alshedivat/al-folio

External Blog posts are not sorted correctly in the related posts section

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#2,982 opened on Jan 24, 2025

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Bug description

External Blog posts are not sorted correctly in the related posts section

How to reproduce the bug

  1. Go to https://alshedivat.github.io/al-folio/blog/2024/photo-gallery/
  2. The related post section, that should list the most recent posts, includes Displaying External Posts on Your al-folio Blog as second most recent, but this is an old post dated April 23, 2022.

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What operating system are you using?

Mac

Where are you seeing the problem on?

Deployed site, Running locally without Docker

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Contributor guide

Tech stack
rubyhtmlcss
Domain
frontend
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Jekyll basicsLiquid templatingsorting functions
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
70
Research direction
Investigate the related posts sorting logic, likely in ` includes/related posts.html` or a similar template. The issue is that external posts are sorted using their feed publication date instead of the post's original date. Check how external posts are stored and generate the correct date field for sorting. Ensure the `date` property used in sorting is the intended one for external posts.