Using timestamp files for sorting entries

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/blogthon.cgi b/blogthon.cgi
index 215c7fd..9d83df5 100755
--- a/blogthon.cgi
+++ b/blogthon.cgi
@@ -242,7 +242,15 @@ entries      = []
 entries_list  = glob(entries_dir + '*.' + entries_suffix)
 
 for entry in entries_list:
-	timestamp = os.stat(entry)
+	title           = entry.replace(entries_dir, '', 1)
+	title           = title.replace('.' + entries_suffix, '')
+	
+	stampfile = os.path.join(entries_dir, title + '.stamp')
+	if os.path.exists(stampfile):
+		timestamp = os.stat(stampfile)
+	else:
+		timestamp = os.stat(entry)
+
 	timestamp = time.localtime(timestamp[8])
 	entry = timestamp, entry
 	entries.append(entry)
@@ -468,9 +476,17 @@ else:
 			date            = time.strftime("%c", entry[0])
 			date_to_compare = time.strftime("%m%Y", entry[0]) # Needed for permalinks
 			entry           = entry[1]
-			title           = entry.replace('entries/', '', 1)
+			title           = entry.replace(entries_dir, '', 1)
 			title           = title.replace('.' + entries_suffix, '')
 
+			stampfile = os.path.join(entries_dir, title + '.stamp')
+			if not os.path.exists(stampfile):
+				stamp = open(stampfile, 'w')
+				stamp.close()
+			else:
+				date = time.localtime(os.stat(stampfile)[8])
+				date = time.strftime("%c", date)
+
 			if month_display == date_to_compare or not month_display:
 				if post_display == title.replace(' ', '-') or not post_display:
 					if allentries_display == "1" or entry_counter < entries_per_page: