add toggles for dates ("grr its too complicated")

CONFIG.md

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ title = "bingus-blog"  # title of the blog
 description = "blazingly fast markdown blog software written in rust memory safe"
 markdown_access = true # allow users to see the raw markdown of a post
                        # endpoint: /posts/<name>.md
-js_enable = true       # enable javascript (required for below 2 options)
+js_enable = true       # enable javascript (required for sorting and dates)
+
+[style]
 date_format = "RFC3339" # format string used to format dates in the backend
                        # it's highly recommended to leave this as default,
                        # so the date can be formatted by the browser.
@@ -16,6 +18,10 @@ date_format = "RFC3339" # format string used to format dates in the backend
 default_sort = "date"  # default sorting method ("date" or "name")
 #default_color = "#f5c2e7" # default embed color, optional
 
+[style.display_dates]
+creation = true        # display creation ("written") dates
+modification = true    # display modified ("last modified") dates
+
 [rss]
 enable = false         # serve an rss field under /feed.xml
                        # this may be a bit resource intensive
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ a default value
 you don't have to copy the whole thing from here,  
 it's generated by the program if it doesn't exist
 
-## Specifying Configuration
+## Specifying the configuration file
 
 the configuration file is loaded from `config.toml` by default, but the path
 can be overriden by setting the environment variable `BINGUS_BLOG_CONFIG`,

partials/post_table.hbs

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <div class="table">
-	{{#if (ne this.created_at null)}}
+	{{#if (and (ne this.created_at null) style.display_dates.creation)}}
 		<div class="created">written</div>
-		<div class="created value">{{>span_date date_time=this.created_at}}</div>
+		<div class="created value">{{>span_date dt=this.created_at df=style.date_format}}</div>
 	{{/if}}
-	{{#if (ne this.modified_at null)}}
+	{{#if (and (ne this.modified_at null) style.display_dates.modification)}}
 		<div class="modified">last modified</div>
-		<div class="modified value">{{>span_date date_time=this.modified_at}}</div>
+		<div class="modified value">{{>span_date dt=this.modified_at df=style.date_format}}</div>
 	{{/if}}
 	{{#if (gt (len this.tags) 0)}}
 		<div class="tags">tags</div>

partials/span_date.hbs

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<span class="date {{#if (eq df "RFC3339")}}date-rfc3339{{/if}}">{{date date_time df}}</span>
+<span class="date {{#if (eq df "RFC3339")}}date-rfc3339{{/if}}">{{date dt df}}</span>

src/app.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use tower_http::services::ServeDir;
 use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
 use tracing::{info, info_span, Span};
 
-use crate::config::{Config, DateFormat, Sort};
+use crate::config::{Config, StyleConfig};
 use crate::error::{AppError, AppResult};
 use crate::post::{MarkdownPosts, PostManager, PostMetadata, RenderStats, ReturnedPost};
 use crate::serve_dir_included::handle;
@@ -40,12 +40,10 @@ struct IndexTemplate<'a> {
     description: &'a str,
     posts: Vec<PostMetadata>,
     rss: bool,
-    df: &'a DateFormat,
     js: bool,
-    color: Option<&'a str>,
-    sort: Sort,
     tags: Map<String, serde_json::Value>,
     joined_tags: String,
+    style: &'a StyleConfig,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
@@ -54,10 +52,10 @@ struct PostTemplate<'a> {
     rendered: String,
     rendered_in: RenderStats,
     markdown_access: bool,
-    df: &'a DateFormat,
     js: bool,
     color: Option<&'a str>,
     joined_tags: String,
+    style: &'a StyleConfig,
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
@@ -128,12 +126,10 @@ async fn index<'a>(
             description: &config.description,
             posts,
             rss: config.rss.enable,
-            df: &config.date_format,
             js: config.js_enable,
-            color: config.default_color.as_deref(),
-            sort: config.default_sort,
             tags,
             joined_tags,
+            style: &config.style,
         },
     );
     drop(reg);
@@ -228,10 +224,13 @@ async fn post(
                     rendered,
                     rendered_in,
                     markdown_access: config.markdown_access,
-                    df: &config.date_format,
                     js: config.js_enable,
-                    color: meta.color.as_deref().or(config.default_color.as_deref()),
+                    color: meta
+                        .color
+                        .as_deref()
+                        .or(config.style.default_color.as_deref()),
                     joined_tags,
+                    style: &config.style,
                 },
             );
             drop(reg);

src/config.rs

@@ -76,6 +76,23 @@ pub enum Sort {
     Name,
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
+#[serde(default)]
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct StyleConfig {
+    pub display_dates: DisplayDates,
+    pub date_format: DateFormat,
+    pub default_sort: Sort,
+    pub default_color: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
+#[serde(default)]
+pub struct DisplayDates {
+    pub creation: bool,
+    pub modification: bool,
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct Config {
@@ -83,9 +100,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub description: String,
     pub markdown_access: bool,
     pub js_enable: bool,
-    pub date_format: DateFormat,
+    pub style: StyleConfig,
-    pub default_sort: Sort,
-    pub default_color: Option<String>,
     pub rss: RssConfig,
     pub dirs: DirsConfig,
     pub http: HttpConfig,
@@ -100,9 +115,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             description: "blazingly fast markdown blog software written in rust memory safe".into(),
             markdown_access: true,
             js_enable: true,
-            date_format: Default::default(),
+            style: Default::default(),
-            default_sort: Default::default(),
-            default_color: None,
             // i have a love-hate relationship with serde
             // it was engimatic at first, but then i started actually using it
             // writing my own serialize and deserialize implementations.. spending
@@ -121,6 +134,16 @@ impl Default for Config {
     }
 }
 
+impl Default for DisplayDates {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            creation: true,
+            modification: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 impl Default for DirsConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {

src/templates/mod.rs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fn is_ext(path: impl AsRef<Path>, ext: &str) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
-pub(self) fn get_template_name<'a>(path: &'a Path) -> Option<&'a str> {
+ fn get_template_name(path: &Path) -> Option<&str> {
     if !is_ext(path, "hbs") {
         return None;
     }
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ fn register_included_file(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn register_path<'a>(
+fn register_path(
     path: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>,
     name: &str,
-    registry: &mut Handlebars<'a>,
+    registry: &mut Handlebars<'_>,
 ) -> Result<(), TemplateError> {
     let template = compile_path(path)?;
     registry.register_template(name, template);
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ fn compile_path(path: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>) -> Result<Template, TemplateE
     Ok(template)
 }
 
-pub(self) async fn compile_path_async_io(
+ async fn compile_path_async_io(
     path: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>,
 ) -> Result<Template, TemplateError> {
     use tokio::fs::OpenOptions;

templates/index.hbs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		<meta property="og:description" content="{{description}}" />
 		<meta name="keywords" content="{{joined_tags}}" />
 		{{#if (ne color null)}}
-			<meta name="theme-color" content="{{color}}" />
+			<meta name="theme-color" content="{{style.color}}" />
 		{{/if}}
 		<title>{{title}}</title>
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css" />
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 					<form id="sort" style="display: none">
 						sort by: {{sort}}
 						<br />
-						<input type="radio" name="sort" id="sort-date" value="date" {{#if (eq sort "date")}}checked{{/if}} />
+						<input type="radio" name="sort" id="sort-date" value="date" {{#if (eq style.default_sort "date")}}checked{{/if}} />
 						<label for="sort-date">date</label>
-						<input type="radio" name="sort" id="sort-name" value="name" {{#if (eq sort "name")}}checked{{/if}} />
+						<input type="radio" name="sort" id="sort-name" value="name" {{#if (eq style.default_sort "name")}}checked{{/if}} />
 						<label for="sort-name">name</label>
 					</form>
 				{{/if}}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 							<span class="post-author">- by {{author}}</span>
 							<br />
 							{{description}}<br />
-							{{>post_table post df=@root.df}}
+							{{>post_table post style=@root.style}}
 						</div>
 					</div>
 				{{else}} there are no posts right now. check back later! {{/each}}

templates/post.hbs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 				<meta property="twitter:image:alt" content="{{meta.icon_alt}}" />
 			{{/if}}{{/if}}
 		{{#if (ne color null)}}
-			<meta name="theme-color" content="{{meta.color}}" />
+			<meta name="theme-color" content="{{color}}" />
 		{{/if}}
 		<title>{{meta.title}}</title>
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css" />
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 			</h1>
 			<p class="post-desc">{{meta.description}}</p>
 			<div class="post">
-				{{>post_table meta df=@root.df}}
+				{{>post_table meta style=@root.style}}
 				<a href="/posts/{{meta.name}}">link</a><br />
 				<a href="/">back to home</a>
 			</div>