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  • Bruja [she/her, love/loves]
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    2 years ago

    Additional info if anyone wants more options for People’s Daily.

    At the bottom of their page is a link that says “People’s Daily app” that leads to an alternate front-end with a different layout and better (but longer) URLs that have actual text instead of numbers in them (looks less sketchy when sharing):
    https://peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn/

    So the article “China's deep space exploration laboratory starts operation” goes from:
    http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0615/c90000-10109707.html
    To a link that looks more in line with other news sites:
    https://peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn/tech/china-s-deep-space-exploration-laboratory-starts-operation-265432.html

    And that site has app links:
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.peopleapp.en https://apps.apple.com/app/peoples-daily-人民日报英文官方客户端/id1294031865
    App settings include notification options and categories can be selected/moved around a bit.

      • Bruja [she/her, love/loves]
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        2 years ago

        https://www.codecademy.com/resources/blog/what-is-front-end/

        Generally speaking, the front end is the user-facing part of a website.

        This includes the buttons, layouts, inputs, text, images, and more. It's the overall look of the website.

        Basically that they both pull news stories from shared sources but look different.
        The https://en.people.cn/ one is ok as well, they both have pluses and minuses and for articles are arranged differently. Having both links might be beneficial.

        PDnews articles in browser load narrower text for articles that don’t go full-width but that might be different depending on browser settings.
        The apps have a “Aa” button on the top-right corner of stories to change font size for readability as well as a default selection under settings.

        Also websites can set up with custom CSS to change the look/layout and there’s probably a way to adjust People so that the columns are narrower. Should be straightforward to search for how, don’t know offhand.