On 13.12.2024 at 19:13, Claudia said:

The page width for articles in IC5 is too large (wide) on desktop. A narrower version would be better for reading (on desktop). Do you have an idea to reach that @opentype?

How about this look?

https://opentype.space/free-articles/pages-databases-categories-filters-or-both-r8/

Without a documentation, working with the 5.x design framework is slow, but I got a pretty good picture of what I will offer now.

There will be only one app containing multiple templates to mix and match available without extra charge to subscribers. Currently planned templates:

Display Template:

• This template for editorial articles

• An article template featuring the author like in the Providers Directory and with a larger record image. (Good as SuperGrid replacement)

• A template with the Record Image shown full size (as SuperGallery replacement).

Listing/Category:

• Slightly improved version with more options like removing latest entries for categories and adding features like a search bar.

Edited May 1, 20251 yr by opentype

Hello Ralf,

aren't you thinking of revamping Super Block or offering something similar? I can't find a way to make standard widgets that simulate Super Block.
With stock tools, my site's home page is really poor...

Edited July 23, 2025Jul 23 by Mauro Maratta

1 hour ago, Mauro Maratta said:

Hello Ralf,

aren't you thinking of revamping Super Block or offering something similar? I can't find a way to make standard widgets that simulate Super Block.
With stock tools, my site's home page is really poor...

Have you played around with the front-end page editor options?

I noticed, some users don’t even know they that exists, because you have to click on the block to reveal the options behind the tiny grey buttons.

Because of these new native 5.x layout options, there really is no need for SuperBlocks anymore. Sure, the native options look different, but they still do pretty much the same—offer a selection of image-based block layouts for various feeds from the community. There is no need to have two similar systems and because of the native integration, IPS can even do things I wouldn’t be able to do as a regular block template.

Thanks for the valuable suggestion.

I upgraded to V.5 and redrew all the pages as you suggested.

And the result looks pretty good!

I don't know how it relates to your skills or even if you see any additional value or interest but I'm wishing for something that can be called automatic blog posting. I mean with AI, you set up sources you want articles to be sourced from usually via rss feeds, then AI picks up the full articles, cleans it up from ads and irrelevant information, summarizes it, attaches images and posts on the IPS pages database. That would be a dream.