The Front Page
What should be on the front page of a blog?
- The name of the author
- Recent posts
- Pagination?
- Link to archives
Read my short thoughts on names here.
Recent posts. But how recent? I think 20 is enough. Should we paginate? But how many people click on those tiny numbers? I never did. If the first 20 posts I see are good, that blog deserves to be in my feed list.
Links to archives. For how long of a time of posts should each archive keep? A month? A year? It depends on the writer, so I'll let them choose.