Filter 'about' post from BlogList macro output

[Steffen Hoffmann]

The about blog post is special, and probably will often be set in the initial setup phase of a blog.

But if not, it is shown among all other posts, what is undesired IMHO. See current view in WikiStart. I do even expect it to descend according to its creation time as more blog posts appear. It should be hidden.

[osimons]

Just back-date the timestamp in the database?

[Steffen Hoffmann]

tracfullblog/macros.py

@@ -86 +86 @@
         recent = recent or len(all_posts)
         count = 0
         for post in all_posts:
+            if post[0] == 'about':
+                continue
             if count == recent:
                 break
             bp = BlogPost(self.env, post[0])

[Steffen Hoffmann]

Replying to osimons:

Just back-date the timestamp in the database?

Sure, this would be a work-around, but is the request that unreasonable?

[osimons]

Another alternative that I often use: a category named 'news' or 'frontpage' or whatever, and then the macro lists only a subset of posts. A 'frontpage' category also means you can easily remove old non-important news from appearing when they no longer have any relevance. Or, alternatively, have some posts stay longer than only dates originally would have allowed.

I'm still not convinced that i should filter a particular posts from all listings unconditionally. It is often the "welcome to..." blog post, and as such it is by no means trivial or unimportant.

A 'frontpage' or 'headlines' or 'news' special category that we move items in and out of as needed?