Footer text now is fully optional

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Add fallback if main sections are not configured
 - Reformat default 404 page
 - Rework the "Latest Publications" section, add post date
-- Add 404 page to robots.txt file (to prevent search engines from indexing it) 
+- Add 404 page to robots.txt file (to prevent search engines from indexing it)
+- Footer text now is fully optional (do not show default text if it is empty)
 
 ### Fixed
 

exampleSite/config.toml

@@ -128,14 +128,15 @@ disableKinds = ['RSS']
 [params]
   # Site description. Used in meta description
   description = 'Ed is a Hugo theme designed for textual editors based on minimal computing principles, and focused on legibility and flexibility.'
-  # Copyright string
+  # Copyright string. "{year}" will be replaced by © and the current year.
   copyright = 'Copyright © 2019-{year} John Doe'
   # Color scheme. Options: red, orange, magenta, cyan, blue, brown
   colorScheme = ''
   # Used in site header
   tagline = 'a Hugo theme for minimal editions'
-  # Custom footer text
-  footer = ''
+  # Custom footer text on left sidebar. Use HTMl if needed.
+  # "{year}" will be replaced by © and the current year.
+  footer = 'Built with <a href="https://github.com/sergeyklay/gohugo-theme-ed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ed</a>. Distributed under an MIT license.'
   # Sections to be displayed in the main page, as well as RSS/Atom feeds
   mainSections = ['posts', 'dramas', 'narratives', 'poems']
   # Order of post meta information

exampleSite/content/poems/o-captain.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "O Captain! My Captain!"
-date: 2022-02-02T23:56:58+02:00
+date: 2021-02-02T23:56:58+02:00
 draft: false
 author: Walt Whitman
 editor: Alex Gil

layouts/partials/footer.html

@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
-<div class="sidebar-item">
-    <p>
-        {{- with site.Params.footer -}}
-        {{- $footer_text := replace . "{year}" now.Year -}}
-        {{- $footer_text = replace $footer_text "&copy;" "©" }}
-        {{ $footer_text | safeHTML }}
-        {{- else }}{{- /* TODO: translate strings */ -}}
-        {{- with .Params.editor }}<p>Edited by {{ . }}, {{ now.Format "2006" }}.</p>{{ end }}
-        Built with <a href="https://github.com/sergeyklay/gohugo-theme-ed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ed.</a>
-        Distributed under an MIT license.
-        {{- end }}
-    </p>
-</div>
+{{ if or site.Params.footer .Params.editor }}
+    <div class="sidebar-item">
+        <p>
+            {{ with site.Params.footer }}
+                {{ $footerText := replace . "{year}" now.Year }}
+                {{ $footerText | safeHTML }}
+            {{ end }}
+            {{ with .Params.editor }}
+                <p>
+                    Edited by {{ . }},
+                    {{ if not $.Params.Lastmod.IsZero }}
+                        {{ $.Params.Lastmod.Format "2006" }}
+                    {{ else }}
+                        {{ now.Format "2006" }}
+                    {{ end }}
+                    .
+                </p>
+            {{ end }}
+        </p>
+    </div>
+{{ end }}