Changelog

The Deaf Index soft launches publicly at deafindex.com. The directory is live, searchable, and open to the community.

• New Site is now publicly live at deafindex.com
• New robots.txt and sitemap.xml added for search engine discoverability
• New 404 page added for graceful error handling
• Update Submission form added to navigation bar and functioning.
• Update All pages now share a single theme.js — dark mode toggle is consistent site-wide
• Update All search results and directory cards are now sorted alphabetically
• Update Open Graph, Twitter Card, and JSON-LD structured data added to all pages for better link previews and SEO
• Update Submission form deferred to v2 — removed from navigation and site map
• Fix Logo display now consistent across Chrome and Firefox — replaced clip-path with standard border-radius + overflow: hidden
• Fix Corrected listing name artifact: "47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School" → proper name

Community listing submissions are now open. Anyone can suggest a Deaf-related resource for inclusion in the directory.

• New Submit a Listing page live at deafindex.com/submit.html
• New Submissions delivered to contact@deafindex.com via formsubmit.co
• New Submit link added to the main navigation

Third logo scraping pass through the remaining 37 Clearbit-fallback organizations, adding 12 more real logos.

• +12 12 additional real logo URLs scraped, bringing total real logos to 87
• Update Purple Communications entry updated to reflect rebrand — now links to ZP Better Together (zpbettertogether.com) with new ZP logo

Major UI improvements and a second round of logo scraping, pushing real logo coverage from 20 to 75 organizations.

• New Sticky top navigation — nav bar stays visible while scrolling through the directory
• New Nav search field that slides into view once the hero search scrolls out of frame, keeping search accessible at all times
• New Return-to-top button fixed to the bottom-right corner, appears after scrolling 400px
• Update All organization logos (both image and initials badges) are now clickable links to the org's website
• Update All external links now open in a new tab (target="_blank")
• Update Logo corner rendering fix — replaced overflow: hidden + border-radius with clip-path: inset(0 round 12px) to prevent Chrome GPU compositing from dropping corner clips on scroll and hover
• +55 55 additional real logo URLs scraped from organization websites, bringing total real logos to 75

First pass of logo scraping, PWA support, and the Clearbit fallback system for organizations with websites.

• New Progressive Web App (PWA) support — installable on desktop and mobile with offline caching via service worker
• New Logo display system: real scraped logos → Clearbit CDN fallback → colored initials badge
• +20 20 real logo URLs scraped from organization websites in the first scraping pass
• +92 92 organizations with websites received Clearbit logo fallbacks
• Fix Category filter buttons were not hiding/showing cards — added missing .card.hidden { display: none } CSS rule
• Update Removed scraper Python scripts from the repository; logo URLs injected directly into listings.json

The Deaf Index launches as a free, static directory of Deaf-related resources across the United States.

• New 503 listings spanning schools, organizations, state associations, camps, businesses, services, and more
• New Full-text search by name, state, city, or keyword with 200ms debounce
• New Category filter buttons (18 categories) and state dropdown
• New Light and dark mode with system preference detection and manual toggle
• New Responsive card grid — 1–3 columns depending on screen width
• New Static HTML directory page (directory.html) and JS-rendered index page (index.html) from shared JSON data
• New Submission form for community-contributed listings and corrections
• Perf No frameworks, no tracking, no ads — pure HTML, CSS, and vanilla JS