Blog Page

[lizkaraffa]

Loves

• I love the fadeout effect, it really makes me want to read more
• parallax effect and sidebar of additional posts next to the latest/featured blog post
• I like how far the layout works...even on tablet you can get the sidebar and it looks good
• The toggle affect feels better here than with the single product page the featured post is highlighted on mobile and then the other articles are secondary, that feels more natural

Opportunities

• I encountered an intermittent bug only while mobile that if I went clicked the > button (not toggle button) on the sidebar to advance forward and I as at the most recent articles, I would be shown a blank white box and get stuck in a loop where I couldn't go back.
• This blank white box https://cloudup.com/cu0aroVGiFP feels awkward when there are no future articles to view. When Mobile, it also is out of view so you have to scroll up to it. I think it would make sense to either disable the > button if you are at the newest articles or have the buttons on an infinite loop so it would take you to the oldest articles if you are at the newest articles location.
• I would like to see the category names linked so you can easily get to their category archive pages from the blog page or single post pages.
• Mobile: The spacing between the "Read the full post" and "Read post comments" felt awkward. https://cloudup.com/cIgOiyHgXTW Maybe something like this? https://cloudup.com/cgo873xQwuE
• While I really like the fading affect, I didn't love it on the blog post titles in the sidebar. It would be easier to read if the title was in the darker black and then the excerpt faded and then when you hovered over the title it could go lighter (or even darker if it's not a true black).
• I'd like the toggle button to stick with you all the way through all the scrolling and not die out sooner.

More Feedback
https://zaoweb.slack.com/archives/C5D59BEJD/p1498606757084632

[jptksc]

@lizkaraffa

Opportunities

• I'll check in to that pagination bug.
• Strange... this shouldn't show a blank white box at all. Wrote it so it would loop through infinitely, so I'll check on that.
• I'll add category links.
• Oh... yeah, that spacing does look nasty... I'll check on that.
• I'll play with sidebar styles.