made automatic updates possible

postCollection.go

@@ -29,20 +29,22 @@ var PostsCollection []Post
 func NewPostsCollection() {
 	verifyFolderModification()
 	initializeCollection()
-	go acquirePosts(100)
+	go acquirePosts(10)
 }
 
 func initializeCollection() {
 	PostsCollection = nil
 	filepath.Walk("./posts", newPost)
+	fmt.Println(len(PostsCollection))
 	PostsCollection = reversePosts()
 }
 
 func acquirePosts(duration time.Duration) {
 	for {
 		if verifyFolderModification() == true {
+			fmt.Println("updated")
 			initializeCollection()
-			PostsCollection = reversePosts()
+			setPostsCollection()
 		}
 		time.Sleep(duration * time.Second)
 	}

websiteTemplate.go

@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ func main() {
 	http.Handle("/images/", http.StripPrefix("/images/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("images"))))
 	http.Handle("/css/", http.StripPrefix("/css/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("css"))))
 
-	posts = PostsCollection[:]
+	//posts = PostsCollection[:]
+	setPostsCollection()
 
 	if os.Args[1] == "local" {
 		http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ func main() {
 
 }
 
+func setPostsCollection() {
+	posts = PostsCollection[:]
+}
+
 func errorHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, status int) {
 	w.WriteHeader(status)
 	if status == http.StatusNotFound {
@@ -57,6 +62,7 @@ func blogHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 	length := len(posts)
+	fmt.Println("Hi, blog handler here. There are ", length, " posts.")
 	posts = posts[:3]
 	//posts = getNewestPosts(3)
 	page := Page{name, posts, "blog"}