📘 Constant Lab — Changelog

🟢 2025-04-01 — Initial Launch

• Built homepage layout, hero, CTA, and branding.
• Launched Module 1: Cyber Security Fundamentals (quiz + blog integration).
• Animated CTA button with ring/ping effect.

🟢 2025-04-14 — Major Content Expansion

• Added Module 2: Cyber Security Fundamentals - Part 2.
• Added Module 3: Introduction to Cryptography.
• Added Module 4: Introduction to Networking.
• Added Module 5: Subnetting Fundamentals.
• Added Module 6: IPv4 Address Fundamentals.
• Enhanced quiz engine with perfect score detection.

🟣 2025-04-21 — Discrete Mathematics Launch

• New category: Discrete Mathematics.
• Added Module 7: Introduction to Sets.
• Added Module 8: Set Operations & Tuples.
• Added Module 9: Modular Arithmetic.

🧠 2025-05-01 — Quiz System Upgrades

• Path-based dynamic scoring via JS.
• Retry & reset functions added.
• Confetti celebration for perfect scores.

🎨 2025-05-04 — UI/UX & Filter Redesign

• Color-coded and animated filter buttons.
• Improved card layout for featured, networking, and cybersecurity modules.
• Added distinct glowing badge for new content.

🌟 2025-05-04 — Featured Additions

• Introduced "Featured" category filter button.
• Added "Celestial Ant" and "Bonus Lab" to Featured Gems.
• Custom gradients and badge styles for premium cards.

🟢 2025-05-06 — Load More Modules Feature Added

• Added "Load More Modules" button functionality to reveal additional hidden modules dynamically.
• Improved CSS grid layout to ensure consistent and aligned module cards.
• Enhanced responsive behavior for better module card alignment across devices.
• Fixed a bug causing modules to stack vertically when loaded.

🟢 2025-05-07 — Module Cards UI Improvements

• Updated module cards to use Flexbox for consistent button alignment.
• Improved spacing and uniformity of content within module cards.
• Added clearer visual indicators (badges) for new and coming-soon content.

🔧 2025-05-07 — JavaScript Enhancements

• Optimized event listeners for module filter and search features.
• Improved DOMContentLoaded handling to ensure scripts execute after DOM elements are fully loaded.
• Ensured hidden modules properly appear when "Load More" button is clicked.

🧠 2025-05-09 — Celestial Ant Digital Assistant

• Introduced Celestial Ant as a bottom-right digital assistant with characterful presence.
• Added blinking animation and ambient quote rotation for dynamic engagement.
• Implemented close button with session memory and "Call Celestial Ant" footer link.
• Prepared groundwork for interactive guidance via Ask-Ant modal and contextual feedback.

🧠 2025-05-09 — Celestial Ant Learns to React

• Integrated quiz result awareness into Celestial Ant’s behavior.
• Assistant now reacts to perfect scores, low scores, and in-between attempts.
• Ensured reactions only trigger after full quiz completion to avoid false prompts.
• Ant quote system remains session-aware and gracefully animated.

✨ 2025-05-09 — Celestial Ant Homepage Expanded

• Introduced a dedicated landing page for Celestial Ant: your digital professor.
• Enhanced intro with themed visuals and a new ambient message: “The stars reveal secrets…”
• Integrated Konami code Easter egg visual hint and animation trigger.
• Refined Celestial Ant's tone and presence to align with nature × computer science ethos.

🎥 2025-05-09 — Celestial Ant Speaks & Animates

• Embedded introductory animation (GIF) for Celestial Ant, placed beneath header image on homepage.
• Scaled animation for responsiveness and visual balance.
• Mute/unmute button now conditionally appears only when the Easter egg is activated.
• Konami code Easter egg now triggers a soundtrack, ambient swarm animation, and theme shift.
• Preloaded audio and ensured compliance with browser autoplay restrictions via user interaction.

✅ 2025-05-10 — Difficulty Levels, Tooltips & UX Refinements

• Implemented a clear difficulty legend with badges for Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert levels.
• Added animated gradient effect to the Expert badge for visual emphasis (celestial-themed shimmer).
• Integrated hover-based tooltips for each difficulty level to offer quick context and guide learner expectations.
• Resolved layout issues caused by improperly closed HTML blocks, ensuring proper module grid alignment.
• Cleaned up badge styles by separating `.badge` (for cards) and `.legend-badge` (for legend area) to avoid conflict.
• Removed outdated “New” labels and reassigned difficulty levels based on module complexity and applied IT insight.
• Polished spacing, alignment, and Flexbox responsiveness to improve visual rhythm and consistency on all devices.
• Expanded the FAQ with clearer guidance on module structure and the role of Celestial Ant as a learning companion.

🧠 2025-05-10 — Celestial Ant Expert Challenge Released

• Launched the full Celestial Ant Expert Challenge — a five-part logic and systems puzzle experience.
• Added puzzle types: trail alignment, dialogue choice, binary builder, XOR signal detection, and tile pattern protocol.
• Introduced narrative-based landing content: learn by decoding the Ant’s logic-driven identity.
• Enhanced module card with 🧠 Expert badge styling (white text, shimmering effect, aligned with difficulty legend).
• Updated difficulty legend title and structure to clarify purpose (“🧭 Difficulty Legend”).
• Refined Celestial Ant homepage tone: challenges framed as initiation into system-level awareness.
• Added completion hint for future unlockables — secret "swarm alignment" for those who complete all challenges.

✅ 2025-05-10 — Automated Progress & UI Integration

• Module progress is now automatically tracked and saved based on quiz performance (perfect score triggers 100%).
• Celestial Ant delivers module completion feedback with a blinking animation and custom quote.
• Removed manual "Mark as Completed" and "Reset Progress" buttons for a cleaner, smarter experience.
• Updated all module cards to include visually enhanced, animated progress bars using pure CSS.
• Progress bars dynamically update from localStorage and animate smoothly on load.
• Refined progress display logic for maintainability and future expansion.

🏁 2025-05-10 — Celestial Ant Completion Flow Finalized

• Starter Pack image now correctly appears after all five logic challenges are completed.
• Implemented logic to automatically check completion state across all challenges using `localStorage`.
• Celestial Ant now delivers a personalized congratulatory message upon completion.
• Refined modal behavior to reflect completion with optional scroll-to-starter-pack UX enhancement.
• Visual bugs preventing reward image display have been resolved and tested successfully.
• Final expert path now feels fully interactive, rewarding, and narratively cohesive.

📱 2025-05-11 — Navigation Overhaul (Mobile + Desktop)

• Implemented a responsive top navigation bar with dropdown support for "Modules" on desktop and mobile.
• Resolved a bug where the mobile hamburger menu was auto-closing due to duplicated toggle logic.
• Ensured mobile submenu toggle (Modules list) opens reliably with a single tap.
• Refined animation behavior for mobile nav transitions using scale-y-0 and hidden classes.
• Improved accessibility and UX by preventing menu flicker and ensuring clear touch targets on smaller devices.

🌞 2025-05-11 — Celestial Ant: Summer Edition Teaser Added

• Created teaser module card for Celestial Ant: Summer Edition.
• Added custom gradients, badges, and a coming-soon button to build anticipation.
• Scheduled launch window: 21 June – 22 Sept 2025.
• Updated visuals with ant-summer.png and limited-edition styling.
• Prepared supporting ZIP asset structure and licensing tiers for future launch.

💼 Upcoming Category — IT Support Modules

• New Category: IT Support — focused on hands-on, real-world troubleshooting for beginners and aspiring help desk technicians.
• Introduction to Technical Support — overview of responsibilities and workflows.
• Adding Users to Active Directory — basic account setup tutorial.
• Exploring Active Directory (Windows Server 2019) — guided exploration of AD structure.
• Internet Is Not Working — logical flow for resolving connectivity issues.
• Mouse and Keyboard Not Working — troubleshooting USB, wireless, and hardware issues.
• Outlook Not Receiving Emails — walk-through of inbox and sync issues.
• Audio Is Not Working — fixing sound devices, output routing, and driver conflicts.
• Website Not Working — DNS issues, caching, browser testing.

🌐 Upcoming Category — Cisco Network Engineering

• New Category: Cisco — focused on enterprise-grade network infrastructure, device recovery, secure access, and WAN design.
• Penetration Testing Methodologies and Standards — aligning ethical testing with Cisco Secure track concepts.
• Cisco Three-Layer Hierarchical Model — design and implementation principles for scalable networks.
• Three-Layer Model: WAN Extension — extending enterprise design into distributed WANs.
• Recovering Catalyst 2960 Switch via XMODEM — IOS recovery, ROMMON mode, and low-level I/O practices.
• Cisco Password Recovery Techniques — bypassing and recovering access securely across IOS devices.
• Configuring Devices on Cisco ISE — applying identity-based policies in modern access control models.
• iBGP Configuration on Cisco Router — internal routing architecture using BGP best practices.
• Downgrading Cisco SD-WAN to Classic IOS-XE — for lab environments and compatibility management.

Cisco modules will align with certification objectives and incorporate CLI walkthroughs, packet tracer labs, and case-driven learning scenarios.

🧠 2025-05-12 — Logic Lab: Pattern Alignment Protocol

• Launched new logic puzzle module: Pattern Alignment Protocol.
• Tile-based interactive puzzle using the classic 8-tile sliding format (with 1 empty space).
• Custom JavaScript logic with position tracking, move validation, and victory detection.
• Introduced new Logic category filter (if active) and beginner-level badge.
• Updated homepage module card layout, title, and tooltip to reflect the new puzzle theme.
• Aligned progress tracking and UI to support this logic-based module in the same framework as other learning paths.

🧠 2025-05-12 — Logic Puzzle Modules Launched

• Released Logic Puzzle 2: Drift Alignment Grid — a 15-tile spatial challenge for intermediate learners.
• Released Logic Puzzle 3: Celestial Drift Grid — an expert-level 5x5 grid puzzle to test planning and logic under constraints.
• Both puzzles feature interactive slide mechanics, move validation, and win condition detection.
• Integrated progress tracking and Expert/Intermediate difficulty tags.
• Enhanced hint functionality and animated feedback upon successful completion.
• Reflected puzzle additions on homepage, module filter categories, and Celestial Ant challenge path.

🎨 2025-05-12 — Button Colors Matched to Difficulty

• Updated all "Explore" and "Solve Puzzle" buttons to match their respective difficulty levels.
• Beginner modules now use green buttons for clarity and friendliness.
• Intermediate modules use yellow buttons for a warm and balanced tone.
• Advanced modules use red buttons for challenge and alertness.
• Expert modules retain purple buttons to reflect Celestial Ant’s mastery path.
• This improves visual consistency and aligns button behavior with the difficulty legend.

🧠 2025-05-12 — Logic Puzzles 4–6 Released: Final Drift, Vortex Grid & Celestial Relay

• Released Logic Puzzle 4: Final Drift Protocol — beginner-level arrow tap challenge with animated transitions.
• Released Logic Puzzle 5: Vortex Drift Grid — advanced directional logic puzzle using a 5×5 compass matrix.
• Released Logic Puzzle 6: Celestial Drift Relay — expert-tier 6×6 puzzle with blockers, loops, and a single signal path.
• Added interactive tile rotation, real-time pathfinding logic, and directional validation for all three puzzles.
• Included reset and hint buttons across puzzles to assist strategic experimentation.
• Integrated visual feedback for correct/incorrect solutions, with animated success indicators.
• Updated homepage module cards with proper badges: Beginner, Advanced, and Expert.
• Progress tracking and difficulty badge styles matched to Difficulty Legend system for clarity.

🛠️ 2025-05-13 — Quiz Logic Fix & Module Detection Refactor

• Fixed a bug where Module 10 quiz answers were being incorrectly loaded from Module 1 due to substring matching in URL detection.
• Rewrote module detection logic in quiz.js to use precise filename parsing and switch statements.
• Updated checkQuiz() function to match the current page's filename (e.g., module10.html) for exact quiz answer loading.
• Refactored highlightAnswers() to match the new structure and included full support for Modules 1–10.
• Improved maintainability and scalability of quiz logic by isolating answer keys per module.
• Resolved long-standing module mismatch bug affecting user experience on later modules.

📘 2025-05-14 — New Networking Modules Released

• Released Module 11: IPv4 Configuration on a Host — understanding subnet masks, gateways, and bitwise IP logic.
• Released Module 12: Exploring Firewalls — packet filtering, security policies, zones of trust, strengths and weaknesses.
• Released Module 13: Exploring Switches — MAC address learning, frame forwarding, and ARP table logic.
• Released Module 14: Exploring Routers — routing vs forwarding, routing tables, NAT and PAT principles.
• Implemented dedicated HTML pages with fully integrated quizzes for each module.
• Aligned quiz JS logic and answer checking with module routing using improved detection logic.
• Updated module cards with consistent difficulty badges and reveal animation via "Load More".

🛠️ 2025-05-30 — Platform Improvements & UI Refinements

• Fully revamped top navigation bar — simplified structure with Home, About, Blog, FAQ, Contact.
• Added new About page — introducing Constant Lab's mission, unique approach, and creator background.
• Added a new FAQ page — clear, modular explanations of platform usage and learning methodology.
• Improved GDPR compliance — implemented Cookie Consent banner with Accept/Reject options and conditional Google Analytics loading.
• Fixed progress tracking inconsistencies — standardized localStorage key usage for all modules (e.g., progress_logic5).
• Resolved badge overlapping issue on module cards by adjusting top padding for clean layout.
• Refined mobile responsiveness of cards and navigation elements using Tailwind CSS utility classes.
• Minor accessibility improvements — better button focus states, mobile tap areas, and alt text for images.

🔒 2025-06-01 — GDPR Compliance and Analytics Enhancements

• Implemented GDPR-compliant cookie consent banner with Accept and Reject options.
• Enabled dynamic loading of Google Analytics only after user consent is given (anonymized IPs).
• Added Manage Cookie Preferences link in footer for users to modify their consent at any time.
• Updated all analytics events to use clear, page-specific naming conventions (e.g., services_nav_join_session_click).
• Extended event tracking to include navigation links, booking interactions, support session joins, and form usage.
• Improved JavaScript structure for modular event tracking and optimized IntersectionObserver animations.

✨ 2025-06-02 — Celestial Ant Visual Overhaul

• Implemented a starry cosmic background with transparent PNG assets (nebula, planets, asteroid).
• Added animated floating Earth, Mars, and Saturn planets with realistic tilt and gentle spin.
• Introduced random twinkling stars using pure CSS to enhance the celestial atmosphere.
• Created and animated a slow-moving asteroid drifting across the header for realism.
• Expanded main content container width to max-w-4xl for better readability and alignment with CelestialAntSummer.
• Adjusted text sizing and spacing: text-base md:text-lg, leading-relaxed, space-y-8 for improved content flow.
• Added a soft cosmic background gradient for the page: from-indigo-950 via-purple-900 to-gray-900 (Tailwind) / custom linear gradient (CSS fallback).