article sorting

added (somewhat) proper article sorting to the build script

11 files changed, 108 insertions, 98 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf465f7..81bc301 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ custom directories are not supported yet. you will have to manually edit the bui
 - title share options that link to id
 - add a copy button to code blocks
 
-- sort articles by date, add latest article to home page
-
 - allow user to create directories
 
 - 404 page
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index e7c8032..3cd53bf 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -46,15 +46,7 @@ for i in *.md; do
 
 		convert "../con/contact.md" "../tmp/con-contact-tmp-file.html"
 
-		cat ../con/header.html \
-			../tmp/"$filename".html \
-			../tmp/con-contact-tmp-file.html \
-			../con/footer.html \
-			> ../web/"$filename".html
-
-		cat "$i" \
-			../con/contact.md \
-			> ../web/"$filename".md
+		echo "[build] skipping index file for later..."
 
 	else
 
@@ -74,6 +66,10 @@ done
 echo "[build] writing articles..."
 cd ./articles/
 
+declare -A articlearr
+declare -a workingarr
+declare -a thebestarr
+
 for i in *.md; do
 
 	echo "[build] converting: $i"
@@ -94,10 +90,7 @@ for i in *.md; do
 
 		cp "$i" ../../web/articles/"$filename"/index.md
 
-		export WEBMETA_TITLE=""
 		export WEBMETA_DATE=""
-		export WEBMETA_AUTH=""
-		export WEBMETA_SUMMARY=""
 
 		if [ -e "$filename".meta ]; then
 			echo "[build] running script: $filename.meta"
@@ -111,57 +104,127 @@ for i in *.md; do
 			# please note that you have to actually check if this data is correct
 			# and you should not just import random `.meta` files as they can arbitrarily
 			# execute code on your system and are directly injected into the HTML.
+			#
+			# NOTE:
+			# I do not expect to have multiple articles written on the same day
+			# as I am a lazy fuck. The generator below does not expect multiple
+			# articles to have the exact same date.
+			# If I were you, I would maybe add hours and minutes to the timestamps
+			# and maybe change this script accordingly.
 		fi
-		
+
 		if [ "$WEBMETA_DATE" == "" ]; then
-			export WEBMETA_DATE="2001-09-11*REDACTED!*"
-		fi
-		if [ "$WEBMETA_AUTH" == "" ]; then
-			export WEBMETA_AUTH="Anonymous"
-		fi
-		if [ "$WEBMETA_SUMMARY" == "" ]; then
-			export WEBMETA_SUMMARY="redacted"
+			export WEBMETA_DATE="2001-09-11*"
 		fi
-		if [ "$WEBMETA_TITLE" == "" ]; then
-			export WEBMETA_TITLE="$filename"
+
+		articlearr["$filename"]="$WEBMETA_DATE"
+
+	fi
+
+done
+
+echo "[build] sorting articles..."
+
+workingarr=($( sort -nr < <(printf '%s\n' "${articlearr[@]}") ))
+
+for date in "${workingarr[@]}"; do
+	for key in "${!articlearr[@]}"; do
+		if [ "${articlearr[$key]}" == "$date" ]; then
+			thebestarr+=("$key")
 		fi
+	done
+done
+
+for i in "${thebestarr[@]}"; do
+
+	export WEBMETA_TITLE=""
+	export WEBMETA_DATE=""
+	export WEBMETA_AUTH=""
+	export WEBMETA_SUMMARY=""
+	if [ -e "$i".meta ]; then
+		echo "[build] re-running script: $i.meta"
+		source ./"$i".meta
+		# see above
+	fi
 
-		touch ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-list.html
-		tee -a ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-list.html > /dev/null << EOF
+	if [ "$WEBMETA_DATE" == "" ]; then
+		export WEBMETA_DATE="2001-09-11*"
+	fi
+	if [ "$WEBMETA_AUTH" == "" ]; then
+		export WEBMETA_AUTH="Anonymous"
+	fi
+	if [ "$WEBMETA_SUMMARY" == "" ]; then
+		export WEBMETA_SUMMARY="redacted"
+	fi
+	if [ "$WEBMETA_TITLE" == "" ]; then
+		export WEBMETA_TITLE="$i"
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$i" == "${thebestarr[0]}" ]; then
+		tee ../../tmp/articles/gen-first-article-tmp.html > /dev/null << EOF
+			<h2>Latest Post:</h2>
+			<article>
+				<a href="/articles/$i"><h3>$WEBMETA_TITLE</h3></a>
+				<h6><code>$WEBMETA_DATE</code> by $WEBMETA_AUTH</h6>
+				<p>$WEBMETA_SUMMARY</p>
+			</article>
+			<a href="/articles/"><h5>See more Articles →</h5></a>
+EOF
+		tee ../../tmp/articles/gen-first-article-tmp.md > /dev/null << EOF
+
+## Latest Post:
+
+## [$WEBMETA_TITLE](/articles/$i)
+###### \`$WEBMETA_DATE\` by $WEBMETA_AUTH
+$WEBMETA_SUMMARY
+EOF
+	fi
+
+	touch ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-list.html
+	tee -a ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-list.html > /dev/null << EOF
 		<article>
-			<a href="$filename"><h2>$WEBMETA_TITLE</h2></a>
+			<a href="$i"><h2>$WEBMETA_TITLE</h2></a>
 			<h6><code>$WEBMETA_DATE</code> by $WEBMETA_AUTH</h6>
 			<p>$WEBMETA_SUMMARY</p>
 		</article>
 EOF
 
-		touch ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-list.md
-		tee -a ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-list.md > /dev/null << EOF
+	touch ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-list.md
+	tee -a ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-list.md > /dev/null << EOF
 
-## [$WEBMETA_TITLE]($filename)
+## [$WEBMETA_TITLE]($i)
 ###### \`$WEBMETA_DATE\` by $WEBMETA_AUTH
 $WEBMETA_SUMMARY
 EOF
 
-		touch ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-rss.xml
-		tee -a ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-rss.xml > /dev/null << EOF
+	touch ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-rss.xml
+	tee -a ../../tmp/articles/gen-articles-tmp-rss.xml > /dev/null <<EOF
 		<item>
 			<title>$WEBMETA_TITLE</title>
-			<pubDate>$(date -d "${WEBMETA_DATE:0:10}" +"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000" )</pubDate>
-			<author>$WEBMETA_AUTHOR</author>
+			<pubDate>$(date -d "${WEBMETA_DATE:0:10}" +"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000")</pubDate>
+			<author>$WEBMETA_AUTH</author>
 			<description>$WEBMETA_SUMMARY</description>
-			<link>/$filename</link>
-			<guid>/$filename</guid>
+			<link>/$i</link>
+			<guid>/$i</guid>
 		</item>
 EOF
 
-	fi
-
 done
 
+echo "[build] generating feed..."
 cd ../..
 
-echo "[build] generating feed..."
+cat ./con/header.html \
+	./tmp/index.html \
+	./tmp/articles/gen-first-article-tmp.html \
+	./tmp/con-contact-tmp-file.html \
+	./con/footer.html \
+	> ./web/index.html
+
+cat ./src/index.md \
+	./tmp/articles/gen-first-article-tmp.md \
+	./con/contact.md \
+	> ./web/index.md
 
 cat ./con/header.html \
 	./tmp/articles/index.html \
diff --git a/sort.sh b/sort.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 10d64a1..0000000
--- a/sort.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# hitler.rip
-# temporary script that implements sorting articles by date
-# © 2025 hitler.rip <git@hitler.rip>
-# licensed under AGPLv3-or-later; see licenses/code.md for more information
-
-declare -A articlearr
-declare -a workingarr
-declare -A thebestarr
-
-cd ./src/articles/
-
-echo "[test] SECTION - DETERMINE DATE"
-
-for i in *.md; do
-
-	echo "[test] reading: $i"
-
-	filename=$( echo "$i" | rev | cut -c4- | rev )
-
-	if [ "$filename" != "index" ]; then
-
-		export WEBMETA_DATE=""
-
-		if [ -e "$filename.meta" ]; then
-			echo "[test] running script: $filename.meta"
-			source ./"$filename".meta
-		fi
-
-		if [ "$WEBMETA_DATE" == "" ]; then
-			export WEBMETA_DATE="2001-09-11*"
-		fi
-
-		articlearr["$filename"]="$WEBMETA_DATE"
-	
-	fi
-
-done
-
-echo "[test] SECTION - SORT"
-
-workingarr=($( sort -nr < <(printf '%s\n' "${articlearr[@]}") ))
-
-for date in "${workingarr[@]}"; do
-
-	for key in "${!articlearr[@]}"; do
-		if [ "${articlearr[$key]}" == "$date" ]; then
-			echo "$date matches $key"
-			thebestarr["$date"]="$key"
-		fi
-	done
-
-done
-
-echo "[test] SECTION - GENERATE"
-
-# ...
-
diff --git a/src/articles/allerersterartikel.md b/src/articles/allerersterartikel.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7898192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/articles/allerersterartikel.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a
diff --git a/src/articles/allerersterartikel.meta b/src/articles/allerersterartikel.meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6c3e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/articles/allerersterartikel.meta
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export WEBMETA_DATE="1990-07-28"
diff --git a/src/articles/besterartikel.md b/src/articles/besterartikel.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6178079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/articles/besterartikel.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b
diff --git a/src/articles/besterartikel.meta b/src/articles/besterartikel.meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2885fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/articles/besterartikel.meta
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export WEBMETA_DATE="1988-07-28"
diff --git a/src/articles/lol.md b/src/articles/lol.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc1585b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/articles/lol.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ajksnd
diff --git a/src/articles/lol.meta b/src/articles/lol.meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b472f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/articles/lol.meta
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export WEBMETA_DATE="2024-07-28"
diff --git a/src/articles/zefinivderletzteartikel.md b/src/articles/zefinivderletzteartikel.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b680253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/articles/zefinivderletzteartikel.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+z
diff --git a/src/articles/zefinivderletzteartikel.meta b/src/articles/zefinivderletzteartikel.meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83c5df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/articles/zefinivderletzteartikel.meta
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export WEBMETA_DATE="2030-07-28"