Sorting by date instead of alphabetically

v5.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
 #! /usr/bin/ruby3.0
 require 'sinatra'
 require 'erb'
+require 'date'
+
+class Page
+	String @path
+	@date
+	def initialize(path, date)
+		@path = path
+		@date = date
+	end
+	def setpath(path)
+		@path = path
+	end
+	def setdate(date)
+		@date = date
+	end
+	def getpath
+		return @path
+	end
+	def getdate
+		return @date
+	end
+end
 
 get '/' do
 	erb :greetpage

views/archiveFolderIndex.erb

@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 <% contents = Dir.children("./" + folder).grep(/#{searchquery}/) %>
+<% contentsArray = Array.new %>
 <% contents.each do |content| %>
-	<% if content.end_with?(".erb") %>
-		<% file = content %>
-		<% if File.exists?("./" + folder + "/" + file + ".meta") %>
-			<%= erb :blogpageERB, locals: {file: "./" + folder + "/" + content, meta: "./" + folder + "/" + file + ".meta"}   %>
+	<% if content.end_with?(".erb") || content.end_with?(".md") %>
+		<% if File.exists?("./" + folder + "/" + content + ".meta") %>
+			<% newPage = Page.new(content, DateTime.parse(File.read("./" + folder + "/" + content + ".meta"), "%Y.%m.%d")) %>
 		<% else %>
-			<%= erb :blogpageERB, locals: {file: "./" + folder+ "/" + content}   %>
-		<% end %>
-	<% elsif content.end_with?(".md") %>
-		<% file = content %>
-		<% if File.exists?("./" + folder + "/" + file + ".meta") %>
-			<%= erb :blogpageMD, locals: {file: "./" + folder + "/" + content, meta: "./" + folder + "/" + file + ".meta"} %>
-		<% else %>
-			<%= erb :blogpageMD, locals: {file: "./" + folder  + "/" + content}   %>
+			<% newPage = Page.new(content, DateTime.parse("1970.01.01", "%Y.%m.%d")) %>
 		<% end %>
+		<% contentsArray.push(newPage) %>
+	<% end %>
+<% end %>
+
+<% contentsArray.sort_by! { |page| page.getdate } %>
+
+<% contentsArray.reverse.each do |content| %>
+	<% if content.getpath.end_with?(".erb") %>
+		<%= erb :blogpageERB, locals: {file: "./" + folder + "/" + content.getpath, date: content.getdate.strftime("%Y.%m.%d")}   %>
+	<% elsif content.getpath.end_with?(".md") %>
+		<%= erb :blogpageMD, locals: {file: "./" + folder + "/" + content.getpath, date: content.getdate.strftime("%Y.%m.%d")}   %>
 	<% end %>
 <% end %>

views/blogpageERB.erb

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 <div class="section section<%= rand(1..3) %>">
 	<%= ERB.new(File.read(file)).result(binding) %>
 	<span class="seemore">
-	<% if defined?(meta) %>
 		<b>
-		<span class="seedate"><%= File.read(meta) %></span>
+		<span class="seedate"><%= date %></span>
 		</b>
-	<% end %>
 	<a class="seemorelink" href="/<%= file %>">Article Page</a>
 	</span>
 </div>

views/blogpageMD.erb

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <div class="section section<%= rand(1..3) %>">
 	<%= markdown(File.read(file)) %>
 	<span class="seemore">
-	<% if defined?(meta) %>
+	<span class="seemore">
 		<b>
-		<span class="seedate"><%= File.read(meta) %></span>
+		<span class="seedate"><%= date %></span>
 		</b>
-	<% end %>
 	<a class="seemorelink" href="/<%= file %>">Article Page</a>
 	</span>
 </div>

views/folderIndex.erb

@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
+<% contentsArray = Array.new %>
+
 <% contents = Dir.children("." + request.path_info)%>
 <% contents.each do |content| %>
-	<% if content.end_with?(".erb") %>
-		<% file = content %>
-		<% if File.exists?("." + request.path_info + "/" + file + ".meta") %>
-			<%= erb :blogpageERB, locals: {file: "." + request.path_info + "/" + content, meta: "." + request.path_info + "/" + file + ".meta"}   %>
+	<% if content.end_with?(".erb") || content.end_with?(".md") %>
+		<% if File.exists?("." + request.path_info + "/" + content + ".meta") %>
+			<% newPage = Page.new(content, DateTime.parse(File.read("." + request.path_info + "/" + content + ".meta"), "%Y.%m.%d")) %>
 		<% else %>
-			<%= erb :blogpageERB, locals: {file: "." + request.path_info + "/" + content}   %>
-		<% end %>
-	<% elsif content.end_with?(".md") %>
-		<% file = content %>
-		<% if File.exists?("." + request.path_info + "/" + file + ".meta") %>
-			<%= erb :blogpageMD, locals: {file: "." + request.path_info + "/" + content, meta: "." + request.path_info + "/" + file + ".meta"} %>
-		<% else %>
-			<%= erb :blogpageMD, locals: {file: "." + request.path_info + "/" + content}   %>
+			<% newPage = Page.new(content, DateTime.parse("1970.01.01", "%Y.%m.%d")) %>
 		<% end %>
+		<% contentsArray.push(newPage) %>
+	<% end %>
+<% end %>
+
+<% contentsArray.sort_by! { |page| page.getdate } %>
+
+<% contentsArray.reverse.each do |content| %>
+	<% if content.getpath.end_with?(".erb") %>
+		<%= erb :blogpageERB, locals: {file: "." + request.path_info + "/" + content.getpath, date: content.getdate.strftime("%Y.%m.%d")}   %>
+	<% elsif content.getpath.end_with?(".md") %>
+		<%= erb :blogpageMD, locals: {file: "." + request.path_info + "/" + content.getpath, date: content.getdate.strftime("%Y.%m.%d")}   %>
 	<% end %>
 <% end %>

views/folderpage.erb

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 			<%= erb :folderIndex %>
 			<%= erb :folderArchive, locals: {folder: request.path_info, title: title} %>
 		<% else %>
+			<%= erb :topbar %>
 			<%= erb :noFile %>
 		<% end %>
 	<% else %>

views/homeIndex.erb

@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
 <% foldersOfInterest = ["media", "technology", "news"] %>
+<% contentsArray = Array.new %>
 <% foldersOfInterest.each do |folder| %>
 	<% if Dir.exists? folder %>
-		<% contents =Dir.children("./" + folder) %>
+		<% contents = Dir.children("./" + folder)%>
 		<% contents.each do |content| %>
-			<% if content.end_with?(".erb") %>
-				<% file = content %>
-					<% if File.exists?("./" + folder + "/" + file + ".meta") %>
-						<%= erb :blogpageERB, locals: {file: "./" + folder+ "/" + content, meta: "./" + folder + "/" + file + ".meta"}   %>
-					<% else %>
-						<%= erb :blogpageERB, locals: {file: "./" + folder + "/" + content}   %>
-				<% end %>
-				<% elsif content.end_with?(".md") %>
-						<% file = content %>
-				<% if File.exists?("./" + folder+ "/" + file + ".meta") %>
-					<%= erb :blogpageMD, locals: {file: "./" + folder + "/" + content, meta: "./" + folder + "/" + file + ".meta"} %>
+			<% if content.end_with?(".erb") || content.end_with?(".md") %>
+				<% if File.exists?("./" + folder + "/" + content + ".meta") %>
+					<% newPage = Page.new(folder + "/" + content, DateTime.parse(File.read("./" + folder + "/" + content + ".meta"), "%Y.%m.%d")) %>
 				<% else %>
-					<%= erb :blogpageMD, locals: {file: "./" + folder + "/" + content}   %>
+					<% newPage = Page.new(folder + "/" + content, DateTime.parse("1970.01.01", "%Y.%m.%d")) %>
 				<% end %>
+				<% contentsArray.push(newPage) %>
 			<% end %>
 		<% end %>
 	<% end %>
+<% end %>
+
+<% contentsArray.sort_by! { |page| page.getdate } %>
+
+<% contentsArray.reverse.each do |content| %>
+	<% if content.getpath.end_with?(".erb") %>
+		<%= erb :blogpageERB, locals: {file: "./"  + content.getpath, date: content.getdate.strftime("%Y.%m.%d")}   %>
+	<% elsif content.getpath.end_with?(".md") %>
+		<%= erb :blogpageMD, locals: {file: "./" + content.getpath, date: content.getdate.strftime("%Y.%m.%d")}   %>
+	<% end %>
 <% end %>