Update formatting for site update post, clean up some date formatting and set front matter defaults.

_config.yml

@@ -28,3 +28,20 @@ category_titles:
   technology: "The Technologist"
   media: "The Player of Games"
   religion: "The Mystic"
+
+defaults:
+  - scope:
+      path: ""
+    values:
+      layout: default
+      author: Anna Wiggins
+  - scope:
+      path: ""
+      type: "posts"
+    values:
+      layout: post
+  - scope:
+      path: ""
+      type: "pages"
+    values:
+      layout: page

_drafts/yet_another_site_update.md

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-layout: post
 title: Yet Another Site Update
 category: meta
 active: true

_layouts/post.html

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ layout: default
 
   <header class="post-header">
     <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name headline">{{ page.title }}</h1>
-    <p class="post-meta"><time datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}" itemprop="datePublished">{{ page.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}</time>{% if page.author %} • <span itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">{{ page.author }}</span></span>{% endif %}</p>
+    <p class="post-meta"><time datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}" itemprop="datePublished">{{ page.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}</time>{% if page.author %} • <span itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">{{ page.author }}</span></span>{% endif %}</p>
   </header>
 
   <div class="post-content" itemprop="articleBody">

_sass/_layout.scss

@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@
 /**
  * Page content
  */
+.site-update {
+  text-align: center;
+  font-size: $large-font-size;
+  padding-bottom: $spacing-unit;
+}
+
 .page-content {
     padding: $spacing-unit 0;
 }
@@ -192,7 +198,7 @@
 
 .post-link {
     display: block;
-    font-size: 18px;
+    font-size: $large-font-size;
 }
 
 

css/main.scss

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ $base-font-size:   16px;
 $base-font-weight: 400;
 $small-font-size:  $base-font-size * 0.875;
 $base-line-height: 1.5;
+$large-font-size: $base-font-size * 1.125;
 
 $spacing-unit:     15px;
 

index.html

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ layout: default
   {% if last_meta.active %}
     <div class="site-update">
       Site Update:
-      <a href="{{ last_meta.href | prepend: site.baseurl }}">
+      <a href="{{ last_meta.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}">
         {{ last_meta.title }}
-      </a>
+      </a> ({{ last_meta.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }})
     </div>
   {% endif %}