Replace the hero with an editorial front page
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---
import { getCollection } from 'astro:content';
import RecentMaintenance from '../components/RecentMaintenance.astro';
import StoryCard from '../components/StoryCard.astro';
import FrontCard from '../components/FrontCard.astro';
import BaseLayout from '../layouts/BaseLayout.astro';
import { formatDate, guidesByReview, newestFirst } from '../lib/content';
import { guidesByReview, newestFirst } from '../lib/content';
import { site } from '../site.config';
interface FrontPageItem {
kind: string;
title: string;
description: string;
href: string;
date?: Date;
meta?: string;
image?: string;
imageAlt?: string;
tone: 'paper' | 'blue' | 'ink' | 'soft' | 'amend';
}
const stories = newestFirst(await getCollection('stories', ({ data }) => !data.draft));
const briefings = newestFirst(await getCollection('briefings', ({ data }) => !data.draft));
const guides = guidesByReview(await getCollection('guides', ({ data }) => !data.draft));
@@ -13,385 +24,133 @@ const episodes = newestFirst(await getCollection('episodes', ({ data }) => !data
const featured = stories.find(({ data }) => data.featured) ?? stories[0];
const latestBriefing = briefings[0];
const latestEpisode = episodes[0];
const frontPageItems: FrontPageItem[] = [];
if (featured) {
frontPageItems.push({
kind: 'Story',
title: featured.data.title,
description: featured.data.description,
href: `/stories/${featured.id}`,
date: featured.data.published,
meta: `By ${featured.data.author} · ${featured.data.status}`,
image: featured.data.image,
imageAlt: featured.data.imageAlt,
tone: featured.data.image ? 'paper' : 'blue',
});
}
if (latestBriefing) {
frontPageItems.push({
kind: `Briefing ${String(latestBriefing.data.issue).padStart(3, '0')}`,
title: latestBriefing.data.title,
description: latestBriefing.data.description,
href: `/briefing/${latestBriefing.id}`,
date: latestBriefing.data.published,
meta: 'This Week in Trust',
tone: 'paper',
});
}
const remainingItems: FrontPageItem[] = [
...stories
.filter((entry) => entry.id !== featured?.id)
.map((entry, index): FrontPageItem => ({
kind: 'Story',
title: entry.data.title,
description: entry.data.description,
href: `/stories/${entry.id}`,
date: entry.data.published,
meta: `By ${entry.data.author} · ${entry.data.status}`,
image: entry.data.image,
imageAlt: entry.data.imageAlt,
tone: entry.data.image ? 'paper' : index % 2 === 0 ? 'soft' : 'paper',
})),
...briefings.slice(1).map((entry): FrontPageItem => ({
kind: `Briefing ${String(entry.data.issue).padStart(3, '0')}`,
title: entry.data.title,
description: entry.data.description,
href: `/briefing/${entry.id}`,
date: entry.data.published,
meta: 'This Week in Trust',
tone: 'paper',
})),
...episodes.map((entry): FrontPageItem => ({
kind: `Podcast ${String(entry.data.episode).padStart(2, '0')}`,
title: entry.data.title,
description: entry.data.description,
href: `/podcast/${entry.id}`,
date: entry.data.published,
meta: [entry.data.duration, ...entry.data.guests].filter(Boolean).join(' · '),
tone: 'ink',
})),
...guides.map((entry): FrontPageItem => ({
kind: 'Field guide',
title: entry.data.title,
description: entry.data.description,
href: `/guides/${entry.id}`,
date: entry.data.reviewed,
meta: `Reviewed · ${entry.data.status}`,
tone: 'soft',
})),
].sort((a, b) => (b.date?.valueOf() ?? 0) - (a.date?.valueOf() ?? 0));
if (site.book.enabled) {
remainingItems.unshift({
kind: 'Book',
title: site.book.title,
description: site.book.description,
href: '/book',
meta: site.book.sampleUrl ? 'Sample available' : undefined,
image: site.book.cover || undefined,
imageAlt: site.book.cover ? `${site.book.title} cover` : undefined,
tone: site.book.cover ? 'paper' : 'amend',
});
}
frontPageItems.push(...remainingItems);
const sizeCycle = ['wide', 'standard', 'compact', 'compact', 'compact'] as const;
---
<BaseLayout>
<section class="hero shell">
<p class="eyebrow">{site.author.note}</p>
<div class="hero-grid">
<h1 class="display">{site.proposition}</h1>
<div class="hero-note">
<p>{site.description}</p>
<p>
We follow claims of verification, safety, privacy, and autonomy to the
people who hold the keys—and to the people who live with the consequences.
</p>
<div class="hero-actions">
{featured && <a class="button primary" href={`/stories/${featured.id}`}>Read the current story</a>}
{latestEpisode ? (
<a class="button" href="/podcast">Listen to the podcast</a>
) : (
<a class="button" href="/about">How this publication works</a>
)}
</div>
</div>
</div>
<section class="front-grid shell" aria-labelledby="front-page-title">
<h1 class="visually-hidden" id="front-page-title">{site.title}</h1>
{frontPageItems.slice(0, 12).map((item, index) => (
<FrontCard
kind={item.kind}
title={item.title}
description={item.description}
href={item.href}
date={item.date}
meta={item.meta}
image={item.image}
imageAlt={item.imageAlt}
tone={item.tone}
size={index === 0 ? 'lead' : index === 1 ? 'side' : sizeCycle[(index - 2) % sizeCycle.length]}
/>
))}
</section>
<section class="shell current">
<div class="section-rule">
<h2 class="section-title">Current issue</h2>
<a href="/stories">All stories →</a>
</div>
<div class="current-grid">
<div>
{featured ? <StoryCard entry={featured} featured /> : <p class="empty-state">The first story is being prepared.</p>}
</div>
<aside class="briefing-card">
<p class="eyebrow">This week in trust</p>
{latestBriefing ? (
<>
<p class="issue">Issue {String(latestBriefing.data.issue).padStart(3, '0')}</p>
<h3><a href={`/briefing/${latestBriefing.id}`}>{latestBriefing.data.title}</a></h3>
<p>{latestBriefing.data.description}</p>
<div class="briefing-foot">
<time datetime={latestBriefing.data.published.toISOString()}>{formatDate(latestBriefing.data.published)}</time>
<a href={`/briefing/${latestBriefing.id}`}>Read issue →</a>
</div>
</>
) : (
<p>The weekly briefing begins here: three failures, two new systems, one overreach, and one surprisingly good idea.</p>
)}
</aside>
</div>
</section>
{latestEpisode && (
<section class="shell listening">
<div class="section-rule">
<h2 class="section-title">Listen</h2>
<a href="/podcast">Podcast archive →</a>
</div>
<div class="listen-grid">
<div class="sound-mark" aria-hidden="true">
<span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span>
</div>
<div>
<p class="eyebrow">Episode {latestEpisode.data.episode}</p>
<h3><a href={`/podcast/${latestEpisode.id}`}>{latestEpisode.data.title}</a></h3>
<p>{latestEpisode.data.description}</p>
</div>
</div>
</section>
)}
{guides.length > 0 && (
<section class="shell guides">
<div class="section-rule">
<h2 class="section-title">Field guides</h2>
<a href="/guides">All guides →</a>
</div>
<div class="guide-grid">
{guides.slice(0, 3).map((guide) => (
<article>
<small class="guide-reviewed">Reviewed {formatDate(guide.data.reviewed)}</small>
<h3><a href={`/guides/${guide.id}`}>{guide.data.title}</a></h3>
<p>{guide.data.description}</p>
</article>
))}
</div>
</section>
)}
{site.book.enabled && (
<section class="shell book-strip">
<div class="book-object" aria-hidden="true"><span>THE<br />BOOK</span></div>
<div>
<p class="eyebrow">The book</p>
<h2>{site.book.title}</h2>
<p>{site.book.description}</p>
<a class="button" href="/book">Visit the book page</a>
</div>
</section>
)}
<div class="shell maintenance-wrap">
<RecentMaintenance />
<p class="planned-note">
Planned but not yet real: the podcast{site.book.enabled ? '' : ', the book'}, and more guides.
Nothing ships here before it exists — <a href={`${site.repositoryUrl}/src/branch/main/ROADMAP.md`}>see the roadmap ↗</a>
</p>
</div>
</BaseLayout>
<style>
.hero {
padding-top: clamp(4rem, 9vw, 8rem);
padding-bottom: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem);
}
.hero-grid {
.front-grid {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.65fr) minmax(260px, 0.65fr);
gap: clamp(2rem, 6vw, 6rem);
align-items: end;
grid-template-columns: repeat(12, minmax(0, 1fr));
gap: 1px;
margin-top: clamp(1rem, 2.4vw, 2rem);
border: 1px solid var(--rule);
background: var(--rule);
}
.hero-note {
padding-left: 1.5rem;
border-left: 1px solid var(--ink);
:global(#main + footer) {
margin-top: clamp(2.5rem, 6vw, 5rem);
}
.hero-note p:first-child {
font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
font-size: 1.45rem;
line-height: 1.2;
}
.hero-note p:not(:first-child) {
color: var(--muted);
font-size: 0.92rem;
}
.hero-actions {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 0.65rem;
margin-top: 1.5rem;
}
.current-grid {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.8fr) minmax(280px, 0.7fr);
}
.briefing-card {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
padding: 2rem;
border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
border-left: 1px solid var(--rule);
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
background: var(--paper-raised);
}
.briefing-card .issue {
margin: 0;
color: var(--amend);
font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace;
font-size: 0.7rem;
}
.briefing-card h3,
.listen-grid h3,
.guide-grid h3,
.book-strip h2 {
margin: 0.35rem 0;
font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
font-weight: 600;
letter-spacing: -0.025em;
line-height: 1;
}
.briefing-card h3 {
font-size: 2.2rem;
}
.briefing-card h3 a,
.listen-grid h3 a,
.guide-grid h3 a {
text-decoration: none;
}
.briefing-card > p:not(.eyebrow, .issue) {
color: var(--muted);
}
.briefing-foot {
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
gap: 1rem;
margin-top: auto;
padding-top: 2rem;
font-size: 0.75rem;
font-weight: 600;
}
.listening,
.guides,
.book-strip,
.maintenance-wrap {
margin-top: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem);
}
.listen-grid {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.4fr;
gap: clamp(2rem, 7vw, 7rem);
padding: 3rem 0;
}
.sound-mark {
display: flex;
height: 180px;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: 1rem;
background: var(--ink);
}
.sound-mark span {
width: 3px;
height: 28%;
background: var(--paper);
}
.sound-mark span:nth-child(2),
.sound-mark span:nth-child(4) {
height: 60%;
}
.sound-mark span:nth-child(3) {
height: 88%;
background: var(--amend);
}
.listen-grid h3 {
max-width: 18ch;
font-size: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 4.2rem);
}
.listen-grid p:not(.eyebrow) {
max-width: 55ch;
color: var(--muted);
}
.guide-grid {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
}
.guide-grid article {
min-height: 240px;
padding: 1.5rem;
border-right: 1px solid var(--rule);
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.guide-grid article:last-child {
border-right: 0;
}
.guide-reviewed {
display: block;
color: var(--muted);
font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace;
font-size: 0.65rem;
letter-spacing: 0.05em;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.guide-grid h3 {
margin-top: 3rem;
font-size: 2rem;
}
.guide-grid p {
color: var(--muted);
}
.planned-note {
margin: 2rem 0 0;
color: var(--muted);
font-size: 0.85rem;
}
.book-strip {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: minmax(200px, 0.6fr) 1.4fr;
gap: clamp(2rem, 8vw, 8rem);
align-items: center;
padding: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 5rem);
background: var(--blue);
color: var(--paper);
}
.book-object {
display: grid;
max-width: 260px;
aspect-ratio: 3 / 4;
place-items: center;
border: 1px solid #7690ad;
box-shadow: 18px 18px 0 #0e2c51;
background: #102f55;
font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
font-size: 2.5rem;
line-height: 0.9;
text-align: center;
}
.book-strip h2 {
max-width: 15ch;
font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 6vw, 5.2rem);
}
.book-strip p:not(.eyebrow) {
max-width: 58ch;
color: #c5d1df;
}
.book-strip .eyebrow {
color: #9fb8d4;
}
.book-strip .button {
border-color: var(--paper);
color: var(--paper);
}
.book-strip .button:hover {
background: var(--paper);
color: var(--blue);
}
@media (max-width: 850px) {
.hero-grid,
.current-grid,
.listen-grid,
.book-strip {
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
}
.hero-note {
padding-top: 1.5rem;
padding-left: 0;
border-top: 1px solid var(--ink);
border-left: 0;
}
.briefing-card {
min-height: 310px;
border-left: 0;
}
}
@media (max-width: 650px) {
.guide-grid {
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
}
.guide-grid article {
min-height: auto;
border-right: 0;
}
.guide-grid h3 {
margin-top: 1.5rem;
}
.book-strip {
width: 100%;
@media (max-width: 620px) {
.front-grid {
margin-top: 0.85rem;
}
}
</style>