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Show HN: Overhauled my blog – please give feedback

by erikthiart on 8/11/22, 12:19 PM with 3 comments

I use a wordpress GRAPH API to pull the blog posts in because I like to use the Wordpress editor to write, however none of the website runs on wordpress. I use PHP to filter the graphQL queries and strip out formatting etc that wordpress adds and convert it to native boostrap.

The end goal being a fast blog with WordPress editor, and none of the wordpress speed issues.

  • by jjgreen on 8/11/22, 12:41 PM

    We don't share many common interests (except cats), so no comments on the content, but I rather like the look of it, it has a classic feel, and is responsive. A few of points on typography:

    - The top menu has items on two lines, some on one; could that be made consistent? (possibly by rewriting: "Home page" -> "Home", "About Me" -> "About" etc).

    - The home page has subheads which start with a "#", is that on purpose? Those look affected and don't seem to be used elsewhere on the site

    - On the "About Me" page, the quotes have text which is larger than the body text, more usually it is the same size (perhaps italicised)

  • by leephillips on 8/11/22, 12:40 PM

    I like it: no cookie banner, seems to have no tracking or advertising, fast, no superfluous images, RSS feed, no annoying navigation-by-hover. Great job!

    Ideas to make it even better:

    This is more an issue of server architecture rather than design, but it’s better not to have .php or other endings (like .html) on your URLs. That way you can, in the future, change the server technology that you use without changing the URLs. Use redirects or something to let you expose simple URLs without filetype endings.

    Replace the hamburger menu icon with a word, or, better, eliminate the extra click by exposing the navigation on the page.

  • by erikthiart on 8/11/22, 8:13 PM

    I appreciate the comments, and will look into each one. They are all valid.