Updated sponsorship

Author: Colin McDonnell

FUNDING.yml

@@ -1 +1 @@
-github: vriad
+# github: vriad

README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 <p align="center">
   A developer blog starter for 2020. <br/>Next.js + React + TypeScript + <br/>Markdown + syntax highlighting + SEO + <br/>RSS generation
 </p>
-
 <p align="center">
 if you're happy and you know it, star this repo
 </p>
@@ -31,7 +30,13 @@ A dev blog starter for 2020.
 
 Read more about the motivation + design behind Devii at [https://vriad.com/blog/devii](https://vriad.com/blog/devii).
 
-## Get started
+# Sponsor
+
+Big thanks to this week's Devii sponsor! Do us a favor and see what they have to offer.
+
+<a href="https://tracking.gitads.io/?repo=zod"><img src="https://images.gitads.io/zod" alt="GitAds"/></a>
+
+# Get started
 
 This repo contains the code for [https://devii.dev](https://devii.dev).
 
@@ -245,7 +250,7 @@ To get started customizing, check out the source code of `index.tsx` (the home p
 
 Head to the GitHub repo to get started: [https://github.com/vriad/devii](https://github.com/vriad/devii). If you like this project, leave a ⭐️star⭐️ to help more people find Devii 😎
 
-## CLI
+# CLI
 
 ### `yarn dev`
 
@@ -258,3 +263,10 @@ Creates an optimized build of your site. Equivalent to `next build`.
 ### `yarn export`
 
 Exports your site to static files. All files are written to `/out`. Use your static file hosting service of choice (Firebase Hosting, Amazon S3, Vercel) to deploy your site. Equivalent to `next export`.
+
+# Sponsorship
+
+Devii is being sponsored by the following tool; please help to support us by taking a look and signing up to a free trial:
+<a href="https://tracking.gitads.io/?repo=devii">
+<img src="https://images.gitads.io/devii" alt="GitAds"/>
+</a>

loader.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export type PostData = {
   description?: string;
   canonicalUrl?: string;
   published: boolean;
-  datePublished?: number;
+  datePublished: number;
   author?: string;
   authorPhoto?: string;
   authorTwitter?: string;
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ export const mdToPost = (file: RawFile): PostData => {
     content: metadata.content,
   };
 
-  if (!post.title) throw new Error(`Missing: title.`);
-  if (!post.content) throw new Error(`Missing: content.`);
+  if (!post.title) throw new Error(`Missing required field: title.`);
+  if (!post.content) throw new Error(`Missing required field: content.`);
+  if (!post.datePublished) throw new Error(`Missing required field: datePublished.`);
 
   return post as PostData;
 };
@@ -68,5 +69,7 @@ export const loadPost = async (path: string): Promise<PostData> => {
 };
 
 export const loadBlogPosts = async (): Promise<PostData[]> => {
-  return await (await loadMarkdownFiles(`blog/*.md`)).map(mdToPost);
+  return await (await loadMarkdownFiles(`blog/*.md`)).map(mdToPost)
+    .filter((p) => p.published)
+    .sort((a, b) => (b.datePublished || 0) - (a.datePublished || 0));;
 };

md/blog/dan-abramov.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ tags:
 authorPhoto: /profile.jpg
 bannerPhoto: /danabramov.png
 thumbnailPhoto: /danabramov_thumb.png
+canonicalUrl: https://devii.dev/blog/dan-abramov
 ---
 
 Dan Abramov knows about Devii!

md/blog/devii.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ tags:
 authorPhoto: /profile.jpg
 bannerPhoto: /brook.jpg
 thumbnailPhoto: /brook.jpg
+canonicalUrl: https://devii.dev/blog/devii
 ---
 
 This page is built with Devii! Check out the source code for this under `/md/blog/test.md`.

md/blog/the-ultimate-tech-stack.md

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 ---
 title: Choosing a tech stack for my personal dev blog in 2020
-date: 1590463136775
 published: true
+datePublished: 1590463136775
 author: Colin McDonnell
 authorTwitter: vriad
 authorPhoto: https://vriad.com/colin_square_small.jpg
-tags: Static Site Generators,  React,  Next.js
+tags: 
+  - Static Site Generators
+  - React
+  - Next.js
 thumbnailPhoto: https://vriad.com/pancakes_thumb.jpeg
 bannerPhoto: https://vriad.com/pancakes.jpeg
 canonicalUrl: https://vriad.com/essays/devii

public/rss.xml

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import { PostData } from './loader';
 // import glob from 'glob';
 
 export const generateRSS = async (posts: PostData[]) => {
+
+  posts.map((post) => {
+    if (!post.canonicalUrl) throw new Error('Missing canonicalUrl. A canonical URL is required for RSS feed generation. If you don\'t care about RSS, uncomment `generateRSS(posts)` at the bottom of index.tsx.');
+    return post;
+  })
   const feed = new RSS({
     title: config.siteName,
     description: config.siteDescription,