Hugo SSG use numbers instead of dates to rank posts

Question

very dumb/random question but is there a way to just use numbers instead of dates to rank posts?

For example what if I want to build an outline in my post listing

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.11
• 1.111

Instead of the normal rank desc date.

Answer 1

It depends on how you are listing out your posts. You can sort: https://gohugo.io/functions/sort/ So, a front matter param like: (Pseudo code here)

post_index: 1.0

Then in the template/layout:

{{ range sort .Params.post_index "value" "desc" }}{{ . }} {{ end }}

Your reference is here: https://gohugo.io/functions/sort/

(there are a few ways to do this - so this should at least get you started)