improve the status.html page

Changed `bin/gen-status.sh` VERSION from "1.0 2024-03-09"
to "1.1 2024-03-10".

Changed `bin/status2html.sh` VERSION from "1.0 2024-03-09"
to "1.1 2024-03-10".

Improved for explanatory text added near the top of the
`index.html` page by `bin/status2html.sh`.

While `bin/status2html.sh` in intended as tool that is internally
called only, we allowed for a 0 arg use for those who are simply
curious as to what it does.

Tested various _contest_status_ values with `bin/gen-status.sh`.
This resulted in a forced change of _status_update_ in `status.json`.

Removed extraneous whitespace from `bin/output-index-author.sh`.

Performed `make www` to finalize all of the above, although a
`make gen_status` followed by `make gen_sitemap` would have
been sufficient.

status.html

@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@
 
 <!-- START: this line starts content generated by: bin/status2html.sh -->
 
+<h1 id="the-ioccc-is-closed">The IOCCC is closed</h1>
+<p>The IOCCC is <strong>NOT</strong> accepting new submissions at this
+time. See the <a href="years.html">IOCCC winning entries page</a> for
+the entires that have won the IOCCC.</p>
+<p>Watch both <a href="status.html">the IOCCC status page</a> and the <a
+href="https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc"><span class="citation"
+data-cites="IOCCC">@IOCCC</span> mastodon feed</a> for information about
+future IOCCC openings.</p>
 <h1 id="status.json"><a name="content"></a>status.json</h1>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre
 class="sourceCode json"><code class="sourceCode json"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">{</span></span>
@@ -122,7 +130,7 @@ class="sourceCode json"><code class="sourceCode json"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="
 <span id="cb1-3"><a href="#cb1-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="dt">&quot;IOCCC_status_version&quot;</span> <span class="fu">:</span> <span class="st">&quot;1.0 2024-03-09&quot;</span><span class="fu">,</span></span>
 <span id="cb1-4"><a href="#cb1-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="dt">&quot;contest_status&quot;</span> <span class="fu">:</span> <span class="st">&quot;closed&quot;</span><span class="fu">,</span></span>
 <span id="cb1-5"><a href="#cb1-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="dt">&quot;news_update&quot;</span> <span class="fu">:</span> <span class="st">&quot;2024-03-10T17:01:11+00:00&quot;</span><span class="fu">,</span></span>
-<span id="cb1-6"><a href="#cb1-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="dt">&quot;status_update&quot;</span> <span class="fu">:</span> <span class="st">&quot;2024-03-10T17:01:12+00:00&quot;</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-6"><a href="#cb1-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="dt">&quot;status_update&quot;</span> <span class="fu">:</span> <span class="st">&quot;2024-03-10T20:55:10+00:00&quot;</span></span>
 <span id="cb1-7"><a href="#cb1-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">}</span></span></code></pre></div>
 
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@@ -159,6 +167,8 @@ Comments and suggestions on these preliminary items are welcome. See the
 scheduled opening date.</p>
 <h4 id="open">“<strong>open</strong>”</h4>
 <p>The IOCCC is open for submissions.</p>
+<p>See the <a href="news.html">IOCCC news</a> page for details on rules,
+guidelines, tools and deadlines.</p>
 <p>Be sure to review the official IOCCC rules, guidelines, and tools for
 any changes that may have been made while the IOCCC was
 “<strong>pending</strong>”.</p>