diff --git a/tasks/build.js b/tasks/build.js
index 46a38bc..b12c04a 100644
--- a/tasks/build.js
+++ b/tasks/build.js
@@ -45,20 +45,74 @@ grunt.registerHelper( "wordpress-parse-post-flex", function( path ) {
 	return grunt.helper( "wordpress-parse-post", path );
 });
 
+//Process a YAML order file and return an object of page slugs and their ordinal indices
+grunt.registerHelper( "read-order", function( orderFile ) {
+	var order,
+		map = {},
+		index = 0;
+
+	try {
+		order = yaml.load( grunt.file.read( orderFile ) );
+	} catch( error ) {
+		grunt.warn( "Invalid order file: " + orderFile );
+		taskDone();
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	order.forEach(function(chapter) {
+		var article, title;
+
+		if ( grunt.utils._.isObject( chapter ) ) {
+			title = Object.keys( chapter )[ 0 ];
+			map[ title ] = ++index;
+
+			chapter[ title ].forEach(function( article ) {
+				map[ title + "/" + article ] = ++index;
+			}); 
+		} else {
+			map[ title ] = ++index;
+		}
+	});
+	return map;
+});
+
 grunt.registerMultiTask( "build-pages", "Process html and markdown files as pages, include @partials and syntax higlight code snippets", function() {
-	var content,
+	var content, orderMap,
 		task = this,
 		taskDone = task.async(),
 		files = this.data,
-		targetDir = grunt.config( "wordpress.dir" ) + "/posts/page/";
+		targetDir = grunt.config( "wordpress.dir" ) + "/posts/page/",
+		orderFile = grunt.config( "wordpress.order" );
+
+		if ( orderFile ) {
+			orderMap = grunt.helper( "read-order", orderFile );
+			if ( !orderMap ) {
+				taskDone();
+				return;
+			}
+		}
 
 	grunt.file.mkdir( targetDir );
 
 	grunt.utils.async.forEachSeries( files, function( fileName, fileDone ) {
-		var post = grunt.helper( "wordpress-parse-post-flex", fileName ),
+		var menuOrder,
+			post = grunt.helper( "wordpress-parse-post-flex", fileName ),
 			content = post.content,
 			fileType = /\.(\w+)$/.exec( fileName )[ 1 ],
-			targetFileName = targetDir + fileName.replace( /^.+?\/(.+)\.\w+$/, "$1" ) + ".html";
+			targetSlug = fileName.replace( /^.+?\/(.+)\.\w+$/, "$1" ),
+			targetFileName = targetDir + targetSlug + ".html";
+		
+		// If an order file was specified, set the menuOrder,
+		// unless the page being processed isn't in the order file,
+		// in which case it shouldn't be published
+		if ( orderMap ) {
+			menuOrder = orderMap[ targetSlug ];
+			if ( menuOrder ) {
+				post.menuOrder = menuOrder;
+			} else {
+				post.status = "draft";
+			}
+		}
 
 		grunt.verbose.write( "Processing " + fileName + "..." );
 		delete post.content;