As we’re all getting used to the recent major redesign of the site, it has become clear that some posts were cycling off the main page too quickly for desktop, laptop, and tablet users. While all posts are accessible through the category, author, and date archives, most regulars will engage via the home page.
To address this while making the Features (Open Forum, Ancient Geeks, Tab Clearing, and Photo for Friday) posts readily accessible, I reverted to having only five Latest posts at the top. But there are now 12 Recent posts right below the Features section. This puts a grand total of 17 of the most recent substantive posts plus the four latest Features at your fingertips. As I type, the oldest of these is from June 12, well past the point where active discussions are likely to be ongoing. If it turns out we need even more, it’ll be easy to add rows of four posts with a simple command.
UPDATE: As some commenters noticed, I experimented with putting the comment count back onto the front page with the topmost posts for desktop and tablet viewers. It met with positive response, so I replicated down the remainder of the page and on the mobile version.
@Moosebreath
