Improved front page

content/css/_main.scss

@@ -75,14 +75,15 @@ ul.tla {
 }
 
 ol.posts {
-  list-style-type: square;
-  color: #e0e0e0;
-
+  list-style-type: none;
   list-style-image: none;
 
   padding: 0;
   margin: 0 0 24px 0;
 
+  font-family: 'Open Sans';
+  font-weight: 400;
+
   li {
     white-space: nowrap;
     overflow: hidden;
@@ -90,17 +91,7 @@ ol.posts {
 
     span.date {
       display: inline-block;
-      float: left;
-
-      width: 60px;
-
-      margin-top: -1px;
-      margin-right: 14px;
-
-      text-align: right;
-      font-size: 11px;
-
-      color: #a0a0a0;
+      text-align: left;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -151,4 +142,4 @@ pre, .plaincode{
     }
 
   }
-}
+}

content/index.haml

@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ title: Ariejan's Blog
   %section#middle_content
 
     #posts
-      - articles_by_year_for_two_columns.each do |column_articles|
-        .one_half
-          - column_articles.each do |year, articles|
-            %ol.posts
-              - articles.each do |article|
-                %li
-                  %span.date= get_short_date(article)
-                  = link_to article[:title], article.path, title: article[:title]
+      - articles_by_year(sorted_articles).each do |year, articles|
+        %ol.posts
+          - articles.each do |article|
+            %li
+              %span.date= get_short_date(article)
+              –
+              = link_to article[:title], article.path, title: article[:title]

lib/helpers/post.rb

@@ -1,34 +1,26 @@
-  module PostHelper
-    def articles_by_year(articles)
-      hash = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [] }
-      articles.inject(hash) do |output, article|
-        year = attribute_to_time(article[:created_at]).year
-        output[year] << article
-        output
-      end
+module PostHelper
+  def articles_by_year(articles)
+    hash = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [] }
+    articles.inject(hash) do |output, article|
+      year = attribute_to_time(article[:created_at]).year
+      output[year] << article
+      output
     end
+  end
 
-    def articles_by_year_for_two_columns
-      half_mark = sorted_articles.size / 2
-      half_one  = sorted_articles[0..half_mark-1]
-      half_two  = sorted_articles[half_mark..-1]
+  def get_short_date(post)
+    attribute_to_time(post[:created_at]).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+  end
 
-      [articles_by_year(half_one), articles_by_year(half_two)]
+  def get_pretty_date(post)
+    attribute_to_time(post[:created_at]).strftime('%-d %B, %Y')
+  end
+
+  def get_tags(post)
+    if post[:tags].nil? || post[:tags].empty?
+      "(not tagged)"
+    else
+      post[:tags].compact.map { |tag| tag.downcase }.sort.join(", ")
     end
-
-    def get_short_date(post)
-      attribute_to_time(post[:created_at]).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
-    end
-
-    def get_pretty_date(post)
-      attribute_to_time(post[:created_at]).strftime('%-d %B, %Y')
-    end
-
-    def get_tags(post)
-      if post[:tags].nil? || post[:tags].empty?
-        "(not tagged)"
-      else
-        post[:tags].compact.map { |tag| tag.downcase }.sort.join(", ")
-      end
-    end
-  end
+  end
+end