Restyle the frontend as an editorial magazine layout

Centred wordmark over a rule of category links, a lead article above a grid of
cards, centred article headers over a narrow reading column, and a footer split
into columns. Neutral warm-grey palette with a serif display face for headings
and small uppercase labels for metadata.
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@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
:root { :root {
--color-text: #16181d; /* Neutral editorial palette: warm off-white paper, near-black ink. */
--color-muted: #5b6270; --color-ink: #14130f;
--color-bg: #ffffff; --color-body: #3d3a34;
--color-surface: #f5f6f8; --color-muted: #857f74;
--color-border: #e2e5ea; --color-bg: #fbfaf7;
--color-accent: #2f4bd8; --color-surface: #f1efe9;
--radius: 10px; --color-border: #e0ddd4;
--width: 68rem; --color-rule: #14130f;
--space: 1.25rem;
--font-display: Georgia, "Iowan Old Style", "Times New Roman", serif;
--font-sans: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif;
--width: 76rem;
--width-prose: 40rem;
--space: 1.5rem;
--radius: 2px;
} }
*, *,
@@ -18,32 +25,38 @@
body { body {
margin: 0; margin: 0;
color: var(--color-text); color: var(--color-body);
background: var(--color-bg); background: var(--color-bg);
font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-family: var(--font-sans);
font-size: 1.05rem; font-size: 1rem;
line-height: 1.65; line-height: 1.7;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
} }
img { img {
display: block;
max-width: 100%; max-width: 100%;
height: auto; height: auto;
} }
a { a {
color: var(--color-accent); color: inherit;
} }
h1, h1,
h2, h2,
h3 { h3 {
line-height: 1.25; margin: 0;
color: var(--color-ink);
font-family: var(--font-display);
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 1.2;
text-wrap: balance; text-wrap: balance;
} }
:focus-visible { :focus-visible {
outline: 3px solid var(--color-accent); outline: 2px solid var(--color-ink);
outline-offset: 2px; outline-offset: 3px;
} }
.container { .container {
@@ -64,52 +77,129 @@ h3 {
z-index: 10; z-index: 10;
padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem; padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem;
background: var(--color-bg); background: var(--color-bg);
border: 1px solid var(--color-border); border: 1px solid var(--color-ink);
border-radius: var(--radius);
} }
.muted { .muted {
color: var(--color-muted); color: var(--color-muted);
} }
/* Small uppercase label used for categories, dates and section headings. */
.kicker {
margin: 0;
font-family: var(--font-sans);
font-size: 0.7rem;
font-weight: 600;
letter-spacing: 0.14em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--color-muted);
}
.section-heading {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 1.25rem;
margin-block: 4rem 2rem;
}
.section-heading::after {
content: "";
flex: 1;
height: 1px;
background: var(--color-border);
}
/* Centred title block at the top of a listing page. */
.page-header {
margin-bottom: 3.5rem;
padding-bottom: 2rem;
text-align: center;
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border);
}
.page-header h1 {
font-size: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3rem);
}
.page-header .kicker {
margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
}
.card-grid { .card-grid {
display: grid; display: grid;
gap: 1.75rem; gap: 3rem 2.5rem;
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(17rem, 1fr)); grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(18rem, 1fr));
padding: 0; padding: 0;
margin: 0; margin: 0;
list-style: none; list-style: none;
} }
/* Article body */
.prose { .prose {
max-width: 44rem; max-width: var(--width-prose);
font-size: 1.075rem;
}
.prose h2,
.prose h3 {
margin-block: 2.5rem 0.75rem;
}
.prose h2 {
font-size: 1.6rem;
}
.prose h3 {
font-size: 1.25rem;
}
.prose p,
.prose ul,
.prose ol {
margin-block: 0 1.4rem;
}
.prose a {
text-decoration: underline;
text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
}
.prose blockquote {
margin: 2.5rem 0;
padding-left: 1.5rem;
border-left: 2px solid var(--color-ink);
font-family: var(--font-display);
font-size: 1.3rem;
line-height: 1.45;
color: var(--color-ink);
} }
.prose img { .prose img {
border-radius: var(--radius); margin-block: 2rem;
} }
.prose pre { .prose pre {
overflow-x: auto; overflow-x: auto;
padding: 1rem; padding: 1rem 1.25rem;
background: var(--color-surface); background: var(--color-surface);
border-radius: var(--radius); border-radius: var(--radius);
font-size: 0.9rem;
} }
.tag-list { .prose code {
font-size: 0.9em;
}
.pagination {
display: flex; display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap; flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 0.5rem; gap: 2rem;
padding: 0; align-items: center;
margin: 2rem 0 0; justify-content: center;
list-style: none; margin-top: 4rem;
} padding-top: 2rem;
border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
.tag-list a { font-size: 0.85rem;
display: inline-block; letter-spacing: 0.06em;
padding: 0.15rem 0.6rem; text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 0.9rem;
background: var(--color-surface);
border-radius: 999px;
text-decoration: none;
} }
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@@ -9,58 +9,77 @@ const cover = computed(() => mediaUrl(props.article.cover))
<template> <template>
<article class="card"> <article class="card">
<img <NuxtLink class="cover-link" :to="`/blog/${article.slug}`" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
v-if="cover" <img
class="cover" v-if="cover"
:src="cover" class="cover"
:alt="article.cover?.alternativeText ?? ''" :src="cover"
:width="article.cover?.width ?? undefined" :alt="article.cover?.alternativeText ?? ''"
:height="article.cover?.height ?? undefined" :width="article.cover?.width ?? undefined"
loading="lazy" :height="article.cover?.height ?? undefined"
> loading="lazy"
>
<span v-else class="cover placeholder" />
</NuxtLink>
<p v-if="article.category" class="muted meta"> <p v-if="article.category" class="kicker">{{ article.category.name }}</p>
{{ article.category.name }}
</p>
<h2> <h2>
<NuxtLink :to="`/blog/${article.slug}`">{{ article.title }}</NuxtLink> <NuxtLink :to="`/blog/${article.slug}`">{{ article.title }}</NuxtLink>
</h2> </h2>
<p class="muted meta"> <p class="kicker date">
<time :datetime="isoDate(article.publishedAt)">{{ formatDate(article.publishedAt) }}</time> <time :datetime="isoDate(article.publishedAt)">{{ formatDate(article.publishedAt) }}</time>
</p> </p>
</article> </article>
</template> </template>
<style scoped> <style scoped>
.card h2 { .cover-link {
margin: 0.35rem 0 0.5rem; display: block;
font-size: 1.2rem; overflow: hidden;
}
.card h2 a {
color: inherit;
text-decoration: none;
}
.card h2 a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
.card p {
margin: 0 0 0.5rem;
} }
.cover { .cover {
width: 100%; width: 100%;
aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
object-fit: cover; object-fit: cover;
border-radius: var(--radius);
background: var(--color-surface); background: var(--color-surface);
transition: transform 0.4s ease;
} }
.meta { .cover-link:hover .cover {
font-size: 0.9rem; transform: scale(1.03);
}
.placeholder {
display: block;
}
.kicker {
margin-top: 1.1rem;
}
h2 {
margin-top: 0.5rem;
font-size: 1.35rem;
}
h2 a {
text-decoration: none;
background-image: linear-gradient(var(--color-ink), var(--color-ink));
background-size: 0 1px;
background-position: 0 100%;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
transition: background-size 0.3s ease;
}
h2 a:hover {
background-size: 100% 1px;
}
.date {
margin-top: 0.6rem;
font-weight: 400;
} }
</style> </style>
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@@ -12,17 +12,21 @@ const { data: categories } = await useFetch<Category[]>('/api/categories', {
<a class="skip-link" href="#main">Skip to content</a> <a class="skip-link" href="#main">Skip to content</a>
<header class="site-header"> <header class="site-header">
<div class="container header-inner"> <div class="container">
<NuxtLink to="/" class="brand">{{ SITE_NAME }}</NuxtLink> <p class="wordmark">
<nav aria-label="Main navigation"> <NuxtLink to="/">{{ SITE_NAME }}</NuxtLink>
<ul> </p>
<li><NuxtLink to="/blog">Articles</NuxtLink></li> <p class="tagline kicker">{{ SITE_DESCRIPTION }}</p>
<li v-for="category in categories" :key="category.slug">
<NuxtLink :to="`/category/${category.slug}`">{{ category.name }}</NuxtLink>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</div> </div>
<nav class="site-nav" aria-label="Main navigation">
<ul class="container">
<li><NuxtLink to="/blog">All articles</NuxtLink></li>
<li v-for="category in categories" :key="category.slug">
<NuxtLink :to="`/category/${category.slug}`">{{ category.name }}</NuxtLink>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header> </header>
<main id="main" class="container site-main"> <main id="main" class="container site-main">
@@ -30,9 +34,34 @@ const { data: categories } = await useFetch<Category[]>('/api/categories', {
</main> </main>
<footer class="site-footer"> <footer class="site-footer">
<div class="container"> <div class="container footer-inner">
<p class="muted">&copy; {{ new Date().getFullYear() }} {{ SITE_NAME }}</p> <div class="footer-block">
<p class="wordmark small">{{ SITE_NAME }}</p>
<p class="muted">{{ SITE_DESCRIPTION }}</p>
</div>
<nav class="footer-block" aria-label="Categories">
<p class="kicker">Categories</p>
<ul>
<li v-for="category in categories" :key="category.slug">
<NuxtLink :to="`/category/${category.slug}`">{{ category.name }}</NuxtLink>
</li>
<li v-if="!categories.length" class="muted">Nothing published yet</li>
</ul>
</nav>
<nav class="footer-block" aria-label="Sections">
<p class="kicker">Browse</p>
<ul>
<li><NuxtLink to="/">Home</NuxtLink></li>
<li><NuxtLink to="/blog">All articles</NuxtLink></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</div> </div>
<p class="container copyright kicker">
&copy; {{ new Date().getFullYear() }} {{ SITE_NAME }}. All rights reserved.
</p>
</footer> </footer>
</div> </div>
</template> </template>
@@ -44,51 +73,111 @@ const { data: categories } = await useFetch<Category[]>('/api/categories', {
min-height: 100vh; min-height: 100vh;
} }
/* Header: centred wordmark over a thin rule of links. */
.site-header { .site-header {
padding-top: 2.5rem;
text-align: center;
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border);
} }
.header-inner { .wordmark {
display: flex; margin: 0;
flex-wrap: wrap; font-family: var(--font-display);
align-items: center; font-size: clamp(1.75rem, 5vw, 2.75rem);
gap: 1rem 2rem; letter-spacing: 0.02em;
padding-block: 1rem; color: var(--color-ink);
} }
.brand { .wordmark a {
font-size: 1.25rem;
font-weight: 700;
color: inherit;
text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none;
} }
nav ul { .tagline {
margin-top: 0.6rem;
}
.site-nav {
margin-top: 2rem;
border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
}
.site-nav ul {
display: flex; display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap; flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 1rem; gap: 0.25rem 2rem;
padding: 0; justify-content: center;
padding-block: 0.9rem;
margin: 0; margin: 0;
list-style: none; list-style: none;
font-size: 0.75rem;
font-weight: 600;
letter-spacing: 0.14em;
text-transform: uppercase;
} }
nav a { .site-nav a {
color: inherit;
text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none;
color: var(--color-body);
padding-block: 0.25rem;
border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
} }
nav a:hover, .site-nav a:hover,
nav a.router-link-active { .site-nav a.router-link-active {
text-decoration: underline; color: var(--color-ink);
border-bottom-color: var(--color-ink);
} }
.site-main { .site-main {
flex: 1; flex: 1;
padding-block: 2.5rem 4rem; padding-block: 3.5rem 5rem;
} }
/* Footer: columns, then a centred copyright line. */
.site-footer { .site-footer {
padding-block: 1.5rem; padding-block: 3.5rem 2rem;
background: var(--color-surface);
border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
}
.footer-inner {
display: grid;
gap: 2.5rem;
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(14rem, 1fr));
padding-bottom: 2.5rem;
}
.footer-block p:last-of-type {
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.wordmark.small {
font-size: 1.4rem;
}
.footer-block ul {
padding: 0;
margin: 0.9rem 0 0;
list-style: none;
font-size: 0.95rem;
}
.footer-block li + li {
margin-top: 0.35rem;
}
.footer-block a {
text-decoration: none;
}
.footer-block a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
}
.copyright {
padding-top: 1.75rem;
text-align: center;
border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border); border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
} }
</style> </style>
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@@ -48,19 +48,25 @@ useHead({
<template> <template>
<article v-if="article"> <article v-if="article">
<nav class="breadcrumb muted" aria-label="Breadcrumb"> <header class="article-header">
<NuxtLink to="/blog">Articles</NuxtLink> <nav class="kicker" aria-label="Breadcrumb">
<template v-if="article.category"> <NuxtLink to="/blog">Articles</NuxtLink>
<span aria-hidden="true"> / </span> <template v-if="article.category">
<NuxtLink :to="`/category/${article.category.slug}`">{{ article.category.name }}</NuxtLink> <span aria-hidden="true"> / </span>
</template> <NuxtLink :to="`/category/${article.category.slug}`">
</nav> {{ article.category.name }}
</NuxtLink>
</template>
</nav>
<h1>{{ article.title }}</h1> <h1>{{ article.title }}</h1>
<p class="muted meta"> <p class="kicker date">
<time :datetime="isoDate(article.publishedAt)">{{ formatDate(article.publishedAt) }}</time> <time :datetime="isoDate(article.publishedAt)">
</p> {{ formatDate(article.publishedAt) }}
</time>
</p>
</header>
<img <img
v-if="cover" v-if="cover"
@@ -73,30 +79,66 @@ useHead({
<!-- eslint-disable-next-line vue/no-v-html -- rendered server-side from editor Markdown --> <!-- eslint-disable-next-line vue/no-v-html -- rendered server-side from editor Markdown -->
<div class="prose" v-html="article.html" /> <div class="prose" v-html="article.html" />
<p class="back">
<NuxtLink to="/blog">Back to all articles</NuxtLink>
</p>
</article> </article>
</template> </template>
<style scoped> <style scoped>
article { .article-header {
max-width: 44rem; max-width: 46rem;
margin-inline: auto;
text-align: center;
} }
.breadcrumb { .article-header nav a {
font-size: 0.9rem; text-decoration: none;
}
.article-header nav a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
} }
h1 { h1 {
margin: 0.5rem 0 0.25rem; margin: 1rem 0 0;
font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 4vw, 2.6rem); font-size: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3.2rem);
} }
.meta { .date {
margin-top: 0; margin-top: 1rem;
font-weight: 400;
}
.prose {
margin-inline: auto;
}
.back {
max-width: var(--width-prose);
margin: 4rem auto 0;
padding-top: 2rem;
border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
text-align: center;
font-size: 0.75rem;
font-weight: 600;
letter-spacing: 0.14em;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.back a {
text-decoration: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-ink);
padding-bottom: 0.3rem;
} }
.cover { .cover {
width: 100%; width: 100%;
margin-block: 1.5rem; aspect-ratio: 3 / 2;
border-radius: var(--radius); object-fit: cover;
margin-block: 3rem;
background: var(--color-surface);
} }
</style> </style>
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@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ useHead({ link: [{ rel: 'canonical', href: canonical }] })
<template> <template>
<div> <div>
<h1>Articles</h1> <header class="page-header">
<p class="kicker">The archive</p>
<h1>Articles</h1>
</header>
<p v-if="error">Articles could not be loaded. Please try again later.</p> <p v-if="error">Articles could not be loaded. Please try again later.</p>
@@ -59,12 +62,3 @@ useHead({ link: [{ rel: 'canonical', href: canonical }] })
</div> </div>
</template> </template>
<style scoped>
.pagination {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 1.5rem;
align-items: center;
margin-top: 3rem;
}
</style>
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@@ -35,11 +35,10 @@ useHead({ link: [{ rel: 'canonical', href: canonical }] })
<template> <template>
<div> <div>
<p class="breadcrumb muted"> <header class="page-header">
<NuxtLink to="/blog">Articles</NuxtLink> <p class="kicker">Category</p>
</p> <h1>{{ category?.name }}</h1>
</header>
<h1>{{ category?.name }}</h1>
<p v-if="error">Articles could not be loaded. Please try again later.</p> <p v-if="error">Articles could not be loaded. Please try again later.</p>
@@ -69,16 +68,3 @@ useHead({ link: [{ rel: 'canonical', href: canonical }] })
</div> </div>
</template> </template>
<style scoped>
.breadcrumb {
font-size: 0.9rem;
}
.pagination {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 1.5rem;
align-items: center;
margin-top: 3rem;
}
</style>
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@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ const { data, error } = await useFetch<Paginated<ArticleSummary>>('/api/articles
query: { page: 1 }, query: { page: 1 },
}) })
const articles = computed(() => data.value?.items.slice(0, 6) ?? []) /** The newest article leads the page; the next six fill the grid below it. */
const featured = computed(() => data.value?.items[0] ?? null)
const rest = computed(() => data.value?.items.slice(1, 7) ?? [])
const mediaUrl = useMediaUrl()
const featuredCover = computed(() => mediaUrl(featured.value?.cover))
const { public: config } = useRuntimeConfig() const { public: config } = useRuntimeConfig()
@@ -25,40 +30,139 @@ useSeoMeta({
<template> <template>
<div> <div>
<section class="hero">
<h1>{{ SITE_NAME }}</h1>
<p class="muted">{{ SITE_DESCRIPTION }}</p>
</section>
<h2>Latest articles</h2>
<p v-if="error">Articles could not be loaded. Please try again later.</p> <p v-if="error">Articles could not be loaded. Please try again later.</p>
<p v-else-if="!articles.length">Nothing has been published yet.</p> <p v-else-if="!featured">Nothing has been published yet.</p>
<ul v-else class="card-grid"> <template v-else>
<li v-for="article in articles" :key="article.slug"> <article class="featured">
<ArticleCard :article="article" /> <NuxtLink class="featured-cover" :to="`/blog/${featured.slug}`" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
</li> <img
</ul> v-if="featuredCover"
:src="featuredCover"
:alt="featured.cover?.alternativeText ?? ''"
:width="featured.cover?.width ?? undefined"
:height="featured.cover?.height ?? undefined"
>
<span v-else class="placeholder" />
</NuxtLink>
<p class="more"> <div class="featured-text">
<NuxtLink to="/blog">See all articles</NuxtLink> <p class="kicker">
</p> {{ featured.category ? featured.category.name : 'Latest' }}
</p>
<h1>
<NuxtLink :to="`/blog/${featured.slug}`">{{ featured.title }}</NuxtLink>
</h1>
<p class="kicker date">
<time :datetime="isoDate(featured.publishedAt)">
{{ formatDate(featured.publishedAt) }}
</time>
</p>
<p class="read-more">
<NuxtLink :to="`/blog/${featured.slug}`">Read the article</NuxtLink>
</p>
</div>
</article>
<template v-if="rest.length">
<h2 class="section-heading kicker">More stories</h2>
<ul class="card-grid">
<li v-for="article in rest" :key="article.slug">
<ArticleCard :article="article" />
</li>
</ul>
</template>
<p class="more">
<NuxtLink to="/blog">View all articles</NuxtLink>
</p>
</template>
</div> </div>
</template> </template>
<style scoped> <style scoped>
.hero { .featured {
margin-bottom: 3rem; display: grid;
gap: 2.5rem;
align-items: center;
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
} }
.hero h1 { @media (min-width: 52rem) {
margin-bottom: 0.25rem; .featured {
font-size: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3rem); grid-template-columns: 1.35fr 1fr;
gap: 3.5rem;
}
}
.featured-cover {
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
}
.featured-cover img,
.placeholder {
width: 100%;
aspect-ratio: 3 / 2;
object-fit: cover;
background: var(--color-surface);
}
.featured h1 {
margin-top: 0.6rem;
font-size: clamp(2rem, 4.5vw, 3.1rem);
}
.featured h1 a {
text-decoration: none;
}
.featured h1 a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
text-underline-offset: 0.12em;
}
.date {
margin-top: 1rem;
font-weight: 400;
}
.read-more {
margin-top: 1.75rem;
font-size: 0.75rem;
font-weight: 600;
letter-spacing: 0.14em;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.read-more a {
padding-bottom: 0.35rem;
text-decoration: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-ink);
} }
.more { .more {
margin-top: 2.5rem; margin-top: 4rem;
text-align: center;
font-size: 0.75rem;
font-weight: 600;
letter-spacing: 0.14em;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.more a {
padding: 0.85rem 2.5rem;
text-decoration: none;
border: 1px solid var(--color-ink);
color: var(--color-ink);
display: inline-block;
transition: background 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease;
}
.more a:hover {
background: var(--color-ink);
color: var(--color-bg);
} }
</style> </style>