feat: Allow empty titles in posts

amitmerchant1990 · Aug 8, 2019 · 2be76aa · 2be76aa
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diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
-    <title>{% if page.title %}{{ page.title }} – {% endif %}{{ site.name }} – {{ site.description }}</title>
+    <title>{% if page.title and page.title != "" %}{{ page.title }} – {% endif %}{{ site.name }} – {{ site.description }}</title>
     {% seo %}
     {% include meta.html %}
 

diff --git a/_pages/categories.md b/_pages/categories.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ title: Categories
     <a name="{{ category_name | slugize }}"></a>
     {% for post in site.categories[category_name] %}
     <article class="archive-item">
-      <h4><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.url }}">{{post.title}}</a></h4>
+      <h4><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.url }}">{% if post.title and post.title != "" %}{{post.title}}{% else %}{{post.excerpt |strip_html}}{%endif%}</a></h4>
     </article>
     {% endfor %}
   </div>

diff --git a/_posts/2019-08-08-no-title-posts.md b/_posts/2019-08-08-no-title-posts.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: ""
+categories: Miscellaneous
+---
+Sometimes, your post just stands for itself and doesn't need a title. And that's fine, too!
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 <div class="posts">
   {% for post in paginator.posts %}
     <article class="post">
+      <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.url }}">
+        <h1>{{ post.title }}</h1>
 
-      <h1><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h1>
-
-      <div>
-        <p class="post_date">{{ post.date | date: "%B %e, %Y" }}</p>
-      </div>
-
+        <div>
+          <p class="post_date">{{ post.date | date: "%B %e, %Y" }}</p>
+        </div>
+      </a>
       <div class="entry">
         {{ post.excerpt }}
       </div>

diff --git a/search.json b/search.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   {% for post in site.posts %}
     {
 
-      "title"    : "{{ post.title | escape }}",
+      "title"    : "{% if post.title != "" %}{{ post.title | escape }}{% else %}{{ post.excerpt | strip_html |  escape | strip }}{%endif%}",
       "url"      : "{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.url }}",
       "category" : "{{ post.categories | join: ', '}}",
       "date"     : "{{ post.date | date: "%B %e, %Y" }}"