Add dynamic blog preview to homepage

- Create blog/posts.json for managing blog post metadata
- Add blog preview box (max 1/3 screen width) to homepage
- Fetch latest post dynamically with image and excerpt
- Updates automatically when new posts added to JSON
- Styled to fit no-scroll homepage layout
- Link to full blog page for each post
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dangrubbb
2026-02-28 16:30:19 -05:00
parent 7e8727d1b5
commit a965274a31
4 changed files with 122 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -126,4 +126,41 @@ uncomment the code below.
// <div class="heading">CSS</div>
// <pre>${css.join("\n\n")}</pre>
// </div>
// `;
// `;
// Load latest blog post preview
async function loadLatestBlogPost() {
try {
const response = await fetch('./blog/posts.json');
const posts = await response.json();
if (posts.length === 0) {
document.getElementById('latestBlogPreview').innerHTML = '<p style="color: #9d9aa4;">No blog posts yet.</p>';
return;
}
// Get the latest post (first in the array)
const latestPost = posts[0];
// Create the preview HTML
const previewHTML = `
<a href="./blog/#${latestPost.slug}" class="blog-preview-title">${latestPost.title}</a>
<div class="blog-preview-date">${new Date(latestPost.date).toLocaleDateString('en-US', { year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' })}</div>
<img src="${latestPost.image}" alt="${latestPost.title}" />
<p class="blog-preview-excerpt">${latestPost.excerpt}</p>
<a href="./blog/#${latestPost.slug}" class="blog-preview-link">Read more →</a>
`;
document.getElementById('latestBlogPreview').innerHTML = previewHTML;
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error loading blog posts:', error);
document.getElementById('latestBlogPreview').innerHTML = '<p style="color: #9d9aa4;">Error loading blog posts.</p>';
}
}
// Load blog preview when page is ready
if (document.readyState === 'loading') {
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', loadLatestBlogPost);
} else {
loadLatestBlogPost();
}