It's odd indeed, changed it.

I can't really speak for other sites but here it comes down to my inability to design anything worthwhile. But i'll continue to try and improve it.

posted 11 years ago

brandan

you can do a lot at different widths by contextually hiding/showing content width bootstrap hidden classes.

i really don't think that, from a design perspective, you're going to do anything bad by making snippets of news posts longer than twitter posts.

posted 11 years ago

noctis

The snippets are separate fields in the database with no formatting (to keep the frontpage clean) and have a max length of 250 characters. Making it longer would just complicate it more for writers to come up with stuff to write in there. I did the whole snippet thing so people don't have to worry about creating long posts which on esr would be terrible for example.

Thanks @ your other comment. :)

posted 11 years ago

brandan

snippets is a good idea. maybe 250 characters is a good limit. have you considered two columns for frontpage news on sm/md/lg layouts?

i ask, because from my perspective, the large amount of space for content is being given to uninformative aspects.

posted 11 years ago

noctis

I've no idea what that means, i'm not using the bootstrap framework btw (not using any framework). I've considered making the frontpage 3 columns with 2 for news with alternating "boxes" kinda like google now. But i disliked how it was just a whole lot of boxes then and there wasn't a clear differentiation between the news and the right side stuff.

I'm currently experimenting with the frontpage news and featured look tho.

frontpage test

posted 11 years ago

brandan

sorry, was using steam in-game browser to respond and made the assumption, because of the icons and css media shifts.

the image you've shown looks like an improvement. it gives users quicker access to more abundant content, while still giving that highlighted content a significant area.

i can't yet upload files, so here's a quick edit of the image you provided. you would still have a healthy amount of white space, and you maintain the separation of news & other content boxes.

one other thing you may consider is changing the order of home_left & home_right divs, so that at < 1100px width the news will be displayed before the sidebar stuff.

posted 11 years ago

noctis

I guess i'll try that. :)

I'm reworking most of the front page currently, that includes the order of home_left & right. I'm gonna significantly reduce the waste of space on mobile so scrolling over the news to get to the sidebar stuff shouldn't be an issue anymore (which was the main reason for the current order).

posted 11 years ago

brandan

ah, well you know best about your project, so i'll stop being annoying with things you've already got plans for. looking forward to your progress.

posted 11 years ago

epicus147

Replying here with some thoughts on the frontpage

One of the problems with that new frontpage design i see is that its not easy to see in wich direction the posts are to be read, you have to look at the dates to see that its left to right top to down (of course that is a widely used format, but it still isnt obvious on the first view).

Also why are the dates from right to left?

posted 11 years ago

noctis

I'm a tech so YYYYMMDD is the only sensible date format for me. :D
Changed it.

I think that problem isn't that "problematic" considering its just 2 columns and posts are the same height (compared to something like google plus with 3 columns and i still have no clue how the posts are ordered there). Ideally first time viewers should look at the featured posts first anyway, if i still didn't manage that i'll give up. :D

posted 11 years ago

epicus147

Yeah i think its good now.

posted 11 years ago

brandan

also, very nice work. congrats.

posted 11 years ago