Post AJeah56fOklXfiUef2 by metbril@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AJcYAt5rwDPUvJinVA by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T20:14:35Z
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Sooooo remember how I said I was working on a new #brutalist design for my site?Weeeeeeeell....https://kevq.uk/a-brutally-simple-site/
(DIR) Post #AJcYJtevCn0FHcPfbk by Fourteen@mastodon.online
2022-05-19T20:16:13Z
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@kev I saw three emojis not brutalist enough
(DIR) Post #AJcYqdMKpQKGHpKUTI by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T20:22:09Z
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@Fourteen like I said, there's still work to do! š
(DIR) Post #AJcYuuky5UULOxtP9s by jle@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T20:22:55Z
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@kev Looks nice š
(DIR) Post #AJcZCUkHXDb9wTxFQ0 by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T20:26:06Z
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@jle thanks.
(DIR) Post #AJcZHpSfwNBndjGMQi by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T20:27:03Z
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@jalefkowit ha! All these years I've been using "tenants" thanks, I just fixed it.
(DIR) Post #AJcZOSjCrRcbA19rl2 by spacebuffer@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T20:28:15Z
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@kev Do you still have the source code for your old jeykell blog by any chance ? I want to adapt it for my own blog
(DIR) Post #AJcZQZ2AO421IT1qMK by jeang3nie@social.linux.pizza
2022-05-19T20:28:39Z
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@kev quite nicely done. I wouldn't have even suspected WordPress if you hadn't said that it was.
(DIR) Post #AJcZZ5yDoYCNlQFf9c by pete@fedi.pimoore.ca
2022-05-19T20:30:05Z
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@kev Clean, fast, simple, and easy to read. Whatās not to love? Great work, Kev!
(DIR) Post #AJcZybDol74nvchwSe by gruff@mastodon.technology
2022-05-19T20:34:47Z
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@kev I really like that. What would really brutal is if it didn't render until JavaScript was actually switched off in the browser. ;) That would make people think. Maybe render the page in a <noscript> tag or something. ;)
(DIR) Post #AJccqB5gKWWAQhZuLo by joel@benign.town
2022-05-19T21:06:55Z
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@spacebuffer @kev I mean you only really need the CSS and it looks pretty similar to SimpleCSS V1 done by Kev too
(DIR) Post #AJccyWK5GyEMb5ID4q by shom@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T21:08:24Z
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@kev I like simple responsive (layout) pages too and yours is looking great. I do like pagination though, so there's less content to load. I'm no where near the point where I have enough posts to worry about load performance. What's the brutalist take on pagination? There's a tension between just scrolling to read content and not loading a lot of content.
(DIR) Post #AJcdCeHCUyQbJogHCa by dusnm@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T21:10:56Z
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@kev My website is compliant with every single tenet of brutalist design without me ever knowing it was called brutalist design. š
(DIR) Post #AJce1sUpOCS6BnU0Nk by tinderness@literatur.social
2022-05-19T21:20:10Z
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@kev I do love this site, it keeps the eyes on the text, indeed. I use #WriteFreely with a similar effect.https://write.as/zettelwerk/
(DIR) Post #AJcf8fop1RdMqsdhB2 by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T21:32:38Z
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@pete thanks Pete.
(DIR) Post #AJcfNwCyMv361jDL9s by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T21:35:24Z
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@gruff I remember when Haydon Pickering did that with his website. I would argue thatās actually elitist, not brutalist. It would be pushing my ideas/morals onto the reader and creating a content wall. Not cool IMO.
(DIR) Post #AJcfSi4MMe2NcjSdpQ by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T21:36:15Z
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@dmoonfire I did originally, but they looked wonky to my eye. Not sure what it was, it just looks weird. They do underline for current page and on hover.
(DIR) Post #AJcfdqXdCnRD5KSlFY by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T21:38:16Z
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@shom I donāt load any images on the blog feed within my homepage, so thereās no discernible difference. I personally hate pagination, which is why I donāt have it.I donāt believe brutalism has a position on it.
(DIR) Post #AJcfyKBCik6snXjmc4 by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T21:41:59Z
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@tinderness the thing I donāt like about write.as (sorry) is even though the design is really simple, itās really really bloated.
(DIR) Post #AJcg8PTDuAt66PyUyG by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T21:43:47Z
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@tinderness I take it back. Just had a look and it seems theyāve done a lot of work to lighten things up. š
(DIR) Post #AJcgSgph3skVk79h0i by brandont@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T21:47:29Z
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@kev *chef's kiss*
(DIR) Post #AJcgjTIMeBdIgCZH5U by shom@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T21:50:30Z
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@kev great point, I don't have any images on my site landing page either, I'll have a think about pagination.Is it fair to assume that you hate it because it's making the "user" do more work unnecessarily?
(DIR) Post #AJch4bspuZBbOfhtoG by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-19T21:54:18Z
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@shom yep. Also link depth. More here - https://kevq.uk/the-pagination-predicament/Whatever you do, donāt go with infinite scroll though. That shits horrible.
(DIR) Post #AJcirOIVJQYzP8XNKq by josias@benign.town
2022-05-19T22:14:20Z
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@kev I've considered doing the same, but I figured it'd be too much of a pain for users to disable JavaScript.Do you think blocking those who load JavaScript be elitist any more than making one's blog require JavaScript to load?
(DIR) Post #AJctwCTTnQp1gDAPJ2 by peoplesuck@mentalhealth.social
2022-05-20T00:18:21Z
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@kev "Hyperlinks are underlined and buttons look like buttons." Does "reply by email" button look like a button to anyone else?
(DIR) Post #AJd1RiShcJUnXkmK92 by fury@indieweb.social
2022-05-20T01:42:29Z
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@kev nice update but I wish you can consider to somehow categorise the blog posts list by year instead of a very long list or more content on homepage similar to your previous design which tells your personality more.
(DIR) Post #AJd3wdTsO0YcyqCNyy by normandc@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T02:10:34Z
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@kev @shom Ah, infinite scroll, AKA the unattainable footer - because of course, we put some links in that footer you'll never be able to see!
(DIR) Post #AJd7HnLTCnVtWB324e by gruff@mastodon.technology
2022-05-20T02:48:02Z
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@kev lol. I didn't even know that 'brutalism', if that's a word, was a thing, let alone it having limits! I agree it would a royal pita barrier. Need to check out brutal design and Haydon Pickering now, thanks for the distraction! :)
(DIR) Post #AJd85CuSwiUIzhyjNA by gruff@mastodon.technology
2022-05-20T02:56:58Z
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@kev lol. I didn't even know that 'brutalism', if that's a word, was a thing, let alone it having limits! I agree it would a royal pita barrier. Need to check out brutal design and Haydon Pickering now, thanks for the distraction! :)edit: omg! What a resource! https://heydonworks.com/ I've been hanging out with the wrong crowd, obviously!
(DIR) Post #AJd8FGk5YExNmDvFpY by gruff@mastodon.technology
2022-05-20T02:58:47Z
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@kev lol. I didn't even know that 'brutalism', if that's a word, was a thing, let alone it having limits! I agree it would a royal pita barrier. Need to check out brutal design and Haydon Pickering now, thanks for the distraction! :)edit: He doesn't that anymore! But omg! What a resource! https://heydonworks.com/ I've been hanging out with the wrong crowd, obviously!
(DIR) Post #AJd8mj3HJmdp8KqrgW by shom@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T03:04:50Z
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@kev thanks for that informative post!
(DIR) Post #AJdASdNCvAJ3ddik7c by adamsdesk@mastodon.technology
2022-05-20T03:23:34Z
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@kev @shom So how are you dealing with not having infinite scrolling without pagination? I struggle with this, as I too can't stand infinite scrolling.
(DIR) Post #AJdKZpmaBHz7h4f5P6 by metbril@mastodon.social
2022-05-20T05:16:58Z
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@kev Your privacy page still mentions Netlify hosting. Time for an update?https://kevq.uk/privacy/
(DIR) Post #AJdOZfyx1E5R7Acw1A by adamsdesk@mastodon.technology
2022-05-20T03:24:47Z
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@peoplesuck @kev To be honest it looks like a heading with background color.
(DIR) Post #AJdOZgO7VeDgNEP2FU by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T06:01:44Z
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@adamsdesk @peoplesuck yeah, thatās one of the small things Iām not happy about. I have a few ideas for how to style the buttons, I just havenāt got around to it yet.
(DIR) Post #AJdOd0BUMcW8di4rA0 by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T06:02:20Z
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@shom i just render all my posts on one page. Itās only text, so still small.@adamsdesk
(DIR) Post #AJdOlrVK0PaWKCZwnI by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T06:03:55Z
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@gruff yeah, I love Haydons blog. You should check out the videos he does. Theyāre brilliant.https://briefs.video/
(DIR) Post #AJdOriwUkc0pVb5H2u by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T06:05:00Z
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@fury nah, I like it how it is. What value would that have over displaying the date? You can still see the published date.
(DIR) Post #AJdPow9BIeP7Y0Fjyy by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T06:15:42Z
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@josias i think theyāre equally bad. If a site uses JS, it should fallback elegantly so the site doesnāt break for someone who doesnāt run it.I know Haydon did it for a laugh and to call out the irony of it all. I just think it was a little too far.
(DIR) Post #AJdPuRC9IAOVHxGQS0 by adamsdesk@mastodon.technology
2022-05-20T06:16:42Z
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@kev @shom So if you have say 500 posts or even more all on one page?
(DIR) Post #AJdRTcwDiuCFna9nF2 by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T06:34:16Z
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@shom yep. Itās only the title and the date so it would have to be thousands of posts to make any discernible difference in terms of performance.It would make the DOM massive though, so maybe Iād paginate at like 300 or something?@adamsdesk
(DIR) Post #AJdSWmeABOFYjUmPzM by adamsdesk@mastodon.technology
2022-05-20T06:46:02Z
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@kev @shom Yes that is my concern.
(DIR) Post #AJdauITCpW6TizNTmK by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T08:19:55Z
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@adamsdesk @peoplesuck fixed š
(DIR) Post #AJdfKL4YB18V8pWCn2 by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T09:09:27Z
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@metbril thanks for nudge. I just updated the page.
(DIR) Post #AJdfasWJaPNlVlOLs8 by nativebreed@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T09:12:26Z
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@kev I think this is just yet more evidence that we need fewer "Web Designers" and more "Information Designers" and "Content Creators" when it comes to all things web.The value I place on a website is the relevancy of the information it contains not the visual design of the website - I visit websites for information and/or function.Do I like your website? I don't like or dislike it. I enjoyed reading your blog posts.1/2
(DIR) Post #AJdky4N2C0a4hBvdSK by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T10:12:37Z
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@pabloitse wanted something different.
(DIR) Post #AJdl2yAof1RGvKYAcK by nativebreed@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T09:13:06Z
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@kev 2/2One thing I would find helpful on your website (built-in already into WordPress) is content tags/categories. Give me the ability to read similar/related topics/content.
(DIR) Post #AJdl2yRpdl39m6Vl8i by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T10:13:32Z
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@nativebreed the categories are at the end of every post.
(DIR) Post #AJdlolFC2EVEiwO0J6 by nativebreed@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T10:22:12Z
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@kev Thanks, Kev. Would love to see a page listing the tags/categories available. PS: I share your views on the Gemini thing.https://kevq.uk/gemini-isnt-the-solution-to-the-broken-web/
(DIR) Post #AJe12K8X7CRi1CCEOu by sigue@mastodon.social
2022-05-20T13:12:42Z
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@kev Very nice. Now the obvious question: Can I used it on my own Wordpress site? How does it do at rendering code, because I've found that to be my main reason not to use Wordpress.
(DIR) Post #AJe9JgCF9L3QzYic1A by theDoctor@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T14:45:31Z
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@kev Unpopular opinion: I can see why you went that route and it makes sense, I think, but I thought the old design was prettier and I like pretty things.Just my 0.02$, carry on :)
(DIR) Post #AJeLLnnb3ODobEy86C by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T17:00:20Z
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@theDoctor oh yeah, the old design was most definitely prettier. But thatās kinda the point š
(DIR) Post #AJeMAttU9VIoGu5Z6e by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T17:09:34Z
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@sigue i personally donāt have syntax highlighting, but it would be trivial to add. Hereās a post with code blocks:https://kevq.uk/how-i-manage-jekyll-content/
(DIR) Post #AJeUyfmNhfZEbn0gvQ by nathan@wpbuilds.social
2022-05-20T18:47:42Z
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@kev I wish I were a fan, but, sadly, it's too brutal for me!
(DIR) Post #AJeah56fOklXfiUef2 by metbril@mastodon.social
2022-05-20T19:52:16Z
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@kev LOL. You replaced Netlify with Cloudways but didn't update the link. It's still pointing to Netlify's
(DIR) Post #AJed932AtfYnGEr6lE by theDoctor@fosstodon.org
2022-05-20T20:19:44Z
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@kev I know, I know. Like I said, I get the point, I think. I just liked the prettiness more than I do Tue minimalism, that's all. :)
(DIR) Post #AJff2qlryIkmYaMScC by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-21T08:15:43Z
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@metbril ššš this is what happens when I multi-task. I did update the privacy policy linkā¦i think.
(DIR) Post #AJff6CiAr1O5TMERjU by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-21T08:16:19Z
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@nathan itās not for everyone. šThe world would be a very boring place if we all liked the same thing.
(DIR) Post #AJfmSqi5WJoVZlw9I0 by nathan@wpbuilds.social
2022-05-21T09:38:51Z
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@kev I want to see flowers and more pop! Lings Cars is just perfect!
(DIR) Post #AJilfXGRc7GaYBN7wW by metbril@mastodon.social
2022-05-22T20:14:05Z
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@kev š¤Ŗ That link is still to Netlify, or you have some weird caching issue.
(DIR) Post #AJjgk2xZPIgBOjprDE by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-05-23T06:53:34Z
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@metbril hahaha ok, second times a charm. Hopefully it's fixed now. No idea why the link didn't update last time.Definitely a WordPress error...yeah, let's go with that! :)