From 623a157504c9a856287c0270ccf087b2ba7a6bed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Awstin <awstin@achubb.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 07:06:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] No longer ordering links randomly, adding dates to posts

---
 src/html/root.rs        | 5 ++---
 templates/blogroll.html | 5 -----
 templates/links.html    | 4 ----
 templates/posts.html    | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/html/root.rs b/src/html/root.rs
index d93d7da..de0583b 100644
--- a/src/html/root.rs
+++ b/src/html/root.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use axum::{
     routing::{get, post, Router},
     Extension,
 };
-use rand::{seq::SliceRandom, thread_rng, RngCore, SeedableRng};
+use rand::{RngCore, SeedableRng};
 use rand_chacha::ChaCha8Rng;
 use rand_core::OsRng;
 use sqlx::PgPool;
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ pub async fn get_links_as_list(
         Err(_) => Vec::new(),
     };
 
-    let mut rng = thread_rng();
-    links.shuffle(&mut rng);
+    links.sort_by(|a, b| b.date_added.cmp(&a.date_added));
 
     let list: Vec<Link> = links
         .into_iter()
diff --git a/templates/blogroll.html b/templates/blogroll.html
index 4d7ca5f..5ecb375 100644
--- a/templates/blogroll.html
+++ b/templates/blogroll.html
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@
     Places away from the noise of the modern web, without advertisement or trackers.
     Following links through these is how I spend most of my time online these days.
 </p>
-<p>
-    Links may not be in the same order on each page load. 
-    The list gets randomly shuffled each time to expose new links at the top to visitors.
-    Just an idea that I had, please <a href="/contact">contact me</a> if it causes anyone issues.
-</p>
 <ul class="no-bul">
     {% for blog in blogs %}
         <li><a href={{blog.url}}>{{blog.title}}</a>
diff --git a/templates/links.html b/templates/links.html
index 14abba5..19597b3 100644
--- a/templates/links.html
+++ b/templates/links.html
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 
 {% block content %}
 <h2>Links</h2>
-<p>
-    A collection of links to interesting posts that I have found.
-    In a random order to shuffle what links are at the top.
-</p>
 <ul class="no-bul">
     {% for article in articles %}
         <li><a href={{article.url}}>{{article.title}}</a>
diff --git a/templates/posts.html b/templates/posts.html
index a4d4fc8..a06f9f9 100644
--- a/templates/posts.html
+++ b/templates/posts.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% block content %}
 <ul class="no-bul">
     {% for article in articles %}
-        <li><a href="/posts/{{article.reference}}">{{article.title}}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="/posts/{{article.reference}}">{{article.date}} {{article.title}}</a></li>
     {% endfor %}
 </ul>
 {% endblock %}