Feature Request: Add capability to define sort order for blog posts

[cpah]

As far as I can see (or work out) there is no way to define the order, in which Blog Posts are listed on a Blog page. I copied / plagiarised the Blog.swift and BlogPost.swift files from the link provided in the article at https://www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-streams/brush-bark into my website project. The resulting Blog worked just fine but the order, in which my Blog Posts are listed, appears to be purely random (as it does in the Brush&Bark example).

I would find it very useful indeed to have blogs listed in ascending YAML Date value order. Would it be possible, please?

[loseth]

Here is a quick fix for your Blog.swift file:

struct Blog: StaticPage {
    var title = "Blog"

    func body(context: PublishingContext) -> [BlockElement] {
        let sortedContent = context.allContent.sorted {
            $0.date > $1.date
        }

        Group {
            Text("Blog")
                .font(.title3)
                .fontWeight(.black)
                .margin(.top, .large)

            Text(placeholderLength: 50)
                .font(.body)

            Section {
                for content in sortedContent {
                    ContentPreview(for: content)
                        .margin(.top, 20)
                }
            }
            .columns(2)
        }
        .frame(width: "90%")
    }
}

[cpah]

Thanks loseth. That works a treat! I was also able to apply the same of procedure to the List of posts on the TagPage to have the posts listed in reverse chronological order.

struct Tags: TagPage {
    func body(tag: String?, context: PublishingContext) async -> [any BlockElement] {
            if let tag {
                Text(tag)
                    .font(.title1)
                    .fontWeight(.black)
                    .margin(.top, .large)
                    .frame(width: "95%")
            } else {
                Text("All tags")
                    .font(.title1)
                    .frame(width: "95%")
            }

            let posts = context.content(tagged: tag)
            let sortedPosts = posts.sorted  { $0.date > $1.date }
            
            List {
                for post in sortedPosts {
                    Link(post)
                }
            }
            .frame(width: "95%")
    }
}

[twostraws]

I had anticipated folks doing exactly what @loseth is suggesting, but:

1. If it's a random order right now, that's clearly wrong! I think date descending should be the default.
2. We should make the sample repo document a different sort order, just so folks can see how it's done.

Perhaps someone could contribute a PR for this?