Website version history.

Release date: 8 June 2026.

Release type: New public route, mission content publication, search discovery update and stable version promotion.

• New route: Added division-mission.html as a formal public mission page for APES Shelter & Rescue.
• Mission content: Published a division mission statement, APESCIC alignment summary, core objectives and accountability wording for rescue, rehabilitation, rehoming, owner support, education and advocacy.
• Historical figures: Added approved 2023 to 2025 shelter baselines for intakes, adoptions and live outcomes while leaving outreach and partnership commitments non-numeric until formally approved.
• Navigation and discovery: Added the new route to the shared Information menu, Service Finder, Search page, sitemap and manifest records.
• Footer compliance: Re-checked Donate, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Change Log Hub footer routes after the new public mission page was added.
• SEO/Error pages: Updated sitemap coverage for the new route and verified robots/noindex rules, Newsroom routing and the branded 404 page needed no further structural changes.
• Update: Promoted current site version labels, public changelog records, manifest records, QA notes and release docs from v0.0.23b to v0.1.0 Stable.

Release date: 8 June 2026.

Release type: Shared notice layout correction, compliance check and versioning update.

• Layout fix: Constrained the shared development notice card to the same desktop and tablet content width as the rest of the site instead of allowing it to stretch edge-to-edge.
• Shared header: Kept the existing shared header include and live chat button behavior unchanged so the notice still appears consistently across shared pages.
• Responsive behavior: Preserved the narrower mobile width exception, stacked notice layout, full-width mobile notice button behavior and unrelated modal backdrop treatment.
• Footer compliance: Re-checked Donate, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Change Log Hub footer routes after the shared notice correction.
• SEO/Error pages: Verified no sitemap, robots/noindex, Newsroom routing or branded 404 structural changes were needed for this presentation-only patch.
• Update: Updated current site version labels, public changelog records, manifest records, QA notes and release docs to v0.0.23 Beta.

Release date: 8 June 2026.

Release type: New public route, rescue journey update, search indexing and versioning update.

• New route: Added a dedicated corporations-public-sector.html page for councils, housing associations, social services, mental health services, landlords, businesses and partner organisations.
• Rescue journey: Updated rescue-page organisational guidance and the rescue helper so public-sector and corporate users are directed to the dedicated page before opening a support ticket.
• Search and discovery: Added the new route to Service Finder, Search, sitemap and public manifest records for easier discovery and sharing.
• Footer compliance: Re-checked Donate, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Change Log Hub footer routes after the new public page was added.
• SEO/Error pages: Added the new public route to sitemap and manifest records and confirmed the branded 404 page required no further structural changes.
• Update: Updated current site version labels, public changelog records, manifest records, QA notes and release docs to v0.0.22 Beta.

Release date: 6 June 2026.

Release type: Development notice scope correction, compliance check and versioning update.

• Notice scope: Moved the development notice bar into the shared header include so it now appears on shared public pages such as Education.
• Homepage popup: Kept the dismissible website update popup on the homepage only and preserved its existing localStorage dismissal behavior.
• Live support: Preserved the shared Chatwoot launcher and routed support-ticket fallback for site-wide notice buttons.
• Footer compliance: Re-checked Donate, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Change Log Hub footer routes after the notice-scope correction.
• SEO/Error pages: Verified no public routes were added, removed or renamed, so sitemap records, robots/noindex rules, Newsroom routing and the branded 404 page required no structural changes.
• Update: Updated current site version labels, public changelog records, manifest records, QA notes and release docs to v0.0.21 Beta.

Release date: 6 June 2026.

Release type: Mobile navigation spacing fix, compliance check and versioning update.

• Navigation spacing: Added a mobile-only bottom gutter to the sticky header so the Menu button no longer sits flush against the lower nav bar border.
• Mobile UX: Reduced the opened drawer top offset so the navigation panel sits directly below the nav bar with only a small intentional gap on phones.
• Behaviour: Preserved overlay state, body scroll lock, grouped routes, widget suppression and close or reopen behaviour while limiting the patch to spacing only.
• Footer compliance: Re-checked Donate, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Change Log Hub footer routes after the mobile navigation spacing patch.
• SEO/Error pages: Verified no sitemap, robots/noindex, metadata, Newsroom routing or branded 404 route changes were needed for this presentation-only patch.
• Update: Updated current site version labels, public changelog records, manifest records, QA notes and release docs to v0.0.19 Beta.

Release date: 6 June 2026.

Release type: Mobile navigation bug fix, console-log triage, compliance check and versioning update.

• Navigation fix: Removed the closed mobile navigation shell from the under-980px layout so stale hidden panel height cannot push the drawer below the sticky header.
• Mobile UX: The menu now closes without leaving a blank white panel during scroll and can reopen reliably after repeated close cycles.
• Behaviour: Overlay state, body scroll lock, grouped routes, widget suppression and focus restoration now reset consistently across close button, overlay, outside-click, Escape and link-follow paths.
• Console triage: Reviewed the uploaded developer panel log and confirmed the repeated share-modal.js error is not sourced from this repository; Donorbox/FingerprintJS/reCAPTCHA/hCaptcha messages remain third-party embed warnings unless donation testing confirms a user-facing fault.
• Footer compliance: Re-checked Donate, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Change Log Hub footer routes after the mobile navigation patch.
• SEO/Error pages: Verified no sitemap, robots/noindex, metadata, Newsroom routing or branded 404 route changes were needed for this behaviour-only patch.
• Update: Updated current site version labels, public changelog records, manifest records, QA notes and release docs to v0.0.18 Beta.

Release date: 6 June 2026.

Release type: Shared header/footer navigation hardening, compliance check and versioning update.

• Navigation: Hardened the shared APES-style Shelter header controller with synced mobile and desktop menu offsets, pagehide cleanup, beforeunload cleanup and persisted pageshow reset handling.
• Desktop mega menus: Added a shared desktop mega-panel offset and constrained panel sizing to reduce horizontal overflow risk while preserving Shelter route labels and grouped menus.
• Mobile UX: Preserved the fixed header-offset overlay, scroll lock, grouped accordions, Escape close, overlay close, outside-click close, link-close behaviour and widget suppression.
• Footer compliance: Re-checked Donate, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Change Log Hub footer routes after the shared header/footer patch.
• SEO/Error pages: Verified no sitemap or metadata route changes were needed and confirmed the shared nav still applies to the branded 404 page.
• Update: Updated current site version labels, public changelog records, manifest records, QA notes and release docs to v0.0.17 Beta.

Release date: 6 June 2026.

Release type: Shared navigation bug fix, runtime hardening and versioning update.

• Navigation: Hardened the shared Shelter menu controller so mobile open and close state, grouped route toggles, Escape handling and resize sync behave more reliably on smaller screens.
• Runtime: Replaced repeated page-level OneSignal and Hellobar bootstraps with a shared guarded loader so unsupported beta hosts no longer throw production-domain errors.
• Compatibility: Preserved donor, chat, push and banner widget suppression while the menu is open and confirmed the remaining `share-modal.js` error is not sourced from this repository.
• Compliance: Re-checked footer routes for Donate, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Change Log Hub after the shared runtime patch.
• SEO/Error pages: Verified no sitemap or metadata route changes were needed and confirmed the shared nav still applies to the branded 404 page.
• Update: Added synced root and public `VERSION` files and updated current site version labels and release docs to v0.0.16 Beta.

Release date: 6 June 2026.

Release type: Shared navigation UX, mobile presentation and versioning update.

• Navigation: Reworked the shared Shelter mobile navigation so it opens as a wider APES-style panel below the sticky header instead of a narrow right-edge drawer.
• Mobile UX: Added synced header offset positioning, stronger page overlay coverage and a scroll-contained route list so grouped routes open cleanly inside the mobile panel.
• Behaviour: Preserved overlay close, Escape close, outside-click close, resize sync, link-close behaviour and grouped-menu exclusivity while rebuilding the mobile panel layout.
• Compatibility: Kept the shared widget-suppression safeguards in place so donor, chat, push and banner widgets do not cover the mobile menu.
• Compliance: Re-checked footer routes for Donate, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Change Log Hub after the shared nav update.
• SEO/Error pages: Verified no sitemap or metadata route changes were needed and confirmed the shared nav still applies to the branded 404 page.
• Update: Updated current site version labels and release docs to v0.0.15 Beta.

Release date: 6 June 2026.

Release type: Shared navigation bug fix and versioning update.

• Navigation: Raised the shared mobile drawer stacking order so the menu, overlay and grouped routes stay above hero content and other page sections on small screens.
• Mobile UX: Preserved overlay close, Escape close, outside-click close, resize sync and scroll-lock behaviour while fixing the layering issue.
• Compatibility: Kept the shared widget-suppression safeguards in place so donor, chat, push and banner widgets do not cover the mobile drawer.
• Compliance: Re-checked footer routes for Donate, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Change Log Hub after the shared nav fix.
• SEO/Error pages: Verified no sitemap or metadata route changes were needed and confirmed the shared nav still applies to the branded 404 page.
• Update: Updated current site version labels and release docs to v0.0.13 Beta.

Release date: 6 June 2026.

Release type: Shared navigation UX and versioning update.

• Navigation: Rebuilt the shared header to use the APES drawer-and-details nav behaviour while keeping every Shelter label, group and destination unchanged.
• Mobile UX: Added overlay close, Escape close, outside-click close, resize sync and scroll-lock behaviour for the shared mobile drawer.
• Compatibility: Added shared-nav safeguards so third-party widgets are suppressed while the mobile nav is open.
• Compliance: Re-checked footer routes for Donate, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Change Log Hub after the shared nav change.
• SEO/Error pages: Verified no sitemap or metadata route changes were needed and confirmed the shared nav still applies to the branded 404 page.
• Update: Updated current site version labels and release docs to v0.0.12 Beta.

Release date: 4 June 2026.

Release type: Shared layout, footer UX and versioning update.

• Layout: Updated shared page containers to use a 90% viewport-width layout on desktop and tablet, with a mobile exception for readability.
• Footer: Rebuilt the shared footer using an APES-style four-panel layout with shelter-specific journeys, social links, partner pills and expanded legal/contact details.
• Compliance: Verified footer routes for Donate, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Change Log Hub as part of the shared-footer refresh.
• Tracking: Recorded the footer refresh against the repository issue list, including the existing footer enhancement request.
• Update: Updated current site version labels and release docs to v0.0.11 Beta.

Release date: 30 May 2026.

Release type: Navigation UX, issue tracking and versioning update.

• Navigation: Enhanced all three mega menus (Animal Services, Support APES, Information) with richer visuals, clearer summaries and improved scanability.
• Content: Added menu intros, topic pills and visual link markers to make each route easier to understand at a glance.
• Tracking: Added a dedicated Known issues section linked to active GitHub issues for transparent release tracking.
• Update: Updated current site version labels and release docs to v0.0.10 Beta.

Release date: 30 May 2026.

Release type: Feature and content update.

• Feature: Added a dedicated Dog & Cat Rehoming page with official rescue and shelter listings and a filterable finder.
• Guidance: Added clear messaging that APES does not intake dogs or cats, with highlighted callouts on Surrender and Rescues pages.
• Navigation: Added the new page to the mega menu, Service Finder, Search index, sitemap and page manifest.
• Compatibility: Added redirect support from legacy /cat-dog-sheltering to /dog-cat-rehoming.html.
• Update: Updated current site version labels and release docs to v0.0.9 Beta.

Release date: 30 May 2026.

Release type: Patch release.

• Bug logged: Multiple pages displayed broken symbols and malformed emoji byte strings in visible content.
• Bug fixed: Corrected corrupted text and emoji/icon rendering across all affected HTML pages.
• Patch: Applied UTF-8 cleanup patches to restore currency symbols, apostrophes, quotes and dashes.
• Update: Updated current site version labels to v0.0.8 Beta and refreshed release notes.

Release type: Cross-site fun + interactivity refresh.

• Added reusable hero badges, highlight cards, timelines and accordions.
• Upgraded Donate with a donation impact explorer.
• Upgraded Contact with a contact-route helper and copy buttons.
• Upgraded Rescues with a rescue-route helper and FAQs.
• Upgraded Sponsorships with a sponsorship planner.
• Upgraded Portal with a portal helper.
• Upgraded Policies, Education, News and Search with searchable explorers.
• Improved site-wide hover motion and focus visibility.

Release type: Advanced surrender page rebuild.

• Rebuilt the Surrender page using the supplied advanced Shelter and Surrender page as the styling and content model.
• Added a sticky quick navigation bar for route helper, readiness checker, animals accepted, process, FAQs and contact sections.
• Added an interactive surrender route helper to separate owner surrender, rescue, emergency and general-help routes.
• Added a surrender readiness checker with progress bar and print checklist option.
• Added searchable and filterable accepted animal categories.
• Added a visual surrender journey with outcomes and expandable FAQs.
• Updated version references from v0.0.5 Beta to v0.0.6 Beta.

Release type: Readability, mega menu and service-page expansion.

• Fixed dark green cards where text became unreadable by restoring high-contrast white text and clearer APES green styling.
• Checked and strengthened mega menu text contrast, card text contrast and service highlight readability across the website.
• Renamed the Services item inside the mega menu to Service Finder while keeping the top navigation button as Services.
• Added under-construction Trial Adoptions and Foster Scheme pages.
• Added Trial Adoptions and Foster Scheme links to the Services mega menu, Services directory and Adoptions page.
• Updated version references from v0.0.4 Beta to v0.0.5 Beta.

Release type: Adoption page and fee calculator enhancement.

• Enhanced the Adoptions page with a more engaging hero, adoption journey timeline, highlight cards and adopter guidance sections.
• Expanded the adoption fee explorer to include all listed animal fee types: snakes, lizards, rats, mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, standard birds, exotic birds, spiders, scorpions and tailless whip scorpions.
• Rebuilt the adoption fee calculator with all animal fee options, the fixed £15 admin fee, optional add-ons and optional £30 reservation fee planning.
• Updated the estimate total box with APES green and gold styling, live summary chips and a clearer cost breakdown.
• Added generic filter behaviour for searchable fee cards and other filterable site sections.
• Updated version references from v0.0.3 Beta to v0.0.4 Beta.

Release type: Mega menu interaction fix.

• Changed the Services mega menu to click-open behaviour so it stays open once selected.
• Removed hover-only closing behaviour that caused the menu to disappear while moving the mouse from the button to the panel.
• Added outside-click closing so the menu only closes when the user clicks outside the Services menu area.
• Added Escape key support for keyboard users.
• Updated version references from v0.0.2 Beta to v0.0.3 Beta.

Release type: Layout, readability and support-widget update.

• Fixed the homepage hero spacing issue that made the opening banner appear too squashed.
• Updated the site wrapper and page grids so the website uses the full available screen width more effectively across all pages.
• Adjusted hero sections, cards, route-helper panels, service grids and footer columns to compensate for the wider layout.
• Improved readability by strengthening spacing, line lengths, card padding and responsive breakpoints while retaining APES green and gold brand colours.
• Added the Chatwoot live support widget script across all public HTML pages.
• Updated version references from v0.0.1 Beta to v0.0.2 Beta.

Release type: Route-helper and readability update.

• Created green APES Shelter & Rescue theme using supplied APES Shelter logo.
• Added responsive mega menu across all pages.
• Created homepage, services, adoptions, surrender, rescues, sponsorships, education, news, contact, policies, donate, portal, search and changelog pages.
• Preserved external ShelterManager routes for adoptable animals, surrender, lost pet and found pet forms.
• Added adoption fee search/filter and simple fee calculator.
• Added .htaccess redirect helper for common legacy URLs.
• Added upload-only README for simple handover.