.0.0 (July 24, 2022) Final Version: 5.0.9 (August 2, 2022) Support End Date: August 4, 2022 Development Begin Date: July 9, 2022 (5.0.0) Development End Date: July 23, 2022 (5.0.0) Codename: ProjectUnify —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 5.1.0-5.1.9: Final Release Date: August 4, 2022 Initial Beta Release Date: Not Released Features: Design: Site version 5.1 features several design changes, these include: changed the backgrounds on the Start page to a new one, changed the design of the info buttons, the images in the headers of some pages have been edited to make them darker, removed some spacers to prevent graphical issue on mobile devices, changed all back backgrounds to pure black, changed the “My Other Social Media” button on the Social Media page to an icon, made all buttons on the tops of some page centered to prevent mobile graphical issues, redesigned the My Fav Videos page to match the design language introduced with Site Version 5.0. Search: Between the search and home buttons on some pages, a new button has been added to allow for search to be quickly accessed. Articles: All articles have been made blog posts added to the new blog pages for articles. This allows for comment and Facebook like/Twitter share on Articles. First Version: 5.1.0 (August 4, 2022) Final Version: 5.1.9 (August 14, 2022) Support End Date: August 14, 2022 Development Begin Date: August 2, 2022 (5.1.0) Development End Date: August 4, 2022 (5.1.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 5.2.0-5.2.9: Final Release Date: August 14, 2022 Initial Beta Release Date: Not Released Features: Content Multi-View: The only new feature included in SV 5.2 is Content Multi-View. Content Multi-View features live animating widgets featuring icons from the Start UI that change every 3 seconds. Content Multi-View was renamed to 'Content Widget View" in SV 5.2.6. The duration of the changing of the widgets was increased from 3 seconds to 6 seconds in SV 5.2.7 to make the icons more readable. In SV 5.2.8, some widgets were removed from the page due to the discontinuation of the 2022 season of my newsletter. First Version: 5.2.0 (August 14, 2022) Final Version: 5.2.9 (August 28, 2022) Support End Date: September 5, 2022 Development Begin Date: August 13, 2022 (5.2.0) Development End Date: August 14, 2022 (5.2.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 5.3.0-5.3.16: Final Release Date: September 9, 2022 Initial Beta Release Date: Beta 1-5 (September 5, 2022), Beta 6-10 (September 6), Beta 11-15 (September 8), RC 1-2 (September 9) Features: Start: Site version 5.3 has changed the Content Widget View text to a Content Widgets icon. The Site Info section has been replaced by a "Learn About theiphonefan.com" section, this is to allow new visitors to learn about the site. Content Dividers: The dividers have been made smaller to create an even more compact design. ALT Text: All images and icons on the site have been given ALT text, so screen readers can read what the image/icon is. My Videos: All of the My Videos pages (excluding the main page and the Complete List of Uploads page) have been redesigned into a 3-column design. Images: Most images (excluding icons) on the site had the space above/below them removed. Apple Game Center: The Apple Game Center pages have received some slight design changes. First Version: 5.3.0 (September 9, 2022) Final Version: 5.3.16 (October 9, 2022) Support End Date: November 5, 2022 Development Begin Date: August 25, 2022 (5.3.0) Development End Date: September 9, 2022 (5.3.0) 22 (5.2.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 5.4.0-5.4.13: Final Release Date: November 13, 2022 Initial Beta Release Date: Feature Previews (September 2022) Features: - Back to top buttons on most pages - New background on the Site Related page category First Version: 5.4.0 (November 13, 2022) Final Version: 5.4.13 (April 21, 2023) Support End Date: April 29, 2023 Development Begin Date: September 23, 2022 (5.4.0) Development End Date: November 5, 2022 (5.4.0) —————————————————————————————————————————— Version 5.5.0-5.5.12: Final Release Date: May 03, 2023 Initial Beta Release Date: Betas 1-3 (April 29, 2023) Features: - Removes most nested pages & places their content into tabs on single pages. - Revised home page design. First Version: 5.5.0 (May 03, 2023) Final Version: 5.5.12 (January 1, 2024) Support End Date: April 29, 2023 Development Begin Date: April 21, 2023 (5.5.0) Development End Date: April 29, 2023 (5.5.0)