Enable customized order for collections (resolves sighingnow#123).

siaulahjih · Jun 30, 2024 · b6353bf · b6353bf
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -118,8 +118,24 @@ collections:
     output: true
     sort_by: date
     permalink: /:collection/:year-:month-:day-:title:output_ext
+  others:
+    output: true
+    sort_by: date
+    permalink: /:collection/:year-:month-:day-:title:output_ext
+```
+
+An optional `ordered_collections` key can be added to `_config.yaml` to control the order of collections in the sidebar:
+
+```yaml
+ordered_collections:
+  - posts
+  - pages
+  - others
 ```
 
+If not specified, the order of collections would be decided by Jekyll. Note that the key `posts` is a special collection
+that indicates the `_posts` pages of Jekyll.
+
 ## Extra StyleSheet or Javascript elements
 
 You can add extra CSS or JavaScript references using configuration collections:

diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ collections:
   pages:
     output: true
     permalink: /:collection/:path/
+  others:
+    output: true
+    permalink: /:collection/:path/
+
+ordered_collections:
+  - posts
+  - pages
+  - others
 
 page_width: 800px
 

diff --git a/_includes/toc-date.html b/_includes/toc-date.html
@@ -43,37 +43,72 @@
 
             <li class="divider"></li>
 
-            {% for collection in site.collections %}
-                <!-- <p>{{ collection.label }}</p> -->
-                {% if collection.output %}
-                    {% if collection.label == "posts" %}
-                        {% assign reversed_posts = site[collection.label] | reverse %}
-                    {% else %}
-                        {% assign reversed_posts = site[collection.label] %}
-                    {% endif %}
-
-                    {% for post in reversed_posts %}
-                        {% if page.url == post.url %}
-                        <li class="chapter active" data-level="1.2" data-path="{{site.baseurl}}{{post.url}}">
+            {% if site.ordered_collections %}
+                {% for label in site.ordered_collections %}
+                    {% assign collection = site.collections | where: "label", label | first %}
+                    <!-- <p>{{ collection.label }}</p> -->
+                    {% if collection.output %}
+                        {% if collection.label == "posts" %}
+                            {% assign reversed_posts = site[collection.label] | reverse %}
                         {% else %}
-                        <li class="chapter" data-level="1.1" data-path="{{site.baseurl}}{{post.url}}">
+                            {% assign reversed_posts = site[collection.label] %}
                         {% endif %}
-                            <a href="{{site.baseurl}}{{post.url}}" onclick="pageScrollToTop(this)">
-                                {{ post.title | escape }}
-                            </a>
-                            {% if site.toc.enabled %}
-                                {% if page.url == post.url %}
-                                    {% include toc.html html=content h_min=site.toc.h_min h_max=site.toc.h_max %}
+
+                        {% for post in reversed_posts %}
+                            {% if page.url == post.url %}
+                            <li class="chapter active" data-level="1.2" data-path="{{site.baseurl}}{{post.url}}">
+                            {% else %}
+                            <li class="chapter" data-level="1.1" data-path="{{site.baseurl}}{{post.url}}">
+                            {% endif %}
+                                <a href="{{site.baseurl}}{{post.url}}" onclick="pageScrollToTop(this)">
+                                    {{ post.title | escape }}
+                                </a>
+                                {% if site.toc.enabled %}
+                                    {% if page.url == post.url %}
+                                        {% include toc.html html=content h_min=site.toc.h_min h_max=site.toc.h_max %}
+                                    {% endif %}
                                 {% endif %}
+                            </li>
+                        {% endfor %}
+
+                        {% if reversed_posts.size > 0 %}
+                            <li class="divider"></li>
+                        {% endif %}
+                    {% endif %}
+                {% endfor %}
+            {% else %}
+                {% for collection in site.collections %}
+                    <!-- <p>{{ collection.label }}</p> -->
+                    {% if collection.output %}
+                        {% if collection.label == "posts" %}
+                            {% assign reversed_posts = site[collection.label] | reverse %}
+                        {% else %}
+                            {% assign reversed_posts = site[collection.label] %}
+                        {% endif %}
+
+                        {% for post in reversed_posts %}
+                            {% if page.url == post.url %}
+                            <li class="chapter active" data-level="1.2" data-path="{{site.baseurl}}{{post.url}}">
+                            {% else %}
+                            <li class="chapter" data-level="1.1" data-path="{{site.baseurl}}{{post.url}}">
                             {% endif %}
-                        </li>
-                    {% endfor %}
+                                <a href="{{site.baseurl}}{{post.url}}" onclick="pageScrollToTop(this)">
+                                    {{ post.title | escape }}
+                                </a>
+                                {% if site.toc.enabled %}
+                                    {% if page.url == post.url %}
+                                        {% include toc.html html=content h_min=site.toc.h_min h_max=site.toc.h_max %}
+                                    {% endif %}
+                                {% endif %}
+                            </li>
+                        {% endfor %}
 
-                    {% if reversed_posts.size > 0 %}
-                        <li class="divider"></li>
+                        {% if reversed_posts.size > 0 %}
+                            <li class="divider"></li>
+                        {% endif %}
                     {% endif %}
-                {% endif %}
-            {% endfor %}
+                {% endfor %}
+            {% endif %}
         </ul>
     </nav>
 </div>
diff --git a/_others/about.md b/_others/about.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+title: About others
+author: Tao He
+date: 2022-02-04
+category: Jekyll
+layout: post
+---
+
+This is an about page for "others" in the collections.