Flex Blog Entries

flex-blog-entries.markdown

Flex Blog Entries

Blog layout using Flexbox

A Pen by yuis on CodePen.

License.

index.haml

- featured = "https://unsplash.it/600/400/?random"

.container
  .blog-posts 
    .post.featured
      %a{"href"=>"#"}
        .image{"style"=>"background-image: url(#{featured})"}
          .time
            .date 04
            .month APR
        .content  
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          .meta
            .icon-comment 22 Comments
            %ul.tags
              %li
              %li
    - (1..3).each do |i|
      .row.cf
        - (1..rand(2) + 2).each do |j|
          .post
            %a{"href"=>"#"}
              .image
                .time
                  .date
                    = rand(30) + 1
                  .month MAR
              .content  
                %h1 Man called gathering us great subdue unto herb sixth forth.
                %p Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Nam a nostrum nihil nulla hic laborum illum...
                .meta
                  .icon-comment 22 Comments
                  %ul.tags
                    %li
                    %li

script.js

function rand(min, max) {
  return Math.floor(Math.random() * max) + min;
}

document.querySelectorAll('.post:not(.featured)').forEach((post) => {
  post.querySelector('.image').style.backgroundImage = `url("https://unsplash.it/300/300/?image=${rand(100, 1000)}")`;
});

style.scss

@import "compass/css3";

@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400,600,800|Merriweather:300), 
  url(https://markmurray.co/codepen/customstyle.css);

*, *:before, *:after { @include box-sizing(border-box); }
a, a:visited { display: block; text-decoration: inherit; color: inherit; }

html, body {
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
  font-size: 100%;
  background: darken(#e8eaef, 2%);
}

$blog--height: 200px;

.container {
   padding: 0.5em 1em 1em;
   max-width: calc(1400px + 1em);
   margin: 0 auto;
   overflow: hidden;
  
   .blog-posts {
     
     .featured { width: 100%!important; height: 250px!important; margin: 0.5em 0 1em 0!important; .image { height: 250px!important } .content { height: 250px!important; } }
     
     .row { display: flex; .post { &:last-child{ margin-right: 0!important; } } }
     
      .post {
        //float: left;
        //width: calc(50% - 0.25em);
        flex: 1;
        overflow: hidden;
        background: white;
        height: $blog--height;
        @include box-shadow(0 0 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
        margin-right: 1em;
        margin-bottom: 1em;
        
        &:hover { @include box-shadow(0 0 3px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.1)); .image { opacity: 0.8 } }
        
        .image, .content { display: inline-block; position: relative;
          @include transition(all 500ms ease);
        }
        
         .image {
           float: left;
           width: 50%;
           height: $blog--height;
           background-size: cover;
           background-position: center center;
           
           .time {
              background: rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
              width: 50px;
              text-align: center;
              padding: 0.5em 0;
              color: #444;
              
              .date {
                 font-weight: bolder; 
              }
             
              .month {
                 font-size: 0.7rem; 
              }
           }
         }
        
         .content {
           padding: 0.5em 1em;
           width: 50%;
           @include box-shadow(-2px 0 2px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1));
           height: $blog--height;
           
           &:before {
             content: '';
             position: absolute;
             background: white;
             width: 10px; height: 10px;
             top: 20%;
             left: -5px;
             @include transform(rotate(45deg));
             @include box-shadow(-1px 0 2px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1));
           }
           
           h1 { 
              font-weight: 600; 
              line-height: 2;
              white-space: nowrap;
              overflow: hidden; 
              text-overflow: ellipsis;
           }
           
           p {
              font-weight: 300; 
              font-size: 0.7rem;
              line-height: 1.5;
              margin-bottom: 0.5em;
              font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
           }
           
           .meta {
             .icon-comment {
                font-size: 0.7em; 
                line-height: 2;
                margin-top: auto;
             }
           }
         }
      }
   }
}

[class^="icon-"]:before{ margin-right: 0.5em; color: #3498db; }

img {
   max-width: 100%;
   height: auto;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 840px){
  .row{
    display: block!important;
    
    .post { width: 100%; margin: 0; }
  } 
}

@media screen and (max-width: 600px){ 
  .content { width: 70%!important }
  .image { width: 30%!important }
  
  h1 { text-overflow: inherit; white-space: normal; }
}


/* clearfix */
.cf:before,
.cf:after {
    content: " "; /* 1 */
    display: table; /* 2 */
}

.cf:after {
    clear: both;
}