Release Notes

Release notes

Each update is numbered by the date it was published (year.month.day), with .1, .2 and so on for later updates the same day.

v2026.10.14.3 · October 14, 2026

A glint, a slower turn, and the photo comes back sooner

• On the About page, the back of Terry’s photo (the BCACC logo and registration number) now shows for 4 seconds, then the photo flips back. It repeats every 25 seconds, so the photo is what you see most of the time. If you click or tap the photo to flip it, the timing starts over from that moment.
• The flip is about 50% slower, a gentler turn of about a second and a half.
• A soft glint sweeps across the photo as it turns, one way going to the back and the other way coming back, like the glint on the buttons.

v2026.10.14.2 · October 14, 2026

Terry’s photo flips like a coin

• On the About page, Terry’s photo flips over about 4 seconds after the page opens, and again every 25 seconds. The back shows the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors logo and his registration number, #403. Click or tap the photo to flip it yourself. Visitors whose devices are set to reduce motion see the photo only.

v2026.10.14.1 · October 14, 2026

Gentle motion on the About page

• Terry’s portrait fades in softly when the page opens.
• Headings and testimonial cards fade up gently as you scroll to them. Visitors whose devices are set to reduce motion see none of this.

v2026.10.14 · October 14, 2026

A new testimonial

• A new testimonial from a client, O.K., now leads the “Testimonials and Endorsements” section on the About page. It carries the date it was received, shown at the bottom right of its card.

v2026.10.01.4 · October 1, 2026

Smoother wording

• The line under the “About Terry” heading no longer repeats Terry’s qualifications from the first paragraph. It now says what the page covers: his training, experience and background, and what clients and colleagues say about his work.
• In the box at the bottom of each page, “Sessions in the Trail office, or remotely by WhatsApp or FaceTime” now reads “Online from anywhere, or in person in Trail, BC, Canada”, matching the “Two ways to meet” section.

v2026.10.01.3 · October 1, 2026

Clearer information and an international phone number

• Phone number. Terry’s number is now shown as +1 604-789-2079 everywhere on the site, so callers from outside North America have the country code.
• Two ways to meet. On the home and Contact pages, “Online” and “In person” are now plain information with icons, instead of boxes that looked like buttons. “Online” now comes first.
• “To a fish, water is invisible.” In the box at the bottom of each page, the saying is now in quotation marks, and the line under it reads “When you’re swimming in it, you can’t see it.”
• Invitation to call. The same box now reads “Call Terry and discuss your potential…” instead of “Call and discuss with Terry your potential…”, and “Free initial 30 minute telephone consultation” is plain text with a check mark instead of a label that looked like a button.

v2026.10.01.2 · October 1, 2026

A typewriter quote, glinting buttons and clearer cards

• Typewriter quote. Terry’s guiding thought on the home page types itself out over about 10 seconds, with a blinking cursor. Its space is kept from the start, so nothing on the page moves while it types, and it now has equal space above and below it.
• Glinting buttons. A soft, slanted glint sweeps across each button on the site every 20 seconds, like light catching glass. The first comes 5 seconds after the page opens (on the home page, 5 seconds after the quote finishes typing), and buttons that sit together glint one after another, 1 second apart.
• Clearer cards. The cards on the Psychotherapy, Coaching and Blog pages end with “Learn more →” (or “Read article →”), so it’s clear they open a page. As the cards scroll into view, their arrows nudge one after another down the list, and on a computer a card lifts slightly when you point at it.
• Home page service cards. The psychotherapy card is now titled “Personal Psychotherapy”, so it fits on one line, and the links in the coaching card are no longer bold. “Other services” is now a small label above the workshops.
• Visitors who have asked their device to reduce motion see the quote in full straight away, with no glints or nudges. Screen readers read the quote in full.

v2026.10.01.1 · October 1, 2026

A clearer home page

• Terry’s qualifications now appear once, under his name at the top: “Registered Clinical Counsellor and trained Psychotherapist”, with his degree, BCACC registration (#403) and location below. The separate introduction that repeated them is gone.
• Terry’s guiding thought now sits directly below the top section.
• The “Two ways to meet” options moved below the services, with a heading and clearer wording: In person at Terry’s office in Trail, BC, or Online by video on WhatsApp or FaceTime, from wherever you are. The same wording is used on the Contact page.

v2026.10.01 · October 1, 2026

A guiding thought on the home page

• The home page now shows one of Terry’s guiding thoughts below the introduction: “You cannot control everything that happens to you. But you can develop the inner freedom to decide what happens next.”

v2026.09.30 · September 30, 2026

A new testimonial

• The About page has a new testimonial from a client, Sarah C.

v2026.09.26.9 · September 26, 2026

Tidier introduction on the home page

• The introduction now breaks after “Registered Clinical Counsellor”, with “(BCACC Reg. #403) and trained Psychotherapist” on the next line. On phones, the registration number and “trained Psychotherapist” stay together instead of splitting awkwardly.

v2026.09.26.8 · September 26, 2026

Professional registration

• Terry’s registration with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (Reg. #403) now appears on the home page, in the footer of every page and in search-engine descriptions. The About page names the association and links to its website.

v2026.09.26.7 · September 26, 2026

A trout in the water

• A faint trout now swims through the “To a fish, water is invisible” box at the bottom of the home page and every service page. It swims in, stops to look around, turns back, peers down at the quote, then darts away. Its body flexes as it swims and curves naturally as it turns.
• It sits in its own space above the quote, so it never covers any text, and it isn’t shown to visitors who have asked their device to reduce motion.

v2026.09.26.6 · September 26, 2026

In the office or remotely

• The site now makes clear that therapy and coaching are available in Terry’s Trail office or remotely by WhatsApp or FaceTime. A small In the office / Remotely panel sits under the introduction on the home page and on the Contact page, the Psychotherapy and Coaching pages mention it in their introductions, and the call-to-action box at the bottom of each page repeats it.
• Search-engine descriptions of the site now mention remote sessions too.
• The Block Therapy page now says block therapy can be done remotely by WhatsApp or FaceTime, as well as during visits to Trail.

v2026.09.26.5 · September 26, 2026

New service photos

• New photos for the Psychotherapy and Coaching sections on the home page and their own pages: a woman with arms outstretched over a river valley at sunset, and a brass compass above the valley. They’re sharper on high-resolution screens, and the home page loads lighter versions so it stays fast.

v2026.09.26.4 · September 26, 2026

Version in the footer

• The footer now shows the current version number after the Release notes link.

v2026.09.26.3 · September 26, 2026

Office map and privacy

• The Contact page now has an Office location map of Terry Brennen & Associates in Trail, with a link to get directions in Google Maps. To protect visitors’ privacy, the map only loads from Google when someone presses Show map.
• New Privacy page, linked from the footer, explaining that the site uses no cookies or tracking, and how booking, email, WhatsApp and the map handle information.
• The site’s fonts are now served from terrybrennen.com itself instead of Google, so visiting the site no longer contacts Google at all. Pages also load slightly faster.
• Release notes now show a version number for each update.

v2026.09.26.2 · September 26, 2026

Light mode

• The site now opens in light mode for everyone. Visitors can still switch to dark mode with the sun/moon toggle in the header, and their choice is remembered.
• The footer now links to these release notes.

v2026.09.26.1 · September 26, 2026

Release notes and footer credit

• Added this page: a plain-language summary of each update, followed by the full change history, which updates automatically every time the site is published.
• The footer now credits the website to Williston Technical Inc.

v2026.09.26 · September 26, 2026

Location and photos

• Terry’s location now reads Trail, BC, Canada on the home page, in search-engine descriptions, on the Block Therapy page and in the AB/IS-TDP article. References to his past work in Vancouver and the Vancouver testimonials are unchanged.
• New professional portrait of Terry on the home page and About page, and in the browser-tab and phone home-screen icons, sized to stay sharp on high-resolution screens.
• The Contact page now shows a photo of Trail and the Columbia River in place of the Vancouver skyline. The photographer is credited under the photo, as its license requires.

v2026.09.25 · September 25, 2026

New website launched

• Rebuilt terrybrennen.com, replacing the Google Sites version.
• Moved every page from the old site, and both articles from the separate Blogger blog.
• Kept the old page addresses working, so existing links and search results still arrive at the right page.
• Moved hosting from Google Sites to Google Firebase, with HTTPS on terrybrennen.com and www.terrybrennen.com.

Design

• New typography and colour scheme, a redesigned home page, testimonial cards, and a booking panel at the end of every page.

Content and contact

• Removed RCMP references from the About page.
• Replaced Skype with Google Meet, and added a statement that sessions are offered in person and remotely by phone, Google Meet, WhatsApp and FaceTime.
• Removed the old contact form; clients book through Calendly.
• Redesigned the Contact page: online booking, phone and WhatsApp, and email in one panel.
• Added a WhatsApp button beside every Call button.
• Redated the blog articles to March and June 2026.

Search

• Added site-wide search. Results show a highlighted preview of where each match appears and which section the page belongs to, plus a “No results” message. Multi-word searches match pages that contain all the words.

Change history

Every change to the website, grouped by the release it was published in, newest first. Generated from the project’s version history each time the site is published.