POST_NAME = %r{^/posts/(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})-(.*)/$} require 'time' def blog_posts_in_order @blog_posts_in_order ||= @items.select {|i| i.identifier =~ %r{/posts} }.sort_by {|i| i.identifier } end def previous_post(item = @item) current_index = blog_posts_in_order.index(item) if current_index && current_index > 0 blog_posts_in_order[current_index - 1] end end def next_post(item = @item) current_index = blog_posts_in_order.index(item) if current_index && current_index < blog_posts_in_order.size - 1 blog_posts_in_order[current_index + 1] end end def blog_date(item = @item) if item.identifier =~ POST_NAME Time.new($1.to_i, $2.to_i, $3.to_i) end end