Sorting between articles with Release set is working, but still not being compared against .Date.

layouts/_default/list.html

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 {{ define "main" }}
-    {{ $paginator := .Paginate .Data.Pages }}
+
+    {{ $oldYear := "" }}
+
+    {{ $sortedPages := sort .Data.Pages "Params.release" "desc" }}
+    {{ $paginator := .Paginate $sortedPages }}
+
+    {{- /* $sortedPages := .Data.Pages.ByParam "release" */ -}}
+    {{- /* $paginator := .Paginate $sortedPages */ -}}
 
     <main class="posts">
         <h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
@@ -11,19 +18,37 @@
             <div class="content">{{ .Content }}</div>
         {{ end }}
 
-        {{ range $paginator.Pages.GroupByDate "2006" }}
+        {{ range $paginator.Pages }}
+
+            {{/* Show the Release attribute if later than Date. */}}
+
+            {{ $date := .Date }}
+            {{ if and (.Params.release) (ge (time.AsTime .Params.release) (time.AsTime .Date)) }}
+                {{ $date = .Params.release }}
+            {{ end }}
+            {{ $date = time.AsTime $date }}
+
+            {{/* Custom year grouping in order to keep paginator order. */}}
+
+            {{ $year := $date.Year }}
+            {{ if not (eq $oldYear $year) }}
+                {{ if not (eq $oldYear "") }}
+            </div>
+                {{ end }}
             <div class="posts-group">
-                <div class="post-year">{{ .Key }}</div>
+                <div class="post-year">{{ time.Format "2006" $date }}</div>
+            {{ end }}
+            {{ $oldYear = $year }}
 
                 <ul class="posts-list">
-                    {{ range .Pages }}
 
-                        <!-- TBD: If marked Hidden or Release date is in the future, skip. -->
+                    {{/* If marked Hidden or Release date is in the future, skip. */}}
+
                     {{ if .Params.hidden }}
                         {{ continue }}
                     {{ end }}
 
-                        {{ if and (.Params.release) (ge (time.AsTime .Params.release) (time now)) }}
+                    {{ if false }} and (.Params.release) (ge (time.AsTime .Params.release) (time now))
                         {{ continue }}
                     {{ end }}
 
@@ -72,11 +97,10 @@
                                 {{ end }}
                             </span>
                             <span class="post-day">
-                                    <!-- TBD: Show the Release attribute if later than Date. -->
                                 {{ if .Site.Params.dateformShort }}
-                                        {{ time.Format .Site.Params.dateformShort .Date }}
+                                    {{ time.Format .Site.Params.dateformShort $date }}
                                 {{ else }}
-                                        {{ time.Format "Jan 2" .Date }}
+                                    {{ time.Format "Jan 2" $date }}
                                 {{ end }}
                             </span>
                         </a>
@@ -84,7 +108,6 @@
                 {{ end }}
             </ul>
         </div>
-        {{ end }}
     {{ partial "pagination-list.html" . }}
     </main>
 {{ end }}