diff --git a/src/main/content/_assets/js/header.js b/src/main/content/_assets/js/header.js
index 9d2012ac..241cd27e 100644
--- a/src/main/content/_assets/js/header.js
+++ b/src/main/content/_assets/js/header.js
@@ -19,15 +19,7 @@
 function loadWhatsNewModal(){
     let currentVersion = String($('#modal-title').data('version'));
 
-    if (localStorage.didOpenWhatsNew === 'false') {
-        // shows the header with "Learn More" button to show the modal about the latest release
-        $('#whats-new-toast').toast('show');
-    }
-    else if (currentVersion !== localStorage.getItem('whatsNewVersion')){
-        localStorage.setItem('whatsNewVersion', currentVersion);
-        localStorage.setItem('didOpenWhatsNew', false);
-        $('#whats-new-toast').toast('show');
-    }
+    $('#whats-new-toast').toast('show');
 
     $('#whats-new-modal').on('show.bs.modal', function () {
         // nav bar would be on top of modal on scroll so take it away and put it back on hide
diff --git a/src/main/content/_includes/header.html b/src/main/content/_includes/header.html
index 097bfb43..1cf3ed75 100644
--- a/src/main/content/_includes/header.html
+++ b/src/main/content/_includes/header.html
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
         <!-- New release notification toast -->
         <div aria-atomic="true" id="whats-new-toast" class="toast hide-toast-div" data-autohide="false">
-            <strong class="mr-auto toast-text">Check out what's in the latest release of Kabanero</strong>
+            <strong class="mr-auto toast-text">Development of Kabanero as a standalone project has ended. See blog post for details.</strong>
             <button type="button" class="ml-2 mb-1 close close-button" data-dismiss="toast" aria-label="Close">
                 <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
             </button>
-            <a class="col-md-5" id="learn-more-modal-button" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#whats-new-modal">Learn More</a>
+            <a class="col-md-5" id="learn-more-modal-button" href="./blog/2021/03/30/adios.html">Learn More</a>
         </div>
     
         <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-light bg-custom">
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                         <a class="nav-link" href="/guides">Guides</a>
                     </li>
                     <li class="nav-item active">
-                        <a class="nav-link" href="/blog">Blog</a>
+                        <a class="nav-link" href="/blog/2021/03/30/adios.html">Blog</a>
                     </li>
 
                     <!--
@@ -50,24 +50,12 @@
                     </li> -->
                 </ul>
                 <div class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0">
-                    <div class="dropdown">
-                        <a class="float_right_section ml-3" href="#" id="header-slack-icon" data-toggle="dropdown">
-                            <img src="/img/slack_Icon.svg" id="slack-icon" class="img-fluid header-icon" title="Kabanero Slack" alt="slack logo">
-                        </a>
-                        <div class="dropdown-menu" id="slack-dropdown">
-                            <a class="dropdown-item" href={{site.slack_invite_url}} target="_blank">Request an Invite</a>
-                            <a class="dropdown-item" href={{site.slack_url}} target="_blank">Go to the Channel</a>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
                     <a class="float_right_section" target="_blank" href="{{site.stackoverflow_url}}">
                         <img id="header_stackoverflow_img" src="/img/Header_StackO.svg" class="img-fluid header-icon" title="Kabanero StackOverflow" alt="stackoverflow logo">
                     </a>
                     <a class="float_right_section" target="_blank" href="{{site.github_url}}">
                         <img id="header_github_img" src="/img/header_github_icon.svg" class="img-fluid header-icon" title="Kabanero GitHub" alt="github logo">
                     </a>
-                    <a class="float_right_section" target="_blank" href="{{site.twitter_url}}">
-                        <img id="header_twitter_img" src="/img/header_twitter_icon.svg" class="img-fluid header-icon" title="Kabanero Twitter" alt="twitter logo">
-                    </a>
                     <a class="float_right_section" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#whats-new-modal">
                         <img id="whats-new-modal-svg-icon" src="/img/info-icon.svg" class="img-fluid header-icon" title="Kabanero what’s new" alt="info logo">
                      </a>
diff --git a/src/main/content/_layouts/post.html b/src/main/content/_layouts/post.html
index f6504617..f71c76fc 100644
--- a/src/main/content/_layouts/post.html
+++ b/src/main/content/_layouts/post.html
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
             <div class="col-sm-12">
                 <a href="/blog"><span class="leftArrow kabanero-colored-link"></span>
                 <h1 class="col-md-1 blog-title">Blog</h1></a>
-                <p>Follow <a class="kabanero-colored-link" href="{{site.twitter_url}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@{{site.twitter_username}}</a> on Twitter or subscribe to our <a class="kabanero-colored-link" href="https://kabanero.io/feed.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RSS feed</a>.</p>
             </div>
             <div id="post_column" class="col-sm-12">
                 <div id="article_container">
@@ -59,18 +58,6 @@ <h1 itemprop="name headline">{{ page.title | escape }}</h1>
                                 {{ content }}
                             </div>
                         </div>
-                        <div id="share_post_container">
-                            Share this post:
-                            <div class="linksContainer">
-                                {% assign page_title = page.title | replace: "'" , "\\'" %}
-                                <a target="_blank" href="//twitter.com/intent" onclick="window.open('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=' + encodeURIComponent('{{ page_title }}') + '&url=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location)); return false">
-                                    <img id="share_blog_twitter_img" src="/img/header_twitter_icon_orange.svg" class="img-fluid" alt="twitter logo">
-                                </a>
-                                <a target="_blank" href="//www.reddit.com/submit" onclick="window.open('https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location)); return false">
-                                    <img id="reddit_img" src="/img/Reddit_Icon.svg" class="img-fluid" alt="reddit logo">
-                                </a>
-                            </div>
-                        </div>
                         {% if site.disqus.shortname %} {% include disqus_comments.html %} {% endif %}
                     </article>
                 </div>
@@ -78,8 +65,3 @@ <h1 itemprop="name headline">{{ page.title | escape }}</h1>
         </div>
     </div>
 </div>
-
-<div class="d-none">
-    <img src="/img/twitter_link_hover.svg">
-    <img src="/img/reddit_link_hover.svg">
-</div>
diff --git a/src/main/content/robots.txt b/src/main/content/robots.txt
index eadcae1f..7085c61d 100644
--- a/src/main/content/robots.txt
+++ b/src/main/content/robots.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 User-agent: *
-Disallow: /blog/redirected.html
-Noindex: /blog/redirected.html
\ No newline at end of file
+Disallow: /
+Noindex: /
\ No newline at end of file