Redesign project cards to remove redundancy and improve visual hierarchy

Author: huaicheng

layouts/project/list.html

@@ -10,16 +10,13 @@ <h1>Research Projects</h1>
     <article class="project-card">
       {{ $featured := .Resources.GetMatch "featured.*" }}
       {{ if $featured }}
-      <div class="project-image">
+      <div class="project-image" data-title="{{ .Title }}">
         <img src="{{ $featured.RelPermalink }}" alt="{{ .Title }}" loading="lazy">
+        <div class="project-title-overlay">{{ .Title }}</div>
       </div>
       {{ end }}
 
       <div class="project-content">
-        <h2 class="project-title">
-          {{ .Title }}
-        </h2>
-        
         {{ if .Params.summary }}
         <p class="project-summary">{{ .Params.summary }}</p>
         {{ end }}
@@ -31,7 +28,6 @@ <h2 class="project-title">
           {{ end }}
           {{ end }}
         </div>
-        
       </div>
     </article>
     {{ end }}
@@ -73,86 +69,109 @@ <h2 class="project-title">
 
 .project-card {
   background: white;
-  border: 1px solid var(--vt-gray-200);
-  border-radius: 16px;
+  border: 1px solid #e5e7eb;
+  border-radius: 12px;
   overflow: hidden;
   transition: all 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
-  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(134, 31, 65, 0.08);
+  box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06);
   cursor: pointer;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
 }
 
 .project-card:hover {
-  transform: translateY(-8px);
-  box-shadow: 0 20px 40px rgba(134, 31, 65, 0.15);
-  border-color: var(--vt-maroon);
+  transform: translateY(-6px);
+  box-shadow: 0 12px 24px rgba(134, 31, 65, 0.12);
+  border-color: rgba(134, 31, 65, 0.3);
 }
 
 .project-image {
   position: relative;
-  height: 200px;
+  height: 160px;
   overflow: hidden;
+  background: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(134, 31, 65, 0.95), rgba(229, 117, 31, 0.95));
 }
 
 .project-image img {
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
   object-fit: cover;
-  transition: transform 0.3s ease;
+  transition: transform 0.3s ease, opacity 0.3s ease;
+  opacity: 0.85;
 }
 
 .project-card:hover .project-image img {
-  transform: scale(1.05);
+  transform: scale(1.08);
+  opacity: 0.95;
 }
 
-
-.project-content {
-  padding: 1.25rem 1rem;
+.project-title-overlay {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  padding: 1rem;
+  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(0,0,0,0.9), rgba(0,0,0,0.3));
+  color: white;
+  font-size: 1.1rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
   text-align: center;
+  text-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
+  transition: all 0.3s ease;
 }
 
-.project-title {
-  font-size: 1.6rem;
-  font-weight: 600;
-  margin: 0 0 0.75rem 0;
-  line-height: 1.3;
-  text-align: center;
-  color: var(--vt-gray-900);
-  transition: color 0.3s ease;
+.project-card:hover .project-title-overlay {
+  padding-bottom: 1.2rem;
+  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(134, 31, 65, 0.95), rgba(134, 31, 65, 0.3));
 }
 
-.project-card:hover .project-title {
-  color: var(--vt-maroon);
+.project-content {
+  padding: 1rem;
+  text-align: center;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  min-height: 120px;
 }
 
-
 .project-summary {
-  color: var(--vt-gray-600);
-  line-height: 1.6;
-  margin: 0 0 1rem 0;
-  font-size: 0.95rem;
+  color: var(--vt-gray-700);
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  margin: 0;
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
   display: -webkit-box;
-  -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
+  -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
   -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
   overflow: hidden;
+  flex-grow: 1;
 }
 
 .project-tags {
-  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+  justify-content: center;
+  margin-top: auto;
 }
 
 .tag {
   display: inline-block;
-  background: linear-gradient(135deg, var(--vt-maroon), var(--vt-orange));
-  color: white;
-  padding: 0.25rem 0.75rem;
-  border-radius: 12px;
-  font-size: 0.7rem;
+  background: rgba(134, 31, 65, 0.1);
+  color: var(--vt-maroon);
+  padding: 0.2rem 0.5rem;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  font-size: 0.65rem;
   font-weight: 600;
-  margin-right: 0.375rem;
-  margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
   text-transform: uppercase;
-  letter-spacing: 0.025em;
-  box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(134, 31, 65, 0.2);
+  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(134, 31, 65, 0.2);
+  transition: all 0.2s ease;
+}
+
+.project-card:hover .tag {
+  background: var(--vt-maroon);
+  color: white;
+  border-color: var(--vt-maroon);
 }
 
 
@@ -188,7 +207,16 @@ <h2 class="project-title">
   }
 
   .project-content {
-    padding: 1rem 0.75rem;
+    padding: 0.9rem;
+  }
+  
+  .project-image {
+    height: 140px;
+  }
+  
+  .project-title-overlay {
+    font-size: 1rem;
+    padding: 0.8rem;
   }
 }
 
@@ -197,12 +225,13 @@ <h2 class="project-title">
     font-size: 1.5rem;
   }
 
-  .project-title {
-    font-size: 1.3rem;
+  .project-summary {
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
   }
 
-  .project-summary {
-    font-size: 0.9rem;
+  .tag {
+    font-size: 0.6rem;
+    padding: 0.15rem 0.4rem;
   }
 }
 </style>