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Ordering photos

I'm fine with the chronological order of photos in the general feed, but I have a few tagged portfolios that I would like to display in a fixed order. I know date/time labeling them in the filename will do this, but then that date/time is displayed on screen.

Is there a way to order them whilst hiding the date and maintaining a caption, which will also be in the filename?

I tried using nested dated folders, which I guess works although they need to be numbered in reverse to display in the correct order.


a year ago, 2 replies   how   posts   order   Edit question

Blot currently lacks proper control at the template level over the ordering of posts - I plan to add these features but they're not ready yet.

For now, would simply hiding the captions / filenames on the pages which list posts with a given tag, e.g. /tagged/apple solve the problem?

If so, let me know and I'll explain how to do this in your template. No worries if not – let me know and I'll think of other solutions

Answered a year ago · Edit answer

I need captions, just not date/time as well. But I need date/time in the filename for ordering purposes.

Best solution I've got at the moment is the dated folder nest, with the photos in a numbered list of reverse chronological folders. I'm going to experiment with what number formats I can get away with and see how few folder levels I need, but this does the job for now. Especially as this is for never-updated static galleries.

Thanks for confirming I wasn't missing something obvious though.

Answered a year ago · Edit answer