From 6c119ce8ed80bfdce9d654595a4749278cd5511f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wgroeneveld <wouter@brainbaking.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:59:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] related posts = backlinks + forward links instead of tag
 intersection

---
 .../layouts/partials/sidebar.html             | 23 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/themes/jefklak-creative-portfolio/layouts/partials/sidebar.html b/themes/jefklak-creative-portfolio/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
index 8b1d539..d46e258 100644
--- a/themes/jefklak-creative-portfolio/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
+++ b/themes/jefklak-creative-portfolio/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
@@ -49,8 +49,25 @@
       </div>
     {{ end }}
 
-    <!-- ripped from BB's minimal theme -->
-    {{ $related := first 4 (where (where .Site.Pages.ByDate.Reverse ".Params.tags" "intersect" .Params.tags) "Permalink" "!=" .Permalink) }}
+
+    {{ $currRellink := substr .RelPermalink 0 -1 }}
+    {{ $currContent := .Content }}
+    {{ $backlinks := slice }}
+    {{ $forwardlinks := slice }}
+    {{ range (where (where .Site.Pages.ByDate.Reverse ".Section" "in" (slice "articles" "games")) ".Params.ignore" "!=" "true") }}
+        {{ $found := findRE $currRellink .Content 1 }}
+        {{ if $found }}
+          {{ $backlinks = $backlinks | append . }}
+        {{ else }}
+          {{ $rellink := substr .RelPermalink 0 -1 }}
+          {{ $found = findRE $rellink $currContent 1 }}   
+          {{ if $found }}
+            {{ $forwardlinks = $forwardlinks | append . }}
+          {{ end }}
+        {{ end }}
+    {{ end }}
+
+    {{ $related := append $backlinks $forwardlinks }}
     {{ if $related }}
       <div class="sidebar-header">
         <span>Related Posts</span>
@@ -58,7 +75,7 @@
       </div>
 
         <ul class="sidebar-menu">
-        {{ range $related }}
+        {{ range first 5 $related }}
           <li>
             <a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a><br/>
             <span class="sidebar-date">