diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md
index 0c4c1a2..375c0fb 100644
--- a/content/_index.md
+++ b/content/_index.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title = "the nixfox den"
 template = "generic.html"
 +++
 
-nixfox.ca is the home for both my personal projects as well as 'foss' services i host for myself and others. everything here is being ran and operated by me, viceebun.  
+nixfox.ca is the home for both my personal projects as well as 'foss' services i host for myself and others. everything here is being ran and operated by me, [aubun](@/blog/about_me.md).  
 
-if you'd like to suggest anything for my site, have any problems with the services, or would like to get in contact with me for any reason, check out my contact page!  
+if you'd like to suggest anything for my site, have any problems with the services, or would like to get in contact with me for any reason, check out my [contact page](@/blog/contact.md)!  
 
 forgive me if the content seems barren!  
 this website is still under heavy construction, as i continue to add more content to each tag.
diff --git a/content/blog/about_me.md b/content/blog/about_me.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a35f9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/blog/about_me.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
++++
+authors = [ "aubun" ]
+title = "about me"
+date = 2025-07-02
+
+description = "a page all about me!"
+
+[taxonomies]
+tags = [ "info", "personal" ]
++++
diff --git a/content/blog/contact.md b/content/blog/contact.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f16db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/blog/contact.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
++++
+authors = [ "aubun" ]
+title = "contact info"
+date = 2025-07-02
+
+description = "a page with all my contact details"
+
+[taxonomies]
+tags = [ "info", "personal" ]
++++
diff --git a/content/blog/defense.md b/content/blog/defense.md
index cd4c410..2bdc91d 100644
--- a/content/blog/defense.md
+++ b/content/blog/defense.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ date = 2025-06-26
 description = "a little rant about my own defense mechanisms"
 
 [taxonomies]
-tags = [ "rants" ]
+tags = [ "rants", "personal" ]
 +++
 
 i have spent a lot of years playing both active and preemptive emotional defense.
diff --git a/content/nixfox/_index.md b/content/nixfox/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcc4dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/nixfox/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
++++
+title = "nixfox updates"
+sort_by = "date"
+template = "blog.html"
+page_template = "blog-page.html"
++++
diff --git a/content/nixfox/julywebsite.md b/content/nixfox/julywebsite.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bbe943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/nixfox/julywebsite.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
++++
+authors = [ "aubun" ]
+title = "new website!"
+date = 2025-07-02
+
+description = "rebuilding the nixfox site"
+
+[taxonomies]
+tags = [ "software", "nixfox" ]
++++
+
+hello everyone! if anyone had previously seen this website, you may notice that this is now a very different page!  
+
+for the first time, i have decided to sit down and properly attack some html and css (as well as some evil javascript) head-on to create a landing page i can be proud of.
diff --git a/sass/style.scss b/sass/style.scss
index 28d4431..f8e7d4e 100644
--- a/sass/style.scss
+++ b/sass/style.scss
@@ -69,9 +69,14 @@ h1 {
 
   #main {
     width: 70%;
-    height: 100%;
+    min-height: 100%;
+    padding-left: 7em;
     top: 0;
   }
+
+  .container {
+    max-width: 30em;
+  }
 }
 
 li {
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 3ad5a2c..727e8bb 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
       <br>
   
       <div class="sb_header nixfox"><b>nixfox</b></div>
+      <a href="/nixfox" class="sb_link pers">📰 nixfox</a><br>
       <a href="https://uptime.nixfox.ca/status/nixfox" class="sb_link fox">⬆️ uptime</a><br>
       <a href="https://mail.nixfox.ca" class="sb_link fox">📧 email</a><br>
       <a href="https://files.nixfox.ca" class="sb_link fox">☁️ nextcloud</a><br>
diff --git a/templates/tags/list.html b/templates/tags/list.html
index b69e2bb..d21e608 100644
--- a/templates/tags/list.html
+++ b/templates/tags/list.html
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 {% block content %}
   <div class="post">
     <h1 class="post-title">all tags</h1>
-    <p class="larger">return to <a href="/blog">all blogs</a>.</p>
 
     <ul>
       {% for term in terms %}