Session log — medistage founder photograph

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Session log — medistage founder photograph

26 May 2026 · Hasmukh with Claude · auto-published from the local journal entry. A polished narrative version can be requested in any future Claude session.

Summary

Hasmukh asked to insert an image into the "Founder photograph" placeholder on the medistage homepage, in the section headed "Born from medicine, built through technology, ignited by COVID."

Decisions

  • Confirmed the placeholder lives inside the founder section on the medistage home content (id 1), rendering an emoji avatar and the caption "Founder photograph".
  • Hasmukh chose to supply the photo himself by giving a file path on his Mac, rather than reusing an existing server image or the medilearn-hero placeholder.

Changes made

  • Hasmukh supplied the headshot at /Users/hasmukhgajjar/Desktop/DSC_3386.png (982 x 1338 PNG, ~4.4 MB).
  • Uploaded the photo to the medistage server, resized to a maximum 800 px width and converted to WebP at quality 82 to keep the page fast. Final size 78 KB, saved as /var/www/medistage/user-content/uploads/hasmukh-founder.webp and owned by the medistage user.
  • Backed up the homepage content row before editing to client-data/backups/medistage-home-20260526-213151-before-founder-photo.sql.
  • Replaced the placeholder founder__photo block (emoji avatar plus "Founder photograph" caption) with an img tag pointing at the new upload, with responsive sizing, rounded corners, and an accessible alt text of "Dr Hasmukh Gajjar, Founder of Medilearn".
  • Verified the live page returns HTTP 200 and the new image URL is reachable.
  • Follow-up tweak after Hasmukh asked about rounded corners: confirmed the .founder__photo class already gives the rounded card shape, but its placeholder styling also drew a dashed grey border. Updated the inline styles on the new img so it now fills the rounded portrait card with object-fit: cover, no dashed border, and no placeholder background.
  • Second follow-up: Hasmukh spotted a small cream circle on the bottom left edge of the photo. This was a decorative accent (.founder__accent-2) drawn by the theme, with a matching faint blue and green circle at the top right (.founder__accent). Removed both decorative accent divs from the homepage HTML so the photo now sits clean inside the rounded frame.

Follow-ups

  • None outstanding. Hasmukh confirmed the result looks good.