Improved blog posts list layout

_config.yml

@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ plugins:
 #   - vendor/gems/
 #   - vendor/ruby/
 excerpt_separator: <!--more-->
+show_excerpts: true

blog/index.md

@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 ---
 layout: default
 ---
+<div class="home">
+    {% if site.posts.size > 0 %}
+    <ul class="post-list">
+        {% for post in site.posts %}
+        <li>
+            {% assign date_format = site.minima.date_format | default: "%b %-d, %Y" %}
+            <span class="post-meta">{{ post.date | date: date_format }}</span>
+            <h3>
+            <a class="post-link" href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}">
+                {{ post.title | escape }}
+            </a>
+            </h3>
+            {% if site.show_excerpts %}
+            {{ post.excerpt }}
+            {% endif %}
+        </li>
+        {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+    {% endif %}
+</div>
 
-<ul>
-  {% for post in site.posts %}
-    <li>
-      <a href="{{ post.url }}"><b>{{ post.title }}</b></a>
-      <p>({{ post.date | date_to_string }})</p>
-      <p>{{ post.excerpt }}</p>
-    </li>
-  {% endfor %}
-</ul>