Why the main domain https://www.trueelena.org/ looks that ugly?
20 years ago many websites looked exactly like that. Hand-written (<!-- vim: set filetype=rst: -->) and just with basic CSS formatting.
You need to make updates to your front door. You need to make updates, repairs, clean it. So yes, front doors require updates.
There are doors that have been in continuous use for over a thousand years (like St. Botolph's Daneskin door).
Comments don't have to be useful to be good, but updates do.