Styling the Post Archives page

Here's how you can rewrite the documentation to style the output by wrapping each piece of content in <div> elements with appropriate classes:

Please understand that this is just an example! Follow accepted best practices!

Identify HTML Structure:

• Understand the HTML structure generated by the PHP code. It includes:
  • Post titles within <div> elements with a class of post-title.
  • Publication dates within <div> elements with a class of publication-date.
  • Post thumbnails within <div> elements with a class of post-thumbnail-container.
  • Post excerpts within <div> elements with a class of post-excerpt.

Create CSS Rules:

• Define CSS rules to style each element according to your design preferences. Instead of styling base elements directly, target classes for better control and maintainability. For example:

  /* Style for post links */
  .post-title {
      font-size: 1.2em;
      font-weight: bold;
      /* Add other styles as needed */
  }
  
  /* Style for post publication date */
  .publication-date {
      color: #888; /* Adjust color as needed */
  }
  
  /* Style for post thumbnail container */
  .post-thumbnail-container {
      margin-bottom: 10px; /* Adjust spacing as needed */
  }
  
  /* Style for post thumbnails */
  .post-thumbnail {
      max-width: 100%;
      height: auto;
      /* Add other styles as needed */
  }
  
  /* Style for post excerpts */
  .post-excerpt {
      margin-bottom: 20px; /* Adjust spacing as needed */
  }

Apply Classes:

• Modify the PHP code to wrap each piece of content in <div> elements with appropriate classes. For example:

  foreach ($fileDetailsPage as $fileDetail) {
      $dateFormatted = date('m/d/Y', strtotime($fileDetail['date']));
      echo '<div class="post-title"><a href="' . $postsFolder . '/' . basename($fileDetail['filename'], '.md') . '">' . $fileDetail['title'] . '</a></div>';
      echo '<div class="publication-date">' . $dateFormatted . '</div>';
      echo '<div class="post-thumbnail-container">';
      $imagePath = $imageFolder . '/' . $fileDetail['thumbnail'];
      if (file_exists($imagePath)) {
          echo '<img src="' . $imagePath . '" alt="' . $fileDetail['title'] . '" class="post-thumbnail">';
      } else {
          echo 'Thumbnail not found for ' . $fileDetail['title'];
      }
      echo '</div>';
      echo '<div class="post-excerpt">' . $fileDetail['excerpt'] . '</div>';
  }

Link CSS:

• Include your CSS file in themes/your-theme/custom.css

Test and Adjust:

• Save your changes and test the output in a browser. Adjust the CSS as needed to achieve the desired styling.

By wrapping each piece of content in <div> elements with appropriate classes and styling those classes in CSS, you can achieve better control and maintainability of your styling. Adjust the CSS properties according to your design preferences.