enable blog to redirect to asset (#550)

kushalarora · Feb 20, 2022 · c37abc4 · c37abc4
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diff --git a/_posts/2022-02-01-redirect.md b/_posts/2022-02-01-redirect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: a post with redirect
+date: 2021-07-04 17:39:00
+description: you can also redirect to assets like pdf
+redirect: /assets/pdf/example_pdf.pdf
+---
diff --git a/blog/index.html b/blog/index.html
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ <h2>{{ site.blog_description }}</h2>
  {% assign categories = post.categories | join: "" %}
 
  <li>
- <h3><a class="post-title" href="{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
+ <h3>
+ {% if post.redirect == blank %}
+ <a class="post-title" href="{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
+ {% else %}
+ <a class="post-title" href="{% if post.redirect contains '://' %}{{ post.redirect }}{% else %}{{ post.redirect | relative_url }}{% endif %}">{{ post.title }}</a>
+ {% endif %}
  </h3>
  <p>{{ post.description }}</p>
  <p class="post-meta"> {{read_time}} min read &nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;