A masonry list view is nicer. The original masonry archive from the bs Loop Templates lists the posts in four columns. Four columns with article openings provide a quick, good overview. And yet: without a sidebar, this won’t be a real ‘landing page’. After all, we want to be able to present the latest news to our readers ‘on the side’. Fortunately, there is a solution: the Masonry Archive with 3 columns:
Solution
- Go to the repository bsToppings
- Decide whether you want your overview to work with flat, not styled article beginnings, but rather equal-length ‘wall tiles’ (based on the WordPress function
the_excerpt()
), or with styled article beginnings and more overlapping ‘wall tiles’ (based on the WordPress functionthe_content()
).- If you prefer
the_excerpt()
-design, download the masonry-tpl-sbr.php file. - If you prefer
the_content()
-design, download the file masonry-tpl-sbr-tc.php.
- If you prefer
- Copy the downloaded file under the name
home.php
into your child theme. - Download the bootScore masonry-plugin and install it from your WordPress backend.
Background
And that’s it. Anyway, almost: If you decided to use the_content()
theme, don’t forget to add the tag <!--more-->
to all posts — according to the meaning.
And how does this …
… support our migration to bootScore? Well, when the web designer has completed her work on good illustrations, she can relax and integrate tags and clouds into her site, improve her overview page and design her own landing page. Whether the resulting fullness really benefits her own reader, whether it can become slimmer and how, whether more discreet references and specific fonts also increase the readability, all this she should nevertheless consider while implementing these features. This post supports these steps towards a personalized bootScore site.