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+title: "Steady progress, new S page content, more useful homepage, less redundancy"
+pubDate: 2021-10-29T12:38:00.000Z
+updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:28:17.000Z
+draft: false
+excerpt: "homepage: Another big update. I’ve decided to go back to an older design philosophy regarding the homepage. It’s now specifically for looking at flyers for upcoming events. It’s the only … Read more"
+categories:
+  - Updates
+tags:
+  - format-short-take
+  - growth
+  - tech
+  - tone-casual
+featured:
+  src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/steady-progress-new-s-page-content-more-useful-homepage-less-redundancy/cover.png
+  alt: "Abstract dark digital art representing steady website progress and iteration"
+legacy_wp_id: 14744
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+homepage: Another big update. I’ve decided to go back to an older design philosophy regarding the homepage. It’s now specifically for looking at flyers for upcoming events. It’s the only page out of the 5 main pages to have the “date navigation bar” and it’s the first page visitors see when typing in sli.st. One of the original purposes of this project was to help visitors find upcoming parties so I think that should be reflected in thhe homepage. The first instagram account (@slistcdmx) I made for this project sorted all the events by date in stories (for the next 3 weeks), this site sorts flyers for the next 2 months!. There were also highlights for events outside of CDMX, and also a highlighht titled “S LIST” for events on my personal list for checking out. I’ve decided to bring that back for the homepage. I had a similiar version of this feature a few weeks ago (you could scroll horizontally for my event recommendations). I decided to remove it because it seemed a bit too commercial. This iteration is not for recommendations (directly)- instead it’s just to let people know which parties I’ll be going to since a bunch of people know that I’m always looking for the best (subjective but pretty objective tbh) dark techno, experimental, and interesting events. I have a reputation to maintain! In the near future I will be including specific reasons as to why I will be looking forward to each event. I might also include sponsored flyers (with special markings) in the future. I have also made the date navigation bar vertically wider and increased the size of the numbers for better clickability.
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+I removed the text links from the body of the homepage because I expect users to land on the website, find some flyers, feel good, and then click around out of curiosity. When they land on any of the other pages I want them to be hooked by the consistent minimalist design and keep exploring. Main goal right now is to get people to sign up for membership perks. Perks are coming in and I’m 99% certain people are taking note. I believe we will soon have the same number of discounts and cortesias sent to us as when the original instagram account was active (expect a full page of them). The perks will probably be better than just raffles however as I will not be allowing those kinds of perks on the website, but most likely through the instagram as it’s still better for giveaways.
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+Just about every link on the website appears only once. I don’t know if that is the wisest decision, but I think the lack of redundancy fits the design of the site, the project, and the message. Every page is supposed to have a singular purpose. But maybe the singular singular purpose should be user sign ups? And maybe I’m sacrificing that for aesthetics???
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