Meow been using my post loader from github. I really want to improve it, but most static sites do not have a way to get an array of expose stuff in a directory (maybe this neocity dose, but I do not feel like trying). This leads to needing to make or generate a map file to create this array or have all related files name post_type plus a number and use a loop.
Currently, as of writing this, I am using a map file that hold a title and either a link to a text file for the content or just the content in the text feild of the json. I want to move the title to the text file, but I have not felt like parcing nor figuring out a tag to use to identify the title. I could use another json, but loading a json, a json per post, and maybe a file per post is a lot of requests.
The other options sound useful, but harder to look up thing without remaping. Instead of loading a json of all the posts url, it only will look up a link if it exists. This link could be a json that point to a text file and provide the title or metadata. This would make locating the posts easier, but require more work per post to create. I would rather keep the 'post0, post1' style and figure out a format I would like to include the metadata.
Most of the added stuff is added to an element innerHTML. This mean that the 'text' is a segment of html. I do not nessary need to generate a post, but instead use the new function that either replace an element innerhtml from a file or create a new element with the loaded html to add to this source element. This would be like copy pasting each post segment in the static html, but instead in separate file. The only reason why I am not doing that here is it would mean I would have to edit each post file if the formating every changes. Also it a bit of a pain to read.
Mew having a map or database/table that have ways to look up the files would be better for loading posts if a site ever expects to have hundred of them. Mostly since I think that would help with title, tags, and metadata lookup, but require someplace to store that infomation. Post look up and sorting would be possible on static sites, but it far more easier to work with a server ran site.
(Random note: I send the data via html link for telling the site what data to load. `/posts.html?type=media` state that the posts type is media. I use `const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search)` to parce the data and `params.get('type')` to get the value.)