BuildMeter
BuildMeter changelog
Public record of important BuildMeter calculation, search, SEO, trust, accessibility and platform changes.
July 19, 2026
Fully clickable guide cards
Expanded the interactive target on /guides/ so each complete guide card opens its guide, not only the title text. Added keyboard-visible focus styling while preserving crawlable server-rendered links and the existing hover animation.
July 19, 2026
Dedicated guides sitemap and styled XML views
Moved all 34 individual guide URLs into a dedicated /sitemaps/guides.xml child sitemap while keeping the /guides/ hub in core pages. Added a shared XSL presentation so the sitemap index and all child XML sitemaps display as clean, clickable browser tables without changing their machine-readable sitemap data.
July 19, 2026
Complete XML and clickable HTML sitemap
Added a human-readable /sitemap/ page with every calculator, guide, category, trust page and XML sitemap link visible and clickable. The SEO generator now discovers every static page automatically, validates registry-to-route coverage and fails the build if any static route is omitted or duplicated.
July 19, 2026
408 calculators, 34 guides and organized documentation
Added ten envelope, roofing, HVAC and plumbing calculators with ten substantial reciprocal guides. Moved every Markdown document except README into categorized docs folders and updated the source archive workflow to include the complete documentation tree.
July 19, 2026
BuildMeter Guides second reference batch
Added ten evergreen guides covering rebar sizes and weight, concrete strength, wall-area deductions, drywall thickness, driveway and drainage gravel, mulch depth, deck-board spacing, insulation R-values, rainwater harvesting and drainage-pipe bedding. The guide hub now contains 24 resources tied directly to existing calculators.
July 19, 2026
BuildMeter Guides knowledge-base launch
Expanded the existing guides structure into a searchable evergreen construction knowledge base with 14 visible guides, seven populated category groups, direct answers, reference tables, worked examples, sources, Article and Breadcrumb structured data, calculator backlinks and guide-aware advertising fallbacks. No generic blog or thin guide-category pages were created.
July 19, 2026
398-calculator materials and site-systems expansion
Added ten distinct calculators for CMU bond-beam grout, brick soldier courses, drop-ceiling grid, carpet tack strip, joist hangers, wall plate lumber, gabion stone, berm volume, culvert pipe ordering and air-compressor tank fill time. Existing navigation, SEO authority, advertising fallbacks and Cloudflare deployment architecture were preserved.
July 19, 2026
388-calculator repair, cost and systems expansion
Added ten calculators for concrete patch material, concrete cylinder weight, drywall furring channel, stair carpet, plywood cost, deck balusters, roofing starter strip, landscape timbers, rainwater tank overflow and air-compressor running cost. Corrected erosion-control blanket orders by rounding strips and length segments independently.
July 19, 2026
378-calculator project-detail expansion
Added ten distinct calculators for concrete control-joint sealant, masonry wall ties, drywall adhesive, tile leveling clips, gutter hangers, hidden deck fasteners, erosion-control blankets, silt fence, irrigation dripline and solar panel row spacing. Existing SEO authority, brand assets and Cloudflare commands were preserved.
July 19, 2026
SEO authority and final brand asset update
Adopted the final BuildMeter building-and-meter identity for visible branding and the compact BM mark for favicon and app contexts. Added ownership, editorial policy, corrections, diagnostic sitemap groups, application schema, reference guides and detailed priority-calculator guidance.
July 19, 2026
Priority calculator content review
Expanded 15 core calculators with unique instructions, worked examples, default explanations, common mistakes, reference tables, limitations, contextual links and primary sources. This editorial review did not change their numerical formulas.
July 19, 2026
Homepage mobile search fix
Removed mobile result clipping, improved relevant-name ranking, added result counts and made larger result lists reachable above the keyboard.
July 19, 2026
Category search and subcategories
Added live category-only search, focused subcategory navigation and progressive disclosure while keeping every calculator link in generated HTML.
July 18, 2026
Advertising layout and fallback
Added reserved, lazy-loaded placements separated from controls, plus recommended-calculator fallbacks when ads are unavailable.