Stop hardcoding the title and the description?

[inputsh]

Would it be useful to create a pull request that uses {{ site.title }} and {{ site.description }} from _config directory to stop them from being hardcoded into _layouts files?

I think that the title is very needed, but taking the description could be a bit too much because there won't be an option to use HTML code on the sidebar in the description.

[mneumegen]

Hey @Aleksandar-Todorovic, that's a nice idea. The title/description probably should be set in the front matter rather than _config.yml because it shouldn't be the same on every page.

A pull request with that would be very useful :)

[inputsh]

I already implemented the title fix, but I am having some troubles with understanding what to do with the description.

This theme uses a pretty big sidebar and I do think that the description in the sidebar should stay fixed no matter what page you're on. In my opinion, it just needs to be implemented from _config.yml instead of coded directly in the HTML code, but this will kind of reduce its customizability since users would not be able to implement HTML codes (like links and <strong> tags). After all, it's probably the best to leave site.description in clear text because of the web crawlers.

[mneumegen]

Ahh I see what you mean. I thought you were talking about the meta description. Yes! that makes sense to have it in _config.yml send the PR through 👍