Make Recent Posts section in sidebar optional. Fixes #12.

3 files changed, 19 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c61364..d6b5f3f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ post = "/blog/:year-:month-:day-:title/"
 
 [params]
 
-  # number of recent posts that will be shown in the sidebar - default is 5
-  SidebarRecentLimit = 5
+  # number of recent posts that will be shown in the sidebar - set to 0 or remove to hide this section
+  sidebarRecentLimit = 10
 
   # sidebar customization - passed to markdownify
   sidebar_header = "Sidebar Header"
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ This menu can be enabled by setting the `sidebar_menu_enabled` to `true` in conf
       weight = 1
 
 ### <a name="sidebarrecent"></a>Recent posts
-Last x recent posts can be displayed in the sidebar. This number can be set in the config file using the `SidebarRecentLimit`. If this number is not set, last five posts will be displayed.
+Last x recent posts can be displayed in the sidebar. This number can be set in the config file using the `sidebarRecentLimit`. To hide this section either remove `sidebarRecentLimit` from the config file or set it to zero.
 
 ## <a name="shortcodes"></a>Shortcodes
 Creating [shortcodes](https://gohugo.io/extras/shortcodes/) in Hugo was surprisingly easy. I used two plugins in Octopress that I re-created in Hugo using shortcodes. They add captions to code blocks and images. These shortcodes are located at `hugo-octopress/layouts/shortcodes/`.
diff --git a/layouts/partials/sidebar.html b/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
index 51085dd..9ba3904 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
@@ -64,22 +64,19 @@
     </section>
   {{ end }}
 
-  <!-- add recent posts - limit is .Site.Params.SidebarRecentLimit - example copied from https://gohugo.io/templates/go-templates/ -->
-  <section class="even">
-    <h1>Recent Posts</h1>
-
-    <!-- check if the number of recent posts is set in config file, otherwise use 5 -->
-    <ul id="recent_posts">
-      {{ $.Scratch.Set "numberofrecentposts" 5  }}
-      {{ if isset .Site.Params "SidebarRecentLimit" }}
-        {{ $.Scratch.Set "numberofrecentposts" .Site.Params.SidebarRecentLimit }}
-      {{ end }}
-      {{ range first ($.Scratch.Get "numberofrecentposts") .Site.Pages }}
-        <li class="post">
-          <a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a>
-        </li>
-      {{ end }}
-    </ul>
-  </section>
+  <!-- add recent posts - limit is .Site.Params.sidebarRecentLimit - example copied from https://gohugo.io/templates/go-templates/ -->
+  <!-- only display this section if sideBarRecentLimit is not zero -->
+  {{ if not (eq .Site.Params.sidebarRecentLimit 0) }}
+    <section class="even">
+      <h1>Recent Posts</h1>
+      <ul id="recent_posts">
+        {{ range first .Site.Params.sidebarRecentLimit .Site.Pages }}
+          <li class="post">
+            <a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a>
+          </li>
+        {{ end }}
+      </ul>
+    </section>
+  {{ end }}
 
 </aside>
diff --git a/sample-config.toml b/sample-config.toml
index 290813d..6943e6d 100644
--- a/sample-config.toml
+++ b/sample-config.toml
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ post = "/blog/:year-:month-:day-:title/" # change the post URL to look like the
 
 [params]
 
-	# number of recent posts that will be shown in the sidebar - default is 5
-	SidebarRecentLimit = 5
+	# number of recent posts that will be shown in the sidebar - set to 0 or remove to hide this section
+	sidebarRecentLimit = 10
 
 	# sidebar customization - passed to markdownify
 	sidebar_header = "Sidebar Header"