Add support for nav_order and Fix hardcoded navbar titles (alshediv…

…at#664)

_config.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ email: chase@semicolons.net
 description: > # the ">" symbol means to ignore newlines until "footer_text:"
   Public scholarship on the instruction and assessment strategies that drive educational equity and innovation.
 footer_text: >
-
 icon: 🏫 # the emoji used as the favicon
 url: https://semicolons.net # the base hostname & protocol for your site
 baseurl:  # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog/

_includes/header.html

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       <!-- Nav Bar -->
       <nav id="navbar" class="navbar navbar-light navbar-expand-sm {% if site.navbar_fixed %}fixed-top{% else %}sticky-top{% endif %}">
         <div class="container">
-          {% if page.title != "about" -%}
+          {% if page.permalink != '/' -%}
           <a class="navbar-brand title font-weight-lighter" href="{{ site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}/">
               {%- if site.title == "blank" -%}<span class="font-weight-bold">{{ site.first_name }}</span> {{ site.middle_name }}  {{ site.last_name }}{%- else -%}{{ site.title }}{%- endif -%}
           </a>
@@ -65,27 +65,33 @@
           <div class="collapse navbar-collapse text-right" id="navbarNav">
             <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto flex-nowrap">
 
+              {%- for page in site.pages -%}
+                {% if page.permalink == '/' %}
+                  {% assign about_title = page.title %}
+                {% endif %}
+              {% endfor %}
+
               <!-- About -->
-              <li class="nav-item {% if page.title == 'about' %}active{% endif %}">
-                <a class="nav-link" href="{{ '/' | relative_url }}">about
-                  {%- if page.title == "about" -%}
+              <li class="nav-item {% if page.permalink == '/' %}active{% endif %}">
+                <a class="nav-link" href="{{ '/' | relative_url }}">{{ about_title }}
+                  {%- if page.permalink == '/' -%}
                   <span class="sr-only">(current)</span>
                   {%- endif -%}
                 </a>
               </li>
-              {% if site.blog_name %}
+              {% if site.blog_nav_title %}
               <!-- Blog -->
               <li class="nav-item {% if page.url contains 'blog' %}active{% endif %}">
-                <a class="nav-link" href="{{ '/blog/' | relative_url }}">blog
-                  {%- if page.title == "blog" -%}
+                <a class="nav-link" href="{{ '/blog/' | relative_url }}">{{ site.blog_nav_title }}
+                  {%- if page.url contains 'blog' -%}
                   <span class="sr-only">(current)</span>
                   {%- endif -%}
                 </a>
               </li>
               {%- endif %}
 
               <!-- Other pages -->
-              {%- assign sorted_pages = site.pages | sort: "title" -%}
+              {%- assign sorted_pages = site.pages | sort: "nav_order" -%}
               {%- for p in sorted_pages -%}
               {%- if p.nav and p.autogen == nil -%}
               {%- if p.dropdown %}

_includes/metadata.html

@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@
     {%- else -%}
         {%- capture title -%}{{ site.title }}{%- endcapture -%}
     {%- endif -%}
-    {%- if page.title != "blank" and page.url != "/" -%}
-        {{ title }} | {{ page.title }}
+    {% if page.url == '/blog/index.html' %}
+        {{ site.blog_nav_title }} | {{ title }}
+    {%- elsif page.title != "blank" and page.url != "/" -%}
+        {{ page.title }} | {{ title }}
     {%- else -%}
         {{ title }}
     {%- endif -%}

_pages/dropdown.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+layout: page
+title: submenus
+nav: true
+nav_order: 3
+dropdown: true
+children: 
+    - title: publications
+      permalink: /publications/
+    - title: divider
+    - title: projects
+      permalink: /projects/
+---

_pages/publications.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ title: publications
 description: 
 years: [2022,2021,2020,2019,2018,2016,2015]
 nav: true
+nav_order: 2
 ---
 <!-- _pages/publications.md -->
 <div class="publications">