diff --git a/src/lib/banner-title-alt.svelte b/src/lib/banner-title-alt.svelte
index c6028bc..63d67ad 100644
--- a/src/lib/banner-title-alt.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/banner-title-alt.svelte
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
     <div class="subcontainer">
         <div class="img-container-wide">
             {#if pixelated}
-            <img class="pixelated-img" src="{banner}" alt="{bannerAlt}">
+                <img class="pixelated-img" src="{banner}" alt="{bannerAlt}">
             {:else}
-            <img src="{banner}" alt="{bannerAlt}">
+                <img src="{banner}" alt="{bannerAlt}">
             {/if}
             <div class="text-container-wide">
                 <div class="text-align-container-wide">
@@ -38,18 +38,26 @@
         </div>
     </div>
     {:else}
-    <div class="subcontainer">
-        <div class="img-container">
-            {#if pixelated}
-            <img class="pixelated-img" src="{banner}" alt="{bannerAlt}">
-            {:else}
-            <img src="{banner}" alt="{bannerAlt}">
-            {/if}
-        </div>
-        <div class="text-container">
-            {@render titles({title, subtitle, date})}
-        </div>
-    </div>
+        {#if banner}
+            <div class="subcontainer">
+                <div class="img-container">
+                    {#if pixelated}
+                        <img class="pixelated-img" src="{banner}" alt="{bannerAlt}">
+                    {:else}
+                        <img src="{banner}" alt="{bannerAlt}">
+                    {/if}
+                </div>
+                <div class="text-container">
+                    {@render titles({title, subtitle, date})}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        {:else}
+            <div class="subcontainer subcontainer-textonly">
+                <div class="text-container text-container-fullwidth">
+                    {@render titles({title, subtitle, date})}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        {/if}
     {/if}
 </div>
 
@@ -80,6 +88,12 @@
         margin-right: auto;
     }
 
+    .subcontainer-textonly {
+        height: fit-content !important;
+        padding-top: 48px;
+        padding-bottom: 48px;
+    }
+
     .img-container {
         flex-grow: 1;
         width: 50%;
@@ -110,6 +124,10 @@
         margin: auto 24px;
     }
 
+    .text-container-fullwidth {
+        width: 100% !important;
+    }
+
     .container img {
         height: 100%;
         width: 100%;
diff --git a/src/lib/footer.svelte b/src/lib/footer.svelte
index bce918e..356f23a 100644
--- a/src/lib/footer.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/footer.svelte
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         <div class="content-box">
             <h6>Meta</h6>
             <a href="https://codeberg.org/denizk0461/pages-svelte">Page Source</a>
+            <a href="/privacy">Privacy & Cookies</a>
         </div>
         <div class="content-box"></div>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/routes/garden/+page.svelte b/src/routes/garden/+page.svelte
index e0d874d..27c9301 100644
--- a/src/routes/garden/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/garden/+page.svelte
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
     import BannerTitleAlt from "$lib/banner-title-alt.svelte";
     import Content from "$lib/content.svelte";
-    import LinkList, { type LinkEntry } from "$lib/link-list.svelte";
-
-    let links: LinkEntry[] = [
-        {
-            text: "Music I Like",
-            link: "music",
-        },
-        {
-            text: "Recipes",
-            link: "recipes",
-        },
-    ]
 </script>
 
 <svelte:head>
@@ -26,6 +14,5 @@
 />
 
 <Content>
-    <p>work in progress! but some subpages already exist:</p>
-    <LinkList entries={links}></LinkList>
+    <p>work in progress! and due to be remade.</p>
 </Content>
diff --git a/src/routes/garden/recipes/+page.svelte b/src/routes/garden/recipes/+page.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fb196d..0000000
--- a/src/routes/garden/recipes/+page.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<script lang="ts">
-    import BannerTitleAlt from "$lib/banner-title-alt.svelte";
-    import Content from "$lib/content.svelte";
-</script>
-
-<svelte:head>
-    <title>Recipes | denizk0461</title>
-</svelte:head>
-
-<BannerTitleAlt
-    title="Recipes"
-    banner="/projects/banner.webp"
-    subtitle="we be cooking here"
-/>
-
-<Content>
-    <p>This is the future site for my recipes!</p>
-    
-    <p>All my recipes are vegan, require not too many steps and ingredients, and are relatively inexpensive, because I don't have a lot of money lol</p>
-</Content>
diff --git a/src/routes/privacy/+page.svelte b/src/routes/privacy/+page.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b10ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/privacy/+page.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    import BannerTitleAlt from "$lib/banner-title-alt.svelte";
+    import Content from "$lib/content.svelte";
+</script>
+
+<svelte:head>
+    <title>Privacy & Cookies | denizk0461</title>
+</svelte:head>
+
+<BannerTitleAlt
+    title="Information on Privacy & Cookies"
+/>
+
+<Content>
+    <p>This page uses <b>no cookies</b> as of now. No data will be stored on your device while browsing this website. <b>No trackers</b> are used either – <b>no analytics</b>, not even a visit counter of any kind. Not by a third-party, and currently, none I built myself either.</p>
+
+    <p>The Godot and Unity projects on the <code>apps.denizk0461.dev</code> subdomain <i>may</i> cache compiled shaders on your device, I'm not sure. These files would only be used by your GPU to render visual effects for the game they were compiled for.</p>
+
+    <p>Last updated: 2025-09-10</p>
+</Content>
diff --git a/src/routes/quotes.ts b/src/routes/quotes.ts
index 72d0a41..9882682 100644
--- a/src/routes/quotes.ts
+++ b/src/routes/quotes.ts
@@ -35,4 +35,19 @@ export let quotes: Quote[] = [
         author: "Midnight Kids & klei",
         source: "Find Your Way",
     },
+    {
+        content: "If you see me falling I'll just see you looking up",
+        author: "Jaron",
+        source: "ICARUS",
+    },
+    {
+        content: "Let me simmer down and cover up for I am cooking broth; it don't take a genius to achieve it, it just takes some sauce",
+        author: "Jaron",
+        source: "PIECES",
+    },
+    {
+        content: "When I die, I hope I'm buried in a forest; that is if any of it's left",
+        author: "brakence",
+        source: "5g",
+    },
 ];
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