I’m not sure if this has been in place for ages and I just noticed it, or if it is fresh out of the even, but David Karp of Tumblr fame has a jaw-dropping archives page. Update: Mark pointed out this this is a site-wide archive page. Sorry for not making that clear. Thanks, Mark!
I would complain that this page is maximally accessed via a large widescreen display as anything smaller than 20″ requires extensive scrolling (both horizontal and vertical), but it is a great visual tool to drill down into the site. I especially love the hover date info, and thumb-nailing of photo posts.
I probably would have approached with a slightly more dynamic page using percentages, but I’m sure that would introduce a wealth of extra issues. Considering that a screen reader will display that entirely as a vertical viewport, JavaScript could provide for some interesting resizing and re-positioning, but I’m knit-picking. At the end of the day, he’s made something amazing. A standard by which to measure your own site structure. Great work, David!
Actually, all Tumblr-pages has this archives-page.
Take a look at http://marks.tumlr.com/archive - it’s the same…
I agree on your point about it being completely unreadable on small displays - my 13″ MacBook just isn’t up for the task :)
Hey mark, thanks for that clarification. I believe david is the primary designer and architect of all the global tumblr features, which is what I was getting at.
I apologize for not clarifying that that archives page is tumblr-wide (no pun intended..)
It’s cool - I just wanted to say that everybody by default gets the most beautifully designed archives-page known to man.
Maybe it’s a job for the webdesigner of this site to develop a WordPress-compatible archives site that does the same job? ;)
wow, I discovered this yesterday and took a screengrab and mental note. fantastic archive!
@mark jensen haha, I’d totally be down for the challenge, except that WordPress doesn’t have a way to flag “image” only posts by default. Obviously you could use the custom fields, but that is an editor-dependent feature. That said, I bet I could whip up something similar if people are interested.
@swissmisss - glad to hear we are on the same page. Excited about tomorrow!