Improve index layout and UX with UI adjustments and better wording

lib/response.js

@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ function showIndex(req, res, next) {
         github: config.github,
         gitlab: config.gitlab,
         dropbox: config.dropbox,
-        google: config.google
+        google: config.google,
+        signin: req.isAuthenticated()
     });
     res.write(content);
     res.end();

public/css/cover.css

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ body {
     vertical-align: middle;
 }
 .cover-container {
+    width: 100%;
+    padding-top: 80px;
     margin-right: auto;
     margin-left: auto;
 }
@@ -65,6 +67,13 @@ body {
  * Header
  */
 
+.masthead {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    width: 100%;
+}
+
 .masthead-brand {
     margin-top: 10px;
     margin-bottom: 10px;
@@ -135,8 +144,10 @@ body {
 @media (min-width: 768px) {
     /* Pull out the header and footer */
     .masthead {
-        position: relative;
+        position: absolute;
         top: 0;
+        left: 0;
+        width: 100% !important;
     }
     .mastfoot {
         position: fixed;
@@ -279,8 +290,11 @@ input {
     color: #d43f3a;
 }
 .ui-or {
-    margin-top: 5px;
+    margin: 5px;
-    margin-bottom: 5px;
+}
+.ui-use-tags {
+    min-width: 172px;
+    max-width: 344px;
 }
 
 .modal-title {
@@ -307,3 +321,19 @@ input {
     cursor: inherit;
     display: block;
 }
+
+.social-foot {
+    line-height: 30px;
+}
+.social-foot > *, .social-foot > * > * {
+    vertical-align: middle !important;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 768px) {
+    span.ui-or {
+        display: block;
+    }
+    .ui-use-tags {
+        max-width: 100%;
+    }
+}

public/js/cover.js

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ function pageInit() {
             parseServerToHistory(historyList, parseHistoryCallback);
         },
         function () {
-            $('.ui-signin').slideDown();
+            $('.ui-signin').show();
-            $('.ui-or').slideDown();
+            $('.ui-or').show();
             $('.ui-welcome').hide();
             $('.ui-avatar').prop('src', '').hide();
             $('.ui-name').html('');
@@ -57,18 +57,17 @@ $(".masthead-nav li").click(function () {
 });
 
 $(".ui-home").click(function () {
-    $(".section").hide();
+    if (!$("#home").is(':visible')) {
+        $(".section:visible").hide();
         $("#home").fadeIn();
+    }
 });
 
 $(".ui-history").click(function () {
-    $(".section").hide();
+    if (!$("#history").is(':visible')) {
+        $(".section:visible").hide();
         $("#history").fadeIn();
-});
+    }
-
-$(".ui-releasenotes").click(function () {
-    $(".section").hide();
-    $("#releasenotes").fadeIn();
 });
 
 function checkHistoryList() {
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ $(".ui-logout").click(function () {
 
 var filtertags = [];
 $(".ui-use-tags").select2({
-    placeholder: 'Use tags...',
+    placeholder: 'Select tags...',
     multiple: true,
     data: function () {
         return {

public/views/index.ejs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
     <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black">
     <meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
-    <meta name="description" content="Realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms.">
+    <meta name="description" content="Best way to write and share your knowledge in markdown.">
     <meta name="keywords" content="Collaborative, Markdown, Notes">
     <title>HackMD - Collaborative markdown notes</title>
     <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="<%- url %>/favicon.png">
@@ -41,56 +41,78 @@
                         <h3 class="masthead-brand"></h3>
                         <nav>
                             <ul class="nav masthead-nav">
-                                <li class="ui-home active"><a href="#">Home</a>
+                                <li class="ui-home<% if(!signin) { %> active<% } %>"><a href="#">Intro</a>
                                 </li>
-                                <li class="ui-history"><a href="#">History</a>
+                                <li class="ui-history<% if(signin) { %> active<% } %>"><a href="#">History</a>
                                 </li>
                             </ul>
                         </nav>
                     </div>
                 </div>
 
-                <div id="home" class="section">
+                <div id="home" class="section"<% if(signin) { %> style="display:none;"<% } %>>
                     <div class="inner cover">
                         <h1 class="cover-heading"><i class="fa fa-file-text"></i> HackMD</h1>
                         <p class="lead">
-                            Realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms.
+                            Best way to write and share your knowledge in markdown.
                         </p>
                         <% if(facebook || twitter || github || gitlab || dropbox || google) { %>
-                        <a type="button" class="btn btn-lg btn-success ui-signin" data-toggle="modal" data-target=".signin-modal" style="display:none;">Sign In</a>
+                        <span class="ui-signin">
-                        <div class="ui-or" style="display:none;">Or</div>
-                        <% }%>
-                        <p class="lead">
-                            <a href="<%- url %>/new" class="btn btn-lg btn-default">New note</a>
-                        </p>
-                        <h5>Share directly with URL <i class="fa fa-link"></i></h5>
-                        <a class="btn btn-primary" href="<%- url %>/features">More features <i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i></a>
-                    </div>
                             <br>
+                            <a type="button" class="btn btn-lg btn-success ui-signin" data-toggle="modal" data-target=".signin-modal" style="width: 170px;">Sign In</a>
+                        </span>
+                        <span class="ui-or">or</span>
+                        <% }%>
+                        <span class="ui-signin">
+                            <a href="<%- url %>/new" class="btn btn-lg btn-default" style="width: 170px;">New guest note</a>
+                            <br>
+                            <br>
+                        </span>
+                        <div class="lead row" style="width: 90%; margin: 0 auto;">
+                            <div class="col-md-4 inner">
+                                <a href="<%- url %>/features#share-note">
+                                    <i class="fa fa-bolt fa-3x"></i>
+                                    <h4>Collaborate with URL</h4>
+                                </a>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="col-md-4 inner">
+                                <a href="<%- url %>/features#mathjax">
+                                    <i class="fa fa-bar-chart fa-3x"></i>
+                                    <h4>Support charts and MathJax</h4>
+                                </a>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="col-md-4 inner">
+                                <a href="<%- url %>/features#slide-mode">
+                                    <i class="fa fa-tv fa-3x"></i>
+                                    <h4>Support slide mode</h4>
+                                </a>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
                 </div>
 
-                <div id="history" class="section" style="display:none;">
+                <div id="history" class="section"<% if(!signin) { %> style="display:none;"<% } %>>
                     <% if(facebook || twitter || github || gitlab || dropbox || google) { %>
                     <div class="ui-signin">
-                        <h4>
+                        <p>Below is the history from browser</p>
-                            <a type="button" class="btn btn-success" data-toggle="modal" data-target=".signin-modal">Sign In</a> to get own history!
-                        </h4>
-                        <p>Below are history from browser</p>
                     </div>
                     <div class="ui-signout" style="display:none;">
                         <img class="ui-avatar">
                         <h4 class="ui-welcome">Welcome! <span class="ui-name"></span></h4>
-                        <a href="<%- url %>/new" class="btn btn-default">New note</a> Or
+                        <a href="<%- url %>/new" class="btn btn-md btn-default">New note</a> or
                         <a href="#" class="btn btn-danger ui-logout">Sign Out</a>
                     </div>
                     <% }%>
+                    <h4>
+                        <a type="button" href="<%- url %>/features" class="btn btn-primary">Explore all features</a>
+                    </h4>
                     <hr>
                     <form class="form-inline">
                         <div class="form-group" style="vertical-align: bottom;">
-                            <input class="form-control ui-use-tags" style="min-width:172px;max-width:344px;" />
+                            <input class="form-control ui-use-tags" />
                         </div>
                         <div class="form-group">
-                            <input class="search form-control" placeholder="Search anything..." />
+                            <input class="search form-control" placeholder="Search keyword..." />
                         </div>
                         <a href="#" class="sort btn btn-default" data-sort="text" title="Sort by title">
                         Title
@@ -117,8 +139,8 @@
 
                 <div class="mastfoot">
                     <div class="inner">
-                        <h6>
+                        <h6 class="social-foot">
-                            <iframe src="//ghbtns.com/github-btn.html?user=hackmdio&repo=hackmd&type=star&count=true" frameborder="0" scrolling="0" width="90px" height="20px" style="vertical-align:middle;"></iframe>
+                            <iframe src="//ghbtns.com/github-btn.html?user=hackmdio&repo=hackmd&type=star&count=true" frameborder="0" scrolling="0" width="90px" height="20px"></iframe>
                         </h6>
                         <p>
                             &copy; 2016 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TakeHackMD" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook-square"></i> HackMD</a> | <a href="<%- url %>/s/release-notes" target="_blank">Releases</a>