From 8e3cf7a1c345f72734f3b3e5507937946328cb41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mark=20Randall=20Havens=20=E2=96=B3=20The=20Empathic=20Tec?=
 =?UTF-8?q?hnologist=20=E2=9F=81=20Doctor=20Who=2042?=
 <mark.r.havens@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:39:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update main.js

---
 main.js | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 11d75b5..4faba91 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -1,43 +1,44 @@
-// main.js
-// Client-side markdown renderer for "The Fold Within"
+// main.js — dynamic markdown loader for The Fold Within
 
-document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async () => {
-  const content = document.querySelector('main');
-  const postsDir = 'posts/';
-  
-  // Load Markdown renderer
-  const rendererScript = document.createElement('script');
-  rendererScript.src = 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/marked/marked.min.js';
-  document.head.appendChild(rendererScript);
+document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", async () => {
+  const postsContainer = document.getElementById("posts");
+  const main = document.querySelector("main");
 
-  rendererScript.onload = () => {
-    // Attach click handlers to all articles
-    document.querySelectorAll('article').forEach(article => {
-      article.addEventListener('click', async () => {
-        const slug = article.querySelector('h3').textContent.trim()
-          .toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, '-');
-        loadPost(slug);
-      });
-    });
-  };
+  // Load post metadata from posts.json
+  const response = await fetch("posts/posts.json");
+  const posts = await response.json();
 
-  async function loadPost(slug) {
+  // Render index of posts
+  posts.forEach(post => {
+    const article = document.createElement("article");
+    article.innerHTML = `
+      <div class="thumb"></div>
+      <h3>${post.title}</h3>
+      <p class="date">${post.date}</p>
+      <p>${post.excerpt}</p>
+    `;
+    article.addEventListener("click", () => loadPost(post.file));
+    postsContainer.appendChild(article);
+  });
+
+  // Load a markdown post dynamically
+  async function loadPost(filename) {
     try {
-      const res = await fetch(`${postsDir}${slug}.md`);
-      if (!res.ok) throw new Error('Post not found.');
+      const res = await fetch(`posts/${filename}`);
+      if (!res.ok) throw new Error("Post not found.");
       const md = await res.text();
       const html = marked.parse(md);
 
-      content.innerHTML = `
+      main.innerHTML = `
         <section class="post">
-          <a href="#" id="back">← Back</a>
+          <a href="#" id="back">← Back to Archive</a>
           <div class="markdown">${html}</div>
         </section>
       `;
 
-      document.getElementById('back').addEventListener('click', () => location.reload());
+      document.getElementById("back").addEventListener("click", () => location.reload());
     } catch (err) {
-      content.innerHTML = `<p class="error">⚠️ ${err.message}</p>`;
+      main.innerHTML = `<p class="error">⚠️ ${err.message}</p>`;
     }
   }
 });
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