Small fixes post-launch (#27)

- Add button to launch slide deck on homepage
- Add Bsky social button to footer
- Reduce size of footer legal links
- Add new field to blog posts to allow offsetting post date without changing URL
- Add missing space on launch blog

Co-authored-by: James Riordon <jriordon@outofcontrol.ca>

Author: MilesHarding

_data/social.json

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "image": "images/social/mastodon-dark.svg"
   },
   {
-    "name": "",
+    "name": "Bsky",
     "link": "https://bsky.app/profile/shader-slang.bsky.social",
     "image": "images/social/bluesky.svg"
   }

_includes/footer.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <div class="container">
     <p class="visually-hidden-focusable">Page footer starts here. <a href="#backtop">Return to main content</a></p>
     <div class="row">
-      <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-10 footer_branding">
+      <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-9 footer_branding">
         <figure><a href="https://www.khronos.org/"><img src="/images/khronos-logo.svg"
               alt="Khronos Logo"></a></figure>
         <p>Slang is now under open-governance at Khronos to encourage and enable broad industry collaboration to propel its
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <ul>
     {% for item in mainmenu %}
     <li class="{% if item.url == page.url %}active{% endif %}">
-      <a href="{{ item.url | relative_url }}">{{ item.name }}</a>
+      <small><a href="{{ item.url | relative_url }}">{{ item.name }}</a></small>
     </li>
     {% endfor %}
   </ul>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       </div>
 
 
-          <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-2 footer_details">
+          <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-3 footer_details">
             <h4>Community</h4>
             {% if site.data.social %} {% include social.html %} {% endif %}
 

_includes/home-banner.html

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ <h3>About Slang
                     <hr>
                 </h3>
                 <div class="col-12">
-                    The Slang shading language and compiler is a proven open-source technology empowering real-time graphics
+                    <p>The Slang shading language and compiler is a proven open-source technology empowering real-time graphics
                     developers with flexible, innovative features that complement existing shading languages, including
                     neural
                     computation inside graphics shaders. Slang’s support for modular code significantly simplifies the
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ <h3>About Slang
                     and GLSL
                     shaders. The Slang compiler also supports multiple backend targets for portable code deployment across
                     diverse
-                    APIs and platforms.
+                    APIs and platforms.</p>
+                    <a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://members.khronos.org/document/dl/33712">View the Slang Launch Deck</a>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>

_includes/home-news-bar.html

@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ <h3>What's New
                             <div class="card-title">
                                 <h4>{{ post.title }}</h4>
                             </div>
+                            {% if post.human_date and post.human_date != '' %}
+                            <div class="card-text">{{ post.human_date | date_to_string }}</div>
+                            {% else %}
                             <div class="card-text">{{ post.date | date_to_string }}</div>
+                            {% endif %}
                             <a class="btn btn-primary" href="{% if post.source_url and post.source_url != '' %}{{ post.source_url }}{% else %}{{ post.url | relative_url }}{% endif %}">
 
                                 {% if post.categories contains 'press_release' %}Read Press Release

_layouts/post.html

@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
 
             <h1>{{ page.title }}<hr></h1>
             <div class="metadata">
+                {% if page.human_date and page.human_date != '' %}
+                <div class="date"> {{ page.human_date | date: "%B %d, %Y"}}</div>
+                {% else %}
                 <div class="date"> {{ page.date | date: "%B %d, %Y"}}</div>
+                {% endif %}
                 <div class="author">{{ page.author }}</div>
             </div>
 

_posts/2024-11-03-khronos-hosts-open-source-slang-shading-language-and-compiler.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 layout: post
 title: "Khronos Hosts Open Source Slang Shading Language and Compiler"
-date: 2024-11-03 10:00:00 +0000
+date: 2024-11-21 10:00:00 +0000
 categories: [ "news", "featured" ]
 tags: [khronos]
 author: "The Khronos Group"

_posts/2024-11-20-theres-a-lot-going-on-with-slang.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ categories: [ "blog" ]
 tags: [slang]
 author: "Shannon Woods, NVIDIA, Slang Working Group Chair"
 image: /images/posts/2024-11-slang-blog-falcor-tiger.webp
+human_date: "November 21, 2024"
 ---
 
 If you’ve been following Slang developments, you’ve probably noticed a lot of changes happening recently! We’ve been hard at work, and we’re excited to share the latest updates with the Slang community. 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ One of the biggest enhancements in recent months is [support for Apple's Metal s
 
 ### WebGPU Support
 
-But Metal Shading Language is not the only new backend, Slang can now also [compile to WGSL](https://shader-slang.com/slang/user-guide/wgsl-target-specific) for WebGPU! WebGPU is the latest graphics API for the web, providing high-performance and flexible access to GPU capabilities. With Slang's new WebGPU support, developers can now compile and run Slang shaders directly in the browser,making it easier than ever to create immersive and interactive web experiences.
+But Metal Shading Language is not the only new backend, Slang can now also [compile to WGSL](https://shader-slang.com/slang/user-guide/wgsl-target-specific) for WebGPU! WebGPU is the latest graphics API for the web, providing high-performance and flexible access to GPU capabilities. With Slang's new WebGPU support, developers can now compile and run Slang shaders directly in the browser, making it easier than ever to create immersive and interactive web experiences.
 
 ### Live Playground