update blog_index title handling

css/styles.css

@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ mjx-container {
 
 p.metadata { margin: 0 }
 
+.blog_inline_post {
+  border-left: 1em solid var(--fg-lc);
+  padding: 0 1em 0 1em;
+  margin-bottom: 5em;
+}
+
 @media (max-width: 80em) {
   /* CSS that should be displayed if width is equal to or less than 60em goes here */
 	#contentWrapper { flex-direction: column }

gronk.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import time
 import magic
 import regex as re
 import pprint
+from datetime import datetime as dt
 
 import frontmatter
 import jinja2
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ class FileMap:
 
     def get_base_url(self):
         props = self.get(self.input_dir.joinpath('readme.md'))
-        print(props)
         return props['base_url']
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -246,6 +246,15 @@ class FileMap:
         return d
 
 
+def rfc822_date_sorter_key(date):
+    if date is None:
+        ret = 0
+    else:
+        ret = int(dt.strptime(date, '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z').timestamp())
+
+    return ret
+
+
 def update_required(src_filepath, output_filepath):
     """
     check if file requires an update,
@@ -531,6 +540,22 @@ def main(args):
                 }
                 posts.append(post)
 
+            posts.sort(
+                key=lambda p: rfc822_date_sorter_key(p.get('pub_date')),
+                reverse=True
+            )
+
+            # render rss feed
+            rss = JINJA_TEMPLATE_BLOG_FEED.render(
+                title=root_properties.get('title', ''),
+                description=root_properties.get('content', ''),
+                base_url=FILEMAP.get_base_url(),
+                link=f"{FILEMAP.get_base_url()}{root_properties['dst_path']['web']}",
+                language='en-GB',
+                posts=posts,
+            )
+            root_properties['dst_path']['raw'].joinpath('feed.xml').write_text(rss)
+
         #pprint.pprint(root_properties)
         # render index
         html = (JINJA_TEMPLATE_BLOGINDEX if root_properties['blog'] else JINJA_TEMPLATE_INDEX).render(
@@ -549,18 +574,6 @@ def main(args):
         )
         root_properties['dst_path']['raw'].joinpath('index.html').write_text(html)
 
-        # render rss feed if blog
-        if root_properties['blog']:
-            rss = JINJA_TEMPLATE_BLOG_FEED.render(
-                title=root_properties.get('title', ''),
-                description=root_properties.get('content', ''),
-                base_url=FILEMAP.get_base_url(),
-                link=f"{FILEMAP.get_base_url()}{root_properties['dst_path']['web']}",
-                language='en-GB',
-                posts=posts,
-            )
-            root_properties['dst_path']['raw'].joinpath('feed.xml').write_text(rss)
-
         # render each file
         for file in files:
             render_file(root.joinpath(file))

readme.md

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ gronk reads the following YAML [frontmatter](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/front-mat
 | variable         | description                                                                           |
 |------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `author`         | The person(s) who wrote the article                                                   |
-| `pub_date`       | set the publish date of an article/post/note                                          |
+| `pub_date`       | (for blog mode) set the publish date of an article/post/note (MUST be RFC822 format)  |
 | `tags`           | A YAML list of tags which the article relates to - this is used for browsing and also |
 | `title`          | The title of the article                                                              |
 | `uuid`           | A unique identifier used for permalinks.                                              |
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ This can be done by setting the `blog` variable to `true` in the `readme.md` [cu
 
 Notes under this directory will be published to a blog, whose feed is accesible at `https://notes.alv.cx/notes/<directory..>/feed.xml`.
 
+When blog mode is enabled, it is required that the `base_url` property is set in the top level `readme.md` file.
+Note that there should be no trailing slash.
+If a `readme.md` file does not exist, then an empty one can be created:
+
+```md
+---
+base_url: https://notes.alv.cx
+---
+```
+
 
 ## Permalinks
 

templates/blog_index.html

@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
   <pre>{{ license }}</pre>
 </details>
 {% endif %}
+  {% if not content %}
 	<h1>{{ title }}</h1>
+  {% endif %}
+
 
 	{% if not content_after_search %}
     {{ content|safe }}
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@
 	{% if automatic_index %}
     <details>
       <summary>
-        <h2> List of posts </h2>
+        <h4> List of posts </h4>
       </summary>
     {% if search_bar %}
       <div id="searchWrapper">
@@ -68,7 +71,9 @@
     {{ content|safe }}
 
     {% for post in posts %}
+      <div class="blog_inline_post">
       {{ post['description']|safe }}
+      </div>
     {% endfor %}
 	{% endif %}
 

templates/index.html

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% block content %}
+  {% if not content %}
 	<h1>{{ title }}</h1>
+  {% endif %}
 
 	{% if not content_after_search %}
 	{{ content|safe }}