diff --git a/categories/news-alpha-sorted-reverse.md b/categories/news-alpha-sorted-reverse.md
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+++ b/categories/news-alpha-sorted-reverse.md
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+---
+layout: default
+---
+
+{%- assign this_name = page.name | split: "." -%}
+{%- assign this_category = this_name[0] | replace: '-alpha-sorted-reverse', '' -%}
+{%- assign this_pagetitle = this_category  | capitalize | replace: '_', ' ' -%}
+
+<div id="listpage_headline_wrapper">
+	<div id="listpage_sortmarker">
+		<a href="{{this_category}}-date-sorted.html">[date&nbsp;&darr;]</a>
+ 		<a href="{{this_category}}-date-sorted-reverse.html">[date&nbsp;&uarr;]</a>
+		<a href="{{this_category}}-alpha-sorted.html">[A&nbsp;&rarr;&nbsp;Z]</a>
+	</div>
+	<div id="listpage_headline">
+		<h2 class="page_title">{{ this_pagetitle }}</h2>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * collecting the pages
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- assign cat_posts = site.emptyArray -%}
+{%- for post in site.documents -%}
+  {%- if post.categories contains this_category -%}
+    {%- assign cat_posts = cat_posts | push: post -%}
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- assign cat_posts = cat_posts | sort: 'title' | reverse -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * special posts for prepending content to the listing pages
+  * they are processed first, so separate loops are needed  
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {%- if post.tags contains '.prepend' -%}
+<div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
+{{ post.content | markdownify }}
+</div>
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * featured posts on top, so new loop
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+
+  {%- if post.tags contains '.featured' -%}
+    {%- assign excerpt_link = post.url | relative_url -%}
+    {%- if post.excerpt_link contains '/' -%}
+      {%- assign excerpt_link = post.excerpt_link -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+<div class="excerpt">
+<a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">
+{{ post.excerpt }}
+</a>
+  <p class="footnote">
+    {%- if post.author -%}{{ post.author | join: " | " }}&nbsp;{%- endif -%}
+    {% if post.date %}{{ post.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}: {% endif %}
+    <a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">more ...</a>
+  </p>
+</div>
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * remaining normal posts, again new loop
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {% unless post.tags contains '.featured' or post.tags contains '.prepend' or post.tags contains '.append' %} 
+    {%- assign excerpt_link = post.url | relative_url -%}
+    {%- if post.excerpt_link contains '/' -%}
+      {%- assign excerpt_link = post.excerpt_link -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+<div class="excerpt">
+<a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">
+{{ post.excerpt }}
+</a>
+  <p class="footnote">
+    {%- if post.author -%}{{ post.author | join: " | " }}&nbsp;{%- endif -%}
+    {% if post.date %}{{ post.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}: {% endif %}
+    <a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">more ...</a>
+  </p>
+</div>
+  {% endunless %}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * special posts for appending content to the listing pages
+  * they are processed last, so again a separate loop is needed  
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {%- if post.tags contains '.append' -%}
+<div style="margin-top: 20px;">
+{{ post.content | markdownify }}
+</div>
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
diff --git a/categories/news-alpha-sorted.md b/categories/news-alpha-sorted.md
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/categories/news-alpha-sorted.md
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+---
+layout: default
+---
+
+{%- assign this_name = page.name | split: "." -%}
+{%- assign this_category = this_name[0] | replace: '-alpha-sorted', '' -%}
+{%- assign this_pagetitle = this_category  | capitalize | replace: '_', ' ' -%}
+
+<div id="listpage_headline_wrapper">
+	<div id="listpage_sortmarker">
+		<a href="{{this_category}}-date-sorted.html">[date&nbsp;&darr;]</a>
+ 		<a href="{{this_category}}-date-sorted-reverse.html">[date&nbsp;&uarr;]</a>
+		<a href="{{this_category}}-alpha-sorted-reverse.html">[Z&nbsp;&rarr;&nbsp;A]</a>
+	</div>
+	<div id="listpage_headline">
+		<h2 class="page_title">{{ this_pagetitle }}</h2>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * collecting the pages
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- assign cat_posts = site.emptyArray -%}
+{%- for post in site.documents -%}
+  {%- if post.categories contains this_category -%}
+    {%- assign cat_posts = cat_posts | push: post -%}
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- assign cat_posts = cat_posts | sort: 'title' -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * special posts for prepending content to the listing pages
+  * they are processed first, so separate loops are needed  
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {%- if post.tags contains '.prepend' -%}
+<div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
+{{ post.content | markdownify }}
+</div>
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * featured posts on top, so new loop
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+
+  {%- if post.tags contains '.featured' -%}
+    {%- assign excerpt_link = post.url | relative_url -%}
+    {%- if post.excerpt_link contains '/' -%}
+      {%- assign excerpt_link = post.excerpt_link -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+<div class="excerpt">
+<a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">
+{{ post.excerpt }}
+</a>
+  <p class="footnote">
+    {%- if post.author -%}{{ post.author | join: " | " }}&nbsp;{%- endif -%}
+    {% if post.date %}{{ post.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}: {% endif %}
+    <a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">more ...</a>
+  </p>
+</div>
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * remaining normal posts, again new loop
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {% unless post.tags contains '.featured' or post.tags contains '.prepend' or post.tags contains '.append' %} 
+    {%- assign excerpt_link = post.url | relative_url -%}
+    {%- if post.excerpt_link contains '/' -%}
+      {%- assign excerpt_link = post.excerpt_link -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+<div class="excerpt">
+<a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">
+{{ post.excerpt }}
+</a>
+  <p class="footnote">
+    {%- if post.author -%}{{ post.author | join: " | " }}&nbsp;{%- endif -%}
+    {% if post.date %}{{ post.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}: {% endif %}
+    <a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">more ...</a>
+  </p>
+</div>
+  {% endunless %}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * special posts for appending content to the listing pages
+  * they are processed last, so again a separate loop is needed  
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {%- if post.tags contains '.append' -%}
+<div style="margin-top: 20px;">
+{{ post.content | markdownify }}
+</div>
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
diff --git a/categories/news-date-sorted-reverse.md b/categories/news-date-sorted-reverse.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b71f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/categories/news-date-sorted-reverse.md
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+---
+layout: default
+---
+
+{%- assign this_name = page.name | split: "." -%}
+{%- assign this_category = this_name[0] | replace: '-date-sorted-reverse', '' -%}
+{%- assign this_pagetitle = this_category  | capitalize | replace: '_', ' ' -%}
+
+<div id="listpage_headline_wrapper">
+	<div id="listpage_sortmarker">
+ 		<a href="{{this_category}}-date-sorted.html">[date&nbsp;&darr;]</a>
+		<a href="{{this_category}}-alpha-sorted.html">[A&nbsp;&rarr;&nbsp;Z]</a>
+		<a href="{{this_category}}-alpha-sorted-reverse.html">[Z&nbsp;&rarr;&nbsp;A]</a>
+	</div>
+	<div id="listpage_headline">
+		<h2 class="page_title">{{ this_pagetitle }}</h2>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * collecting the pages
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- assign cat_posts = site.emptyArray -%}
+{%- for post in site.documents -%}
+  {%- if post.categories contains this_category -%}
+    {%- assign cat_posts = cat_posts | push: post -%}
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- assign cat_posts = cat_posts | sort: 'date' -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * special posts for prepending content to the listing pages
+  * they are processed first, so separate loops are needed  
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {%- if post.tags contains '.prepend' -%}
+<div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
+{{ post.content | markdownify }}
+</div>
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * no separate treatment of featured posts
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- assign today = site.time | date: '%Y%m%d' -%}
+{%- assign page_tag = this_category | downcase -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {% unless post.tags contains '.prepend' or post.tags contains '.append' %} 
+    {%- assign post_author = post.author | downcase -%}
+    {%- assign excerpt_link = post.url | relative_url -%}
+    {%- if post.excerpt_link contains '/' -%}
+      {%- assign excerpt_link = post.excerpt_link -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+    {%- assign post_day = post.date | date: '%Y%m%d' -%}
+    {%- assign post_year = post.date | date: '%Y' -%}
+    {%- if post_day > today -%}
+      {%- assign post_year = 'Upcoming' -%}
+    {%- endif %}
+    {%- if current_year != post_year -%}
+      {% assign current_year = post_year %}
+<h2 id="y{{post.date | date: "%Y"}}" style="margin-top: 20px;">{{ current_year }}</h2>
+    {% endif %}
+<div class="excerpt">
+    {%- if post_day > today -%}
+  <h3 style="color: red">{{ post.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}</h3>
+    {%- endif -%}
+<a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">{{ post.excerpt }}</a>
+  <p class="footnote">
+    {%- if post.author -%}{{ post.author | join: " | " }}&nbsp;{%- endif -%}
+    {%- if post.date -%}{{ post.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}: {% endif %}
+ <a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">more ...</a>
+  </p>
+</div>
+  {% endunless %}  
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {%- if post.tags contains '.append' -%}
+<div style="margin-top: 20px;">
+{{ post.content | markdownify }}
+</div>
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
diff --git a/categories/news-date-sorted.md b/categories/news-date-sorted.md
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/categories/news-date-sorted.md
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+---
+layout: default
+---
+
+{%- assign this_name = page.name | split: "." -%}
+{%- assign this_category = this_name[0] | replace: '-date-sorted', '' -%}
+{%- assign this_pagetitle = this_category  | capitalize | replace: '_', ' ' -%}
+
+<div id="listpage_headline_wrapper">
+	<div id="listpage_sortmarker">
+ 		<a href="{{this_category}}-date-sorted-reverse.html">[date&nbsp;&uarr;]</a>
+		<a href="{{this_category}}-alpha-sorted.html">[A&nbsp;&rarr;&nbsp;Z]</a>
+		<a href="{{this_category}}-alpha-sorted-reverse.html">[Z&nbsp;&rarr;&nbsp;A]</a>
+	</div>
+	<div id="listpage_headline">
+		<h2 class="page_title">{{ this_pagetitle }}</h2>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * collecting the pages
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- assign cat_posts = site.emptyArray -%}
+{%- for post in site.documents -%}
+  {%- if post.categories contains this_category -%}
+    {%- assign cat_posts = cat_posts | push: post -%}
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- assign cat_posts = cat_posts | sort: 'date' | reverse -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * special posts for prepending content to the listing pages
+  * they are processed first, so separate loops are needed  
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {%- if post.tags contains '.prepend' -%}
+<div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
+{{ post.content | markdownify }}
+</div>
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * no separate treatment of featured posts
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- assign today = site.time | date: '%Y%m%d' -%}
+{%- assign page_tag = this_category | downcase -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {% unless post.tags contains '.prepend' or post.tags contains '.append' %} 
+    {%- assign post_author = post.author | downcase -%}
+    {%- assign excerpt_link = post.url | relative_url -%}
+    {%- if post.excerpt_link contains '/' -%}
+      {%- assign excerpt_link = post.excerpt_link -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+    {%- assign post_day = post.date | date: '%Y%m%d' -%}
+    {%- assign post_year = post.date | date: '%Y' -%}
+    {%- if post_day > today -%}
+      {%- assign post_year = 'Upcoming' -%}
+    {%- endif %}
+    {%- if current_year != post_year -%}
+      {% assign current_year = post_year %}
+<h2 id="y{{post.date | date: "%Y"}}" style="margin-top: 20px;">{{ current_year }}</h2>
+    {% endif %}
+<div class="excerpt">
+    {%- if post_day > today -%}
+  <h3 style="color: red">{{ post.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}</h3>
+    {%- endif -%}
+<a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">{{ post.excerpt }}</a>
+  <p class="footnote">
+    {%- if post.author -%}{{ post.author | join: " | " }}&nbsp;{%- endif -%}
+    {%- if post.date -%}{{ post.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}: {% endif %}
+ <a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">more ...</a>
+  </p>
+</div>
+  {% endunless %}  
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {%- if post.tags contains '.append' -%}
+<div style="margin-top: 20px;">
+{{ post.content | markdownify }}
+</div>
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
diff --git a/categories/news.md b/categories/news.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/categories/news.md
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+---
+layout: default
+---
+
+{%- assign this_name = page.name | split: "." -%}
+{%- assign this_category = this_name[0] | replace: '-date-sorted', '' -%}
+{%- assign this_pagetitle = this_category  | capitalize | replace: '_', ' ' -%}
+
+<div id="listpage_headline_wrapper">
+	<div id="listpage_sortmarker">
+ 		<a href="{{this_category}}-date-sorted-reverse.html">[date&nbsp;&uarr;]</a>
+		<a href="{{this_category}}-alpha-sorted.html">[A&nbsp;&rarr;&nbsp;Z]</a>
+		<a href="{{this_category}}-alpha-sorted-reverse.html">[Z&nbsp;&rarr;&nbsp;A]</a>
+	</div>
+	<div id="listpage_headline">
+		<h2 class="page_title">{{ this_pagetitle }}</h2>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * collecting the pages
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- assign cat_posts = site.emptyArray -%}
+{%- for post in site.documents -%}
+  {%- if post.categories contains this_category -%}
+    {%- assign cat_posts = cat_posts | push: post -%}
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- assign cat_posts = cat_posts | sort: 'date' | reverse -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * special posts for prepending content to the listing pages
+  * they are processed first, so separate loops are needed  
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {%- if post.tags contains '.prepend' -%}
+<div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
+{{ post.content | markdownify }}
+</div>
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- comment -%}
+  * no separate treatment of featured posts
+{%- endcomment -%}
+
+{%- assign today = site.time | date: '%Y%m%d' -%}
+{%- assign page_tag = this_category | downcase -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {% unless post.tags contains '.prepend' or post.tags contains '.append' %} 
+    {%- assign post_author = post.author | downcase -%}
+    {%- assign excerpt_link = post.url | relative_url -%}
+    {%- if post.excerpt_link contains '/' -%}
+      {%- assign excerpt_link = post.excerpt_link -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+    {%- assign post_day = post.date | date: '%Y%m%d' -%}
+    {%- assign post_year = post.date | date: '%Y' -%}
+    {%- if post_day > today -%}
+      {%- assign post_year = 'Upcoming' -%}
+    {%- endif %}
+    {%- if current_year != post_year -%}
+      {% assign current_year = post_year %}
+<h2 id="y{{post.date | date: "%Y"}}" style="margin-top: 20px;">{{ current_year }}</h2>
+    {% endif %}
+<div class="excerpt">
+    {%- if post_day > today -%}
+  <h3 style="color: red">{{ post.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}</h3>
+    {%- endif -%}
+<a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">{{ post.excerpt }}</a>
+  <p class="footnote">
+    {%- if post.author -%}{{ post.author | join: " | " }}&nbsp;{%- endif -%}
+    {%- if post.date -%}{{ post.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}: {% endif %}
+ <a href="{{ excerpt_link }}">more ...</a>
+  </p>
+</div>
+  {% endunless %}  
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- for post in cat_posts -%}
+  {%- if post.tags contains '.append' -%}
+<div style="margin-top: 20px;">
+{{ post.content | markdownify }}
+</div>
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}