First iteration of new homepage.

media/css/style.scss

@@ -2412,7 +2412,13 @@ body.editing {
         }
     }
 }
+
+html.homepage {
+    background: white;
+}
 body.homepage {
+    background: white;
+
     a.button {
         background: #54737E;
         border: 2px solid white;
@@ -2546,6 +2552,42 @@ body.homepage {
                 font: bold 26px $Rockwell;
             }
         }
+        div.row {
+            div.inner {
+                margin: 0 auto;
+                width: 460px;
+            }
+            h2 {
+                color: #3A5159;
+                font: bold 20px $Rockwell;
+                margin-bottom: 5px;
+                margin-top: 35px;
+            }
+            p {
+                color: #656565;
+                font: 500 16px/24px $Helvetica;
+
+                code.good {
+                    color: #468847;
+                }
+            }
+            &.feature {
+                height: 232px;
+                margin: 10px 0;
+            }
+            &.blog {
+                background: url('../img/homepage-feature-blog.png') 720px top no-repeat;
+            }
+            &.browse {
+                background: url('../img/homepage-feature-browse.png') 78px top no-repeat;
+            }
+            &.share {
+                background: url('../img/homepage-feature-share.png') 720px top no-repeat;
+            }
+            &.store {
+                background: url('../img/homepage-feature-store.png') left top no-repeat;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /* Large desktop */

snipts/urls.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^public/tag/(?P<tag_slug>[^/]+)/feed/$',         views.redirect_public_tag_feed, name='redirect-public-tag-feed'),
     url(r'^(?P<username>[^/]+)/tag/(?P<tag_slug>[^/]+)/feed/$', views.redirect_user_tag_feed, name='redirect-user-tag-feed'),
 
-    url(r'^$',                                             views.home,              name='home'),
     url(r'^public/$',                                      views.list_public,       name='list-public'),
     url(r'^public/tag/(?P<tag_slug>[^/]+)/$',              views.list_public,       name='list-public-tag'),
     url(r'^embed/(?P<snipt_key>[^/]+)/$',                  views.embed,             name='embed'),

snipts/views.py

@@ -19,16 +19,6 @@ from haystack.query import EmptySearchQuerySet, SearchQuerySet
 
 RESULTS_PER_PAGE = getattr(settings, 'HAYSTACK_SEARCH_RESULTS_PER_PAGE', 20)
 
-def home(request):
-
-    if request.blog_user:
-        return blog_list(request)
-
-    if request.user.is_authenticated():
-        return HttpResponseRedirect('/%s/' % request.user.username)
-    else:
-        return list_public(request)
-
 @render_to('snipts/detail.html')
 def detail(request, username, snipt_slug):
 

templates/homepage.html

@@ -69,9 +69,33 @@
         <div class="container">
             <div class="row">
                 <header class="span4 offset4">
-                    <h1>Built For Coders</h1>
+                    <h1>Built for coders.</h1>
                 </header>
             </div>
+            <div class="feature row store">
+                <div class="inner">
+                    <h2>Store private code snippets.</h2>
+                    <p>Your snipts are <code>private</code> by default, making them perfect for storing and organizing code you never want to forget.</p>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="feature row share">
+                <div class="inner">
+                    <h2>Store public code snippets, and share.</h2>
+                    <p>Mark a snipt as <code class="good">public</code> to share it with the world. Share on Twitter, comment with Disqus, etc.</p>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="feature row browse">
+                <div class="inner">
+                    <h2>Browse, search, learn.</h2>
+                    <p><a href="/public/">Browse</a> and <a href="/search/">search</a> through public snipts to learn new approaches and best practices.</p>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="feature row blog">
+                <div class="inner">
+                    <h2>Fast, code-focused blogging.</h2>
+                    <p><a href="/blogging/">A full blog in seconds</a>: mark a snipt as "Blog Post", and blog with ease. Markdown support built-in. Your domain, or ours.</p>
+                </div>
+            </div>
         </div>
     </section>
 {% endblock %}

urls.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ private_api.register(PrivateUserProfileResource())
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
 
-    url(r'^homepage/$', homepage),
+    url(r'^$', homepage),
 
     url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
 

views.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from accounts.models import UserProfile
+from blogs.views import blog_list
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseBadRequest
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from annoying.decorators import ajax_request, render_to
@@ -14,10 +15,12 @@ import hashlib, stripe
 
 from settings_local import STRIPE_SECRET_KEY
 
-
 @render_to('homepage.html')
 def homepage(request):
 
+    if request.blog_user:
+        return blog_list(request)
+
     coders = []
 
     users_with_gravatars = User.objects.filter(