Blog Templates · Pick One

Three takes on the same story.

The same article — “What Makes a Good Safari Sighting?” — rendered in three distinct template directions. Open each, then tell me which one wins. We'll refine that one and use it as the system for every story going forward.

V1 An elephant in golden light

Volume I

The Field Journal

A naturalist’s journal — Roman-numeral chapters, italic marginalia in the outer column, ornament glyphs between sections, parchment-warm body. Slow, considered, quiet luxury.

  • Chapters
  • Marginalia
  • Parchment
  • Ornaments
Open V1
V2 An intimate close-up of an elephant in green grass

Volume II

The Cinematic Long-Read

Full-bleed parallax hero, gold reading-progress bar, sticky chapter pill that follows you down the page, alternating dark / light sections, asymmetric image breakouts, end-of-article tile cards.

  • Progress bar
  • Sticky chapter
  • Dark / light
  • Breakouts
Open V2
V3 A leopard draped across a tree branch at rest

Volume III

The Curated Spread

Editorial system — split-hero, two-column body with a sticky sidebar (author, pull quote, featured camp, metadata), bento image grid, related-stories footer. Scales gracefully across many articles.

  • Split hero
  • Sticky sidebar
  • Bento grid
  • Related grid
Open V3

All three use the same SEO setup, brand header, and image library. The original simple draft is still at /what-makes-a-good-safari-sighting/.