Feature Request: More Width for Custom Index on Homepage

[saurabh-sm]

If we're using a custom _index.md in the content/ directory, the width of the text is too narrow.

In my opinion it makes sense for this text to span a little wider (10% - 15% more), because there are no navigation menus or either side.

[imfing]

Thanks for the feedback, I was also considering adding a global flag for setting the width of the page.

[saurabh-sm]

Thanks for the feedback, I was also considering adding a global flag for setting the width of the page.

I'm just looking to have a better homepage :)
The file content/_index.md is too narrow when it's text-only, and adding layout: hextra-home front matter in content/_index.md doesn't support custom content.

[imfing]

I'm just looking to have a better homepage :)

If you don't mind overriding the layout, you can copy the layouts/index.html and modify the second line:

hextra/layouts/index.html

Line 2 in 1713998

<div class="mx-auto flex max-w-screen-xl">

to:

-  <div class="mx-auto flex max-w-screen-xl">
+  <div class="mx-auto flex max-w-[90rem]">

which should make it a bit wider. This may be the best option for this case.

[imfing]

Never mind, I think it makes more sense to make the text-only index page wider. Fixed in #30

[saurabh-sm]

Thanks Xin !