Version History

vO.0.1 Original Concept Idea - Dec 2016

First concept as it was described - a list of Basic Bitch memes all compiled into a hard cover coffee table book

List of meme ideas listed out and entered into a spreadsheet

vO.0.2 Website Domain - Dec 2017

thebasicbitch.com Domain Purchased

basicbitchthebook.com Domain Purchased

v0.0.3 Website Initial Design - Dec 2021

converted from a redirect domain to a working WordPress installation

Initial concept pages and page structure built

VO.0.4 Further Website Design - Sept 2025

Woocommerce installed

Favcicon and Logo created

v0.0.5 Various Improvements - March 2026

Logo rebuilt - vector and color implementation

First meme images made - Originally only 6, manual edits and foreground background separation

vO.0.6 Further Website Design - June 2026

Version History page built and populated

About page built

First webp conversion and optimization of images

Add tablet dimensions, produce first meme using tablet dimensions

Create placeholder demo meme for 3 dimenstions: desktop, mobile, tablet

Meme Attributes built out (Left, Right, Center; Top, Middle, Bottom; Text Font; Text Color)

Update Edit Meme Form to change attributes based on Dynamic Data

v0.0.7 Further Website Design - July 2026

Meme Categories Page started - Create Category Icons

Move Version History page to Post and have the page reflect the post

Home page create Split Section with 4 panels using GSAP and CodePen

Add section after Split Section on Home page

Split Section GSAP scroll direction changes on Mobile screens

Remake Mobile Hero animation - make border smaller to prevent menu conflicts

Remove subtle lines from Favicons & Update to smaller files; Add white

Update Favicon on site - From one with lines, and lighter pink, to truly one color and middle pink

Page Menus - Home Menu, Memes Menu, Shop Menu, Main Menu

Hover effects for Menu Items

Create Shadow Logos for hover effects on menu logo

Category Page Improvements - Category Icons

Memes Page - Add edge masks to top and bottom of 100vh to mask iOS screens shrinking menu bars

v0.0.8 Further Website Design - August 2026

Version History Page Overhaul - connect to 1 post; Single Post Repeater for text; Dark Page Style

About Page Overhaul - Delete Template; connect to 1 post; Single Post Repeater for text; Dark Page Style

Admin Dashboard Overhaul - Repeater to replace MetaBox shortcode element; Design indicator lights

Meme CPT Update - add indicator checkboxes for completion; Sub Text & Alt Text fields for Desktop + Mobile + Tablet formats

Admin Dashboard Overhaul - Edit post by Post ID variable; Edit Post Button Functionality


Admin Dashboard Overhaul - Resize Repeater fix formatting issues so it works on all screens; move Memes Repeater into Dashboard Tab

Memes Footer Changes - show hide Memes footer based on screen size. Footer was full of blank space on desktop, rework it so that it is a full section for options and footer on desktop, and hide 2 snap sections for mobile, and vice versa for mobile

Memes - Major Change - Repeater only include checkbox_include_meme is true, MetaBox Custom Fields turn off Custom Table (all meme data was erased, but now queries could work in the repeater)

Meme Category Taxonomy - Make flat meme categories in MetaBox and apply the to the Meme CPT Field Group

Meme Category Icons - Photoshop and Edit Meme Category Icons, add to Meme Category Page

All Memes - Repeater creation, Meme Hover effects

About

This whole thing, for me, started way back in 2016 with the idea of a coffee table book. My friend Veronica S. told me about her dream, to make a big, pink, hardcover book of basic bitch things and have it lying on her coffee table. It was a brilliant idea; an idea that didn't need too much explanation. A simple collection of idioms, sayings, jokes and habits of the basic bitch. The concept was as simple and beautiful as the basic bitch herself. I got it and I was immediately in.

Veronica was the creator. And I wanted to do all the nerdy tech stuff. I immediately started a spreadsheet of all the ideas we had for the pages for the book. We wrote them out and numbered them. Sorted them, saw some patterns. And ther

This is an about page that is the post

About Page Text This whole thing, for me, started way back in 2016 with the idea of a coffee table book. My friend Veronica S. told me about her dream, to make a big, pink, hardcover book of basic bitch things and have it lying on her coffee table. It was a brilliant idea; an idea that didn't need too much explanation. A simple collection of idioms, sayings, jokes and habits of the basic bitch. The concept was as simple and beautiful as the basic bitch herself. I got it and I was immediately in.

Veronica was the creator. And I wanted to do all the nerdy tech stuff. I immediately started a spreadsheet of all the ideas we had for the pages for the book. We wrote them out and numbered them. Sorted them, saw some patterns. And ther

A Word aout Ai

 A word about the use of Ai is necessary. Obviously, for much of our content we are using Ai to create
the images use in our memes. For a while this project was stalled. 

The images are mostly stock. But some of them are outlandish, and I would be hard pressed to find them on any stock catalog available already.

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