{%- assign html_pages = site.html_pages | sort: 'weight' -%}
      {%- assign filtered_pages = "" | split: "" -%}
      {%- for html_page in html_pages -%} 
        {%- assign exclude = false -%}
        {%- for exclude_path in site.nav_exclude -%}
          {%- if exclude_path == html_page.path -%}
            {%- assign exclude = true -%}
            {%- break -%}
          {%- elsif exclude_path contains '**' -%}
            {%- assign match = exclude_path | remove: '**' -%}
            {%- if html_page.path contains match -%}
              {%- assign exclude = true -%}
              {%- break -%}
            {%- endif -%}
          {%- endif -%}
        {%- endfor -%}
        {%- unless exclude -%}
          {%- assign filtered_pages = filtered_pages | push: html_page -%}
        {%- endunless -%}
      {%- endfor -%}
      {% for html_page in filtered_pages %}  
        {%- if page.url contains html_page.url -%}
          {%- assign active_status = "active" -%}
        {%- else -%}
          {%- assign active_status = "" -%}
        {%- endif -%}
        {%- if html_page.external_url -%}
          {%- assign url = html_page.external_url -%}
        {%- else -%}
          {%- assign url = html_page.url | relative_url -%}
        {%- endif -%}
        
{{ html_page.title }}
      {% endfor %}