Format post-list layout

Author: missyrestless

.github/workflows/pages-deploy.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          # submodules: true
+          submodules: true
           # If using the 'assets' git submodule from Chirpy Starter, uncomment above
           # (See: https://github.com/cotes2020/chirpy-starter/tree/main/assets)
 

_config.yml

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ comments:
 # Self-hosted static assets, optional › https://github.com/cotes2020/chirpy-static-assets
 assets:
   self_host:
-    enabled: # boolean, keep empty means false
+    enabled: true # boolean, keep empty means false
     # specify the Jekyll environment, empty means both
     # only works if `assets.self_host.enabled` is 'true'
     env: # [development | production]

_layouts/post-list.html

@@ -1,14 +1,58 @@
 ---
 layout: page
 ---
-<div id="post-list">
-  {% for post in site.posts %}
+
+{% assign all_pinned = site.posts | where: 'pin', 'true' %}
+{% assign all_normal = site.posts | where_exp: 'item', 'item.pin != true and item.hidden != true' %}
+
+{% assign pinned_end = all_pinned.size | minus: 1 %}
+{% assign normal_end = all_normal.size | minus: 1 %}
+
+{% assign posts = '' | split: '' %}
+
+<!-- Get pinned posts on current page -->
+{% for i in (0..pinned_end) %}
+  {% assign posts = posts | push: all_pinned[i] %}
+{% endfor %}
+
+<!-- Get normal posts on current page -->
+{% for i in (0..normal_end) %}
+  {% assign posts = posts | push: all_normal[i] %}
+{% endfor %}
+
+<div id="post-list" class="flex-grow-1 px-xl-1">
+  {% for post in posts %}
   <article class="card-wrapper card">
-    <a href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}" class="post-preview">
-      <div class="card-body">
-        <h1 class="card-title">{{ post.title }}</h1>
-        <div class="card-text">
-          <p>{{ post.description | default: post.content | strip_html | truncate: 150 }}</p>
+    <a href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}" class="post-preview row g-0 flex-md-row-reverse">
+      <div class="card-body d-flex flex-column">
+        <h1 class="card-title my-2 mt-md-0">{{ post.title }}</h1>
+        <div class="card-text content mt-0 mb-3">
+          <p>{% include post-summary.html %}</p>
+        </div>
+        <div class="post-meta flex-grow-1 d-flex align-items-end">
+          <div class="me-auto">
+            <!-- posted date -->
+            <i class="far fa-calendar fa-fw me-1"></i>
+            {% include datetime.html date=post.date lang=lang %}
+
+            <!-- categories -->
+            {% if post.categories.size > 0 %}
+              <i class="far fa-folder-open fa-fw me-1"></i>
+              <span class="categories">
+                {% for category in post.categories %}
+                  {{ category }}
+                  {%- unless forloop.last -%},{%- endunless -%}
+                {% endfor %}
+              </span>
+            {% endif %}
+          </div>
+
+          {% if post.pin %}
+            <div class="pin ms-1">
+              <i class="fas fa-thumbtack fa-fw"></i>
+              <span>{{ site.data.locales[lang].post.pin_prompt }}</span>
+            </div>
+          {% endif %}
         </div>
       </div>
     </a>

_posts/2026-03-26-how-to-schedule-bot-actions.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ title: How to Schedule Bot Actions
 description: How to automate scheduled bot actions using the cron facility
 category: [General]
 tag: [setup, schedule]
+pin: false
 date: 2026-03-26 15:52 -0700
 ---
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ in place of the five time-date fields.
 Here is an example `crontab` entry with some brief descriptions in comments
 of what activities are scheduled:
 
-```
+```cron
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 #
 # Schedule BotControl actions
@@ -118,12 +119,13 @@ The schedule set here is for the PG&E Time-of-Use Rate Plan E-6.
 Although unrelated to scheduled bot actions, this example illustrates some of the
 ways `crontab` can be used to schedule activity.
 
-```
-# By default these entries run every 15 minutes. This provides a keepalive function
-# and relies on the start_miner script checking to see if it is already running.
-# You may prefer to change the '0,15,30,45' entries to simply '0' or '15' to only
-# start/stop once and not every 15 minutes. Or, you may prefer to increase the
-# "keepalive" frequency from 15 to 5 minutes - '0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55'
+```cron
+# By default these entries run every 15 minutes. This provides
+# a keepalive function and relies on the start_miner script checking
+# to see if it is already running. You may prefer to change the
+# '0,15,30,45' entries to simply '0' or '15' to only start/stop once
+# and not every 15 minutes. Or, you may prefer to increase the "keepalive"
+# frequency from 15 to 5 minutes - '0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55'
 #
 # Set SHELL to run my custom cron startup script when running commands
 SHELL=/usr/local/bin/cron.bash

_posts/2026-03-26-lifebots-control-panel-setup.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: LifeBots Control Panel Setup
 description: How to setup the LifeBots Control Panel with an API key and Bot secret
 category: [ControlPanel]
 tag: [setup, lifebots, controlpanel, api]
+pin: false
 date: 2026-03-26 13:17 -0700
 ---
 

_posts/2026-03-26-setup-your-bot-as-a-scripted-agent-in-second-life.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ title: Setup Your Bot as a Scripted Agent in Second Life
 description: How to set your bot's Second Life account as a scripted agent
 category: [General]
 tag: [setup, secondlife]
+pin: false
 date: 2026-03-26 10:26 -0700
 ---
 

_tabs/articles.md

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
-layout: archives
-#layout: post-list
+layout: post-list
 title: Articles
 icon: fas fa-stream
-#permalink: /articles/
+permalink: /articles/
 order: 1
 ---