Paginate the gallery grid with 60 photos per page

Emit /page/N/ pages alongside index.html and render a pager at the
bottom of each page. Ships as a plain link that navigates without JS,
and an IntersectionObserver enhancement that fetches the next page and
appends tiles for an infinite-scroll feel.

generator.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	thumbSize     = 600
 	mediumMaxSize = 1600
+	pageSize      = 60
 )
 
 // PhotoMeta is the structure of a .toml sidecar file.
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ func (g *Generator) Build() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := g.renderIndex(photos); err != nil {
+	if err := g.renderIndexPages(photos); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	for _, p := range photos {
@@ -290,10 +292,53 @@ func generateMedium(src, dst string, maxDim int) error {
 	return jpeg.Encode(out, resized, &jpeg.Options{Quality: 88})
 }
 
-// renderIndex writes public/index.html.
+// renderIndexPages writes public/index.html and public/page/N/index.html
-func (g *Generator) renderIndex(photos []Photo) error {
+// files, chunking photos into pageSize slices for progressive pagination.
-	return g.render("index.html", filepath.Join(g.outputDir, "index.html"), map[string]any{
+func (g *Generator) renderIndexPages(photos []Photo) error {
-		"Photos":      photos,
+	total := len(photos)
+	totalPages := (total + pageSize - 1) / pageSize
+	if totalPages == 0 {
+		totalPages = 1
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < totalPages; i++ {
+		start := i * pageSize
+		end := start + pageSize
+		if end > total {
+			end = total
+		}
+		slice := photos[start:end]
+
+		dst := filepath.Join(g.outputDir, "index.html")
+		if i > 0 {
+			dir := filepath.Join(g.outputDir, "page", strconv.Itoa(i+1))
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			dst = filepath.Join(dir, "index.html")
+		}
+
+		prev := ""
+		next := ""
+		switch i {
+		case 0:
+			// no prev
+		case 1:
+			prev = "/"
+		default:
+			prev = "/page/" + strconv.Itoa(i) + "/"
+		}
+		if i+1 < totalPages {
+			next = "/page/" + strconv.Itoa(i+2) + "/"
+		}
+
+		data := map[string]any{
+			"Photos":      slice,
+			"Total":       total,
+			"Page":        i + 1,
+			"TotalPages":  totalPages,
+			"PrevURL":     prev,
+			"NextURL":     next,
 			"BaseURL":     g.baseURL,
 			"Year":        time.Now().Year(),
 			"Author":      g.author,
@@ -304,7 +349,12 @@ func (g *Generator) renderIndex(photos []Photo) error {
 			"FontsURL":    g.fontsURL,
 			"SerifFamily": g.serifFamily,
 			"MlFamily":    g.mlFamily,
-	})
+		}
+		if err := g.render("index.html", dst, data); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // renderPhotoPage writes public/photo/<slug>/index.html.

static/style.css

@@ -163,6 +163,30 @@ body {
   transform: scale(1.05);
 }
 
+/* ── Pager ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+.pager {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: 24px 20px 8px;
+  font-family: monospace;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+}
+
+.pager a {
+  color: var(--aqua);
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.pager a:hover {
+  color: var(--fg2);
+}
+
+.pager-newer { margin-right: auto; }
+.pager-older { margin-left: auto; }
+
 /* ── Single photo page ─────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 .photo-page {

templates/index.html

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       <div class="pinfo">
         <h1>{{.Author}}</h1>
         <p class="handle">{{.Handle}}</p>
-        <p class="pcount"><strong>{{len .Photos}}</strong> posts</p>
+        <p class="pcount"><strong>{{.Total}}</strong> posts</p>
         <p class="pbio">{{.Bio}}{{if .BioAlt}}<br><span class="ml">{{.BioAlt}}</span>{{end}}</p>
         <a href="/feed.xml" class="rss-a">
           <svg width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 14 14" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true">
@@ -41,11 +41,56 @@
         </a>
         {{end}}
       </div>
+
+      {{if or .PrevURL .NextURL}}
+      <nav class="pager">
+        {{if .PrevURL}}<a class="pager-newer" href="{{.PrevURL}}">← Newer</a>{{end}}
+        {{if .NextURL}}<a class="pager-older" href="{{.NextURL}}" data-load-more>Older →</a>{{end}}
+      </nav>
+      {{end}}
     </div>
   </main>
 
   <footer class="site-footer">
     © 2000–{{.Year}} {{.Author}}. All rights reserved.
   </footer>
+
+  <script>
+  (function () {
+    const btn = document.querySelector('[data-load-more]');
+    if (!btn) return;
+    const grid = document.querySelector('.pgrid');
+    let loading = false;
+
+    async function loadMore(url) {
+      if (loading) return;
+      loading = true;
+      try {
+        const res = await fetch(url);
+        if (!res.ok) return;
+        const html = await res.text();
+        const doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(html, 'text/html');
+        doc.querySelectorAll('.pgrid > a').forEach(t => grid.appendChild(t));
+        const nextBtn = doc.querySelector('[data-load-more]');
+        if (nextBtn) btn.href = nextBtn.getAttribute('href');
+        else btn.remove();
+      } finally {
+        loading = false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    btn.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      loadMore(btn.href);
+    });
+
+    const io = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
+      if (entries[0].isIntersecting && document.body.contains(btn)) {
+        loadMore(btn.href);
+      }
+    }, { rootMargin: '400px' });
+    io.observe(btn);
+  })();
+  </script>
 </body>
 </html>