The old home was an h1, subtitle, and two auth buttons — visitors
arriving at trails.cool had no idea what it was, and self-hosted
instances had nothing interesting to land on.
The new home is one layout that serves both audiences:
- Hero: a product-describing h1 ("Federated outdoor journal") +
tagline. The site name already lives in the top banner and nav brand,
so the h1 carries the pitch instead of triplicating "trails.cool".
- Auth CTAs: Register (blue) + Sign In (outlined) get primary weight.
Planner demotes to a small "Or try the Planner without an account →"
link below them — it's a nice escape hatch but not the goal.
- Marketing cards: on the flagship only, a 2x2 grid of emoji-icon cards
for Planner / Journal / Federation / Ownership, matching the Planner
home's visual weight. `IS_FLAGSHIP=true` toggles it. Self-hosters get
a "Powered by trails.cool — about the project" link back to the
flagship instead, so they don't have to write their own marketing.
- Public feed: reverse-chronological list of the 20 most recent public
activities on the instance, with owner + distance + date. Empty state
for fresh installs.
Plumbing:
- `listRecentPublicActivities(limit)` in activities.server.ts joins
users so the feed can render "by <displayName>" in one query.
- `IS_FLAGSHIP` env wired through docker-compose.yml; cd-apps and
cd-infra both write `IS_FLAGSHIP=true` alongside `DOMAIN=trails.cool`,
so self-hosters (who deploy without these workflows) default to off.
Specs:
- `activity-feed`: new "Instance-wide public activity feed" requirement
so the visibility contract is pinned (public in feed, unlisted +
private are not).
- `journal-landing`: new small spec capturing the hero / marketing /
feed layout contract and the `IS_FLAGSHIP` toggle, so future
instance-branding or empty-state changes have a stable anchor.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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