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scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_homepage.scss

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     .content-wrapper {
         display: flex;
         flex-wrap: wrap;
+        position: relative;
     }
 
     .container {
@@ -36,11 +37,14 @@
 
     .sidebar {
         width: 100%;
-        border-top: 1px solid $card-grey-border-bottom-color;
+        border-top: 2px solid $card-grey-border-bottom-color;
         background-size: cover;
         background-position: center center;
-        background-color: $scipost-white;
-        border-left: 1px solid $sidebar-border-color;
+        background-color: $white;
+        border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
+        position: relative;
+        padding-top: 0.25rem;
+        margin-top: 2rem;
 
         .card {
             padding-top: 1rem;
@@ -69,19 +73,40 @@
 
     @media (min-width: 768px) {
         .main-panel {
-            width: calc(100% - 400px);
+            width: calc(100% - 350px);
         }
         .sidebar {
-            width: 400px;
+            width: 350px;
             border-top: 0;
             padding-bottom: 3rem;
-            // box-shadow: 0px 1px 1px 0 #d0d1d5 inset;
+            padding-left: 40px;
+            margin-top: 0;
+
+            height: 100%;
+            position: absolute;
+            right: 0;
+            top: 0;
+
+            &:before {
+                content: '';
+                left: 0;
+                top: 0;
+                position: absolute;
+                height: 100%;
+                width: 20px;
+                background: $scipost-white;
+            }
         }
     }
 
     @media (min-width: 1280px) {
+        .main-panel {
+            width: calc(100% - 400px);
+        }
+
         .sidebar {
-            padding-left: 2rem;
+            width: 400px;
+            padding-left: 3rem;
             padding-right: 2rem;
         }
     }

scipost/templates/scipost/base_for_sidebar.html

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
         </div>
 
-        <div class="sidebar pt-1">
+        <div class="sidebar">
             {% block sidebar %}{% endblock %}
         </div>
     </div>

scipost/templates/scipost/index.html

@@ -108,28 +108,6 @@
         <div class="card-footer"><a href="{% url 'news:news' %}">More news</a></div>
     </div><!-- End news -->
 
-    <!-- Latest issues -->
-    <div class="card card-grey">
-        <div class="card-header border-0 pb-0">
-            <h2 class="card-title mb-0">Latest issues</h2>
-        </div>
-        <div class="card-block">
-            <ul class="m-0 pl-4">
-                {% for issue in issues %}
-                    <li>
-                        <div class="py-1">
-                            <a href="{{issue.get_absolute_url}}">{{issue.in_volume}} issue {{issue.number}}</a><br>
-                            <span class="text-muted">{{issue.period_as_string}}</span>
-                        </div>
-                    </li>
-                {% endfor %}
-            </ul>
-        </div>
-        <div class="card-footer">
-            <a href="{% url 'journal:issues' 'SciPostPhys' %}">All issues</a>
-        </div>
-    </div><!-- End latest issues -->
-
     <!-- Summarized -->
     <div class="card card-grey">
         <div class="card-block">
@@ -162,21 +140,17 @@
 {% block secondary_footer %}
     <footer class="container-fluid text-left secondary pt-4 mt-5">
         <div class="row">
-            <div class="col-md-6">
+            <div class="col-lg-6">
                 <h1>SciPost is endorsed by</h1>
                 <div class="row">
-                    <div class="col-md-6">
+                    <div class="col-lg-6">
                         <a href="//www.nwo.nl/en" target="_blank"><img  style="max-height: 55px; width: auto;" src="{% static 'scipost/images/NWO_logo_EN.jpg' %}" alt="NWO logo"></a>
                         <p id="NWOOpenAccess" class="mt-1">All articles published in SciPost Journals fulfill the Gold standard Open Access requirements of the NWO, as
                             stipulated on the NWO’s <a href="//www.nwo.nl/en/policies/open+science" target="_blank">Open Science page</a>.</p>
                     </div>
-                    <div class="col-md-6">
-                        <a href="//www.fom.nl" target="_blank"><img style="max-height: 55px; width: auto;" src="{% static 'scipost/images/FOMlogo_fc.jpg' %}" alt="FOM logo"></a>
-                        <p style="font-size: 80%" class="mt-1">FOM is part of NWO</p>
-                    </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
-            <div class="col-md-6">
+            <div class="col-lg-6">
                 <h1>SciPost is a member of</h1>
                 <br/>
                 <a href="//www.crossref.org" target="_blank"><img src="//assets.crossref.org/logo/crossref-logo-200.svg" width="100" alt="Crossref logo"></a>