Has the layout of Reader has changed?

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  julietmacleod · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 6:34 pm

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  The layout of Reader has changed, is this a glitch or on purpose? It now does’t display my posts nearly as pleasingly as before.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  kraftbj · Staff · Nov 1, 2013 at 10:00 pm

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  Hi Juliet,

  Our developers are always making changes here and there in an effort to improve the experience for everyone. First, to confirm, I’m seeing your feed like this: https://cloudup.com/cTOlNrY7Slq

  Can you provide a bit more on what difference from before you’re seeing or what you think would make it look better? I can ask our Reader designers and developers to take your concerns under consideration.

  Thanks!

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  julietmacleod · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 10:22 pm

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  Ok, that’s interesting… what you’re seeing is not the same as what I am.

  Firstly, where the Blog name, Gravatar and publish time are in the top left corner the Blog name runs over the Gravatar image.

  Secondly, if the primary image for a post is a portrait image it doesn’t bleed edge-to-edge, it sits in the middle of an off white box. If it is a landscape image it bleeds left and right (and looks much stronger as a result).

  Do you have an email address… I could send some screen grabs so that you can see more clearly what I’m on about.

  Thanks so much
  Juliet

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  kraftbj · Staff · Nov 1, 2013 at 10:33 pm

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  Sure—it is actually easiest if you upload the screenshots to your media library at https://julietmacleod.wordpress.com/wp-admin/media-new.php .

  We can pass the links around much easier than trying to do it all through e-mail :-)

  Thanks!

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  julietmacleod · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 10:40 pm

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  Done!

  Two screen shots uploaded.

  Hope you can see what I’m on about.

  Thanks

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  kraftbj · Staff · Nov 2, 2013 at 7:55 pm

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  Ah, yes. The name, Gravatar issue shouldn’t happen. Have you tried to empty your browser’s cache, in case your browser is keeping an old copy of the styling file? I haven’t been able to duplicate that yet. (Instructions on how to empty the cache can be found at Browser Issues)

  For the images, I’ll raise the issue with our team. I noticed the original image is relatively small (only 425px, so even if it used the full-size image, it wouldn’t have filled the width of the space).

  Please do let me know about the name/gravatar/publish date issue and we can keep digging if it isn’t resolved by clearing the cache.

  Thanks!

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  julietmacleod · Member · Nov 2, 2013 at 10:07 pm

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  I’ve tried emptying the cache, but no change to the Name/Gravatar issue. I’m using Safari 6.0.5 on a Mac – just in case that is of relevance.

  I’ll increase the size of my images in the future, however this is a standard size that I have been using for the last 6 months. With the previous format of Reader, they were shown at full size and bleed every time.

  Thanks for all your help.

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  kraftbj · Staff · Nov 4, 2013 at 5:06 pm

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  Thanks for the additional information. I’ve passed it on to the team working on the Reader improvements currently.

  Thanks!