Style HTML output [HTML, CSS]

[AntoniosBarotsis]

The HTML output is generated by this function which currently does not include any CSS. Making some basic stylistic changes would be pretty cool.

Changes in the HTML itself are also welcome (such as including the post's description), the data you have available for each blog can be found here.

I don't have a very clear idea of what I'd want this to look like other than it being in dark mode, I like how Darkreader makes it look for instance. It would be nice to have a back-and-forth conversation about how this could look before you start implementing it!

Testing

Running cargo run should dump the generated HTML in the terminal which you can either save to a file and open in your browser or (if you are lazy like me) paste in something like https://html.onlineviewer.net/.

Edit: I might keep this open even after #37 is merged because I want to explore the idea of letting the user inject their own CSS through environment variables and/or predefined "themes".

[bryonye]

Hiya, I'm interested in working on this! I will probably be available to work on it in early October.
It might be worth implementing two or three themes (light, dark, and possibly high contrast) due to accessibility concerns. I'm not sure how this would work, but I can give it a shot at a later date if you're interested.

[AntoniosBarotsis]

Yes definitely wait until October starts so that the merge request actually counts for you!

Interesting idea creating 3 separate themes, that would definitely be more interesting. We could have one as the default and use environment variables to overwrite that selection. I'm not sure if you do Rust but if not I could definitely do the selecting part!

Edit: I mentioned this earlier but it would be nice to incorporate the optional descriptions into the output!

[AntoniosBarotsis]

By the way, I didn't make this too obvious but it would be nice if you included the descriptions as well in your output. Right now, these sometimes don't exist and sometimes they are more like the entire post instead of a summary but I have been thinking of limiting their length to make them more appropriate for this.

[AntoniosBarotsis]

Hello @bryonye! Wondering if you are still working on this 😄

[oliviacarino]

@AntoniosBarotsis Hey! Can I implement the dark theme for this? bryonye could do the other 2 they mentioned (if they're cool with that)!

[oliviacarino]

@AntoniosBarotsis Can I pick this up? Totally fine if not! I have experience with web dev stuff and could definitely put something simple and nice together :)

[AntoniosBarotsis]

I forgot to reply, yes! Are you going to tackle the entire issue since the other person doesn't seem to be responding?