Blog Front Page

[Ipstenu]

This very well could just be me, but I really liked the excerpts on the front page (even if they don't have a featured image) to having the whole post up there. Hearkens back to 'continue this story on page A71, maybe. Just an opinion, easily dismissed.

I do like the bullets for the podcasts, though

[Ryan]

I very much prefer full posts to be displayed on the home page as it makes it much easier to skim read the latest posts. Ironically, my own site http://pixopoint.com/ only shows excerpts .... thikning on the fly here - I might make a "blog" page which displays them all as full posts perhaps (job for the weekend :)).

[Jeffro]

Based on some feedback I've received, I've been playing around with the website to make it simpler, perhaps a bit more easier to navigate. However, some things I haven't been able to do and I'm awaiting Justin Tadlock to finish up a reworked version of Hybrid News before I can really reorganize things. For example, I'd like to remove the category bar as I've been told it confuses the navigation of the site. I was told that it might be beneficial to put the latest forum posts within the content side of the site but I just moved it back to the sidebar because it's ugly. I've already made the top page navigation easier and have renamed a few links.

Also, the front page now has page navigation at the bottom which has been the number one requested feature to the site but because I was using a page template for the front page, pages don't have numbering. However, I get your point about the thumbnails and excerpts which I very much enjoyed. I've instructed Justin that I'd love to have that LOOK to the blog page layout of Hybrid News.

All in due time. For now, just wear out your scroll wheel.

[chipbennett]

Looking good, Jeff!

Can you add a wp_list_categories() anywhere (e.g. in the sidebar)? The top navigation/category menu bar doesn't display all of your categories, and sometimes, it's helpful to find posts in one of your other categories.

[Ipstenu]

All in due time. For now, just wear out your scroll wheel

I admit, I mostly read the posts on RSS :D Save 'em up and read over lunch.

[andrea_r]

I have actually hurt my scroll finger from scrolling. It was a tough week. :D

ANYWAY. I really only read specific posts from twitter or via rss. 3rd case is I'm searching for a particular post or I want to see recent comments.

[Jeffro]

When I remove the category navigation bar, I'm going to find a way to add a drop down menu with a list of the categories. I wonder if I can add it to the wp_list_pages navigation bar.

[chipbennett]

When I remove the category navigation bar, I'm going to find a way to add a drop down menu with a list of the categories. I wonder if I can add it to the wp_list_pages navigation bar.

Yes, you can.

Just wrap both function calls in UL tags, and specify the argument '&title_li=' (which ensures that the function doesn't add containing UL tags), like such:

<ul>
<?php wp_list_pages('title_li='); ?>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li='); ?>
</ul> 

Thus, pages will be listed first, each in its own LI. Then categories will be listed, each in its own LI.

(Doing that from memory, but it should be correct.)

[chipbennett]

ANYWAY. I really only read specific posts from twitter or via rss. 3rd case is I'm searching for a particular post or I want to see recent comments.

Ditto. That is *exactly* what I do. :)