fix changing url with featured posts (#83)

* Change featured post

* Move News above presentations Add conditional to hide events if there are none

* url: stop url from changing
Add new frontmatter var  (boolean) to ensure url will no longer change when de-featuring a post

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Co-authored-by: James Riordon <jriordon@outofcontrol.ca>

Author: MilesHarding

_layouts/blogs.html

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ <h1 class="title">{{page.title}}</h1>
     </div>
 </div>
 
-{% assign featured_posts = site.posts | where: "categories", "featured" %}
+{% assign featured_posts = site.posts | where: "featured", true %}
 {% assign category_posts = featured_posts | where: "categories", "blog" %}
 {% if category_posts and category_posts.size > 0 %}
 <div class="section">
     <div class="container">
         <div class="row">
             <h3>Featured Blog
-                <hr>
+                <hr> 
             </h3>
 
             <div class="">

_layouts/news.html

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ <h1 class="title">{{page.title}}</h1>
     </div>
 </div>
 
-{% assign featured_posts = site.posts | where: "categories", "featured" %}
+{% assign featured_posts = site.posts | where: "featured", true %}
 {% assign category_posts = featured_posts | where: "categories", "news" %}
 {% if category_posts and category_posts.size > 0 %}
 <div class="section">

_posts/2024-11-03-khronos-hosts-open-source-slang-shading-language-and-compiler.md

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ layout: post
 title: "Khronos Hosts Open Source Slang Shading Language and Compiler"
 date: 2024-11-21 10:00:00 +0000
 categories: [ "news" ]
-tags: [khronos]
+tags: [ "khronos" ]
+featured: false
 author: "The Khronos Group"
 image: /images/posts/khronos-slang-logo.webp
 source_url: https://www.khronos.org/news/press/khronos-group-launches-slang-initiative-hosting-open-source-compiler-contributed-by-nvidia

_posts/2025-04-04-neural-gfx-in-an-afternoon.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: "Neural Graphics in an Afternoon"
 date: 2025-04-04 17:00:00
 categories: [ "blog", "featured" ]
 tags: [slang]
+featured: true
 author: "Shannon Woods, NVIDIA, Slang Working Group Chair"
 image: /images/posts/2025-04-04-splatterjeep.webp
 human_date: "April 4, 2025"