**the next generation**

generate.py

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import datetime
 
 numbers_re = re.compile("[0-9]+")
 name_from_url_re = re.compile(r"https:\/\/helixnebula.space/(.*)/")
-md_links_re = re.compile(r"\[([^\]]*)\]\([^\)]*\)")
 out_dir = "/var/www/html/"
 gemini_out_dir = "/var/gemini/"
 base_url = "https://helixnebula.space/"
@@ -95,11 +94,7 @@ def render_index():
     data = {key: value for key, value in sorted(metadata.items(), key=lambda item: item[1]['title'])}
     photo_counts = {placename: metadata[placename]["count"] for placename in metadata.keys()}
     total_count = 0
-    posts = [
-            path.basename(post).split('/')[-1][:-3] for post in 
-            glob(md_dir + "*")
-        ]
-    posts.sort()
+    posts = sorted(story_names, key=lambda x: metadata[x]["story_time"], reverse=True)
     for _, info in metadata.items():
         total_count = info["count"] + total_count
     with open(out_dir + "index.html", "w") as f:
@@ -152,10 +147,11 @@ def sub_http_local_urls(match):
 
 def render_gemini_index():
     template = template_environment.get_template("gemini_main")
+    stories = [(post_code, metadata[post_code]) for post_code in story_names]
+    stories.sort(key=lambda i: i[1]["story_time"], reverse=True)
     with open(gemini_out_dir + "index.gmi", "w") as f:
         f.write(template.render({
-            "post_info": {post_name: metadata[post_name]["title"] for post_name in story_names},
-            "post_states": {post_name: metadata[post_name]["state"] for post_name in story_names}
+            "story_data": stories
         }))
 
 def render_gemini_places():

metadata.json

@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@
     "ElMalpais": {
         "title": "El Malpais National Monument",
         "state": "New Mexico",
-        "cover": "IMG_9669.JPEG"
+        "cover": "IMG_9669.JPEG",
+	"story_time": 1744493210
     },
     "CibolaGrants": {
         "title": "Cibola National Forest Near Grants",
@@ -142,7 +143,8 @@
     "VLA": {
         "title": "Very Large Array",
         "state": "New Mexico",
-        "cover": "IMG_6644.JPEG"
+        "cover": "IMG_6644.JPEG",
+	"story_time": 1744419715
     },
     "Phoenix": {
         "title": "Phoenix",

templates/gemini_main

@@ -8,7 +8,26 @@ This is my gemspace, where I share stories from my travels. My text posts from t
 
 => https://helixnebula.space/ View my photography site!
 
-## Posts
+```
+           ,                        '           .        '        ,  
+   .            .        '       .         ,         
+                                                   .       '     +
+       +          .-'''''-.     
+                .'         `.   +     .     ________||
+       ___     :             :     |       /        ||  .     '___
+  ____/   \   :               :   ||.    _/      || ||\_______/   \
+ /         \  :      _/|      :   `|| __/      ,.|| ||             \
+/  ,   '  . \  :   =/_/      :     |'_______     || ||  ||   .      \
+    |        \__`._/ |     .'   ___|        \__   \\||  ||...    ,   \
+   l|,   '   (   /  ,|...-'        \   '   ,     __\||_//___          
+ ___|____     \_/^\/||__    ,    .  ,__             ||//    \    .  ,
+           _/~  `""~`"` \_           ''(       ....,||/       '   
+ ..,...  __/  -'/  `-._ `\_\__        | \           ||  _______   .
+   itz/jgs/ccm'`  `\   \  \-.\        /(_1_,..      || /
+                                            ______/""""
+```
 
-{% for post_name, post_title in post_info.items() %}=> {{ post_name }}.gmi {{ post_title }}, {{ post_states[post_name] }}
+## Posts (ordered by most recent)
+
+{% for story_code, metadata in story_data %}=> {{ story_code }}.gmi {{ metadata["title"] }}, {{ metadata["state"] }}
 {% endfor %}

templates/main

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
       </details>
       <details class="toc">
         <summary class="tocText">Albums With Stories</summary>
+        <span>Ordered by most recent first.</span>
         {% for placename in posts %}
         <div class="tocEntry">
           <a class="tocLink" href="/{{ placename }}">{{ metadata[placename]['title'] }}, {{ metadata[placename]['state'] }} [{{ metadata[placename]['count'] }}]</a>
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
       </details>
       <p class="notices" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" >Photos licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1" target="_blank" rel="license noopener noreferrer" style="display:inline-block;">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0<img style="height:22px!important;margin-left:3px;vertical-align:text-bottom;" src="https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/cc.svg?ref=chooser-v1" alt=""><img style="height:22px!important;margin-left:3px;vertical-align:text-bottom;" src="https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/by.svg?ref=chooser-v1" alt=""><img style="height:22px!important;margin-left:3px;vertical-align:text-bottom;" src="https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/nc.svg?ref=chooser-v1" alt=""><img style="height:22px!important;margin-left:3px;vertical-align:text-bottom;" src="https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/sa.svg?ref=chooser-v1" alt=""></a>
       <br>Powered by <a href="https://git.tilde.town/nebula/helixnebula.space">free, open source software</a>
+      <br><a href="gemini://helixnebula.space">Available via Gemini protocol</a>
       <br><a href="https://helixnebula.space/feeds.html">Subscribe with your feed reader!</a>
     </p>
     </div>