Adding modern features: the collapsible/resizable sidebar

July 22, 2026

Well, that did something. Keep going. Nothing is hidden on this page, but some Weblog pages have letters that burn brighter than others. Congratulations! Hope you enjoyed the fire! 🔥 The fire isn't everything, though. One more click starts it over. When you've found and solved the real puzzle, you'll know.

While I’ve been working on PopsicleBoat, I’ve been looking at every possible angle I can think of to make it bloated as hell (just kidding). No, it just occurred to me any website with an audience and a community and users etc needs the same kind of layout said audiences are used to. Including a collapsible nav sidebar. So, I focused on that. I think there’s room to improve, such as instead of fully hiding it could be a thin rail with icons but that will take additional attention since the sidebar currently does not have icons. I’ll have to think about that.

This took more work than I thought, but heyo. The sidebar is collapsible now. They don't make music though :(

Anyway, I’ll skip the technical details. I’m just happy it’s working, you can resize it, collapse it entirely, or double click on the edge to restore it to default size.

Cheers, ya’all!