Built out posts format and did some slight customization of the home …

…page.

_layouts/home.html

@@ -25,15 +25,14 @@ <h2 class="post-list-heading">{{ page.list_title }}</h2>
       {%- assign date_format = site.minima.date_format | default: "%b %-d, %Y" -%}
       {%- for post in posts -%}
       <li>
-        <span class="post-meta">{{ post.date | date: date_format }}</span>
+        <span><a href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}"><img src="{{ post.featured_image }}" alt="" width="300" height="168"></a></span>
         <h3>
           <a class="post-link" href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}">
             {{ post.title | escape }}
           </a>
         </h3>
-        {%- if site.show_excerpts -%}
-          {{ post.excerpt }}
-        {%- endif -%}
+        <span class="post-meta">{{ post.date | date: date_format }}</span>
+        <p style="max-width: 450px;">{{ post.excerpt }}</p>
       </li>
       {%- endfor -%}
     </ul>

_layouts/post.html

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 
   <header class="post-header">
     <h1 class="post-title p-name" itemprop="name headline">{{ page.title | escape }}</h1>
+    <p>
+      {%- if page.excerpt -%}
+        {% for excerpt in page.excerpt %}
+           <span class="">{{ excerpt }}</span>
+        {% endfor %}
+      {%- endif -%}
+    </p>
     <p class="post-meta">
       {%- assign date_format = site.minima.date_format | default: "%b %-d, %Y" -%}
       <time class="dt-published" datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}" itemprop="datePublished">
@@ -23,7 +30,23 @@ <h1 class="post-title p-name" itemprop="name headline">{{ page.title | escape }}
             <span class="p-author h-card" itemprop="name">{{ author }}</span></span>
             {%- if forloop.last == false %}, {% endif -%}
         {% endfor %}
-      {%- endif -%}</p>
+      {%- endif -%}
+    </p>
+    <figure>  
+      {%- if page.featured_image -%}
+        {%- for featured_image in page.featured_image -%}
+           <div>
+            <picture>
+              <source type="image/webp" srcset="{{ featured_image }}" alt="" title="">
+              <img src="{{ featured_image }}">
+            </picture>
+           </div>
+         {%- endfor -%}
+      {%- endif -%}
+      {%- if page.image_credit -%}
+          <figcaption>{%- for photographer in page.photographer -%}<span>Photo by {{ photographer }} </span>{%- endfor -%}<span>{%- for photo_source in page.photo_source -%} (<a href="{{ photo_source }}" target="_blank">Source</a>){%- endfor -%}</span></figcaption>
+      {%- endif -%}
+      </figure>
   </header>
 
   <div class="post-content e-content" itemprop="articleBody">

_posts/2023-10-24-sticky-weather-is-evolving.md

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 ---
 layout: post
 title: Sticky Weather is Evolving
+featured_image: /assets/media/Sticky-Weather-is-Evolving.webp
+image_credit: >
+photographer: Kelly Sikkema
+photo_source: https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema
+excerpt: I'm changing my approach to make the newsletter more engaging, informative, and sustainable.
+description: I'm changing my approach to make the newsletter more engaging, informative, and sustainable.
 date: October 10, 2023
 author: Forrest Brown
 ---

index.md

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # See: https://jekyllrb.com/docs/themes/#overriding-theme-defaults
 #
 layout: home
----
+---