From 673eb8633b0868d00b0a7b5641e355ee31b1d2ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Avijit Gupta <526avijit@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:28:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add meta and title tags for seo (#46)

---
 exampleSite/config.toml                   |  2 +-
 themes/gokarna/layouts/partials/head.html | 11 +++++++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index 15d9e82..ddf30d7 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pygmentsStyle = "monokai"
 
 [params]
   footer = "The Marauders"
-  description = "Sky above, sand below & peace within"
+  description = "Sky above, sand below and peace within"
   avatarURL = "/images/avatar.webp"
   avatarSize = "size-m"
   customHeadHTML = ""
diff --git a/themes/gokarna/layouts/partials/head.html b/themes/gokarna/layouts/partials/head.html
index 6633211..dbcc121 100644
--- a/themes/gokarna/layouts/partials/head.html
+++ b/themes/gokarna/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
         }
     </style>
 
+    <!-- SEO titles & descriptions -->
+    <title>{{ .Title | default .Site.Title }}</title>
+    <meta name="description" content="{{ .Description | default .Site.Params.Description }}">
+
+    <!-- SEO canonicals: helps Google understand your site better when using marketing campaign tagging etc -->
+    <link rel="canonical" href="{{ .Permalink }}" />
+
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/normalize.min.css" media="print" onload="this.media='all'">
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/main.css">
     <link disabled id="dark-theme" rel="stylesheet" href="/css/dark.css">
@@ -19,8 +26,4 @@
     {{ if .Site.Params.CustomHeadHTML }}
     {{ .Site.Params.CustomHeadHTML | safeHTML }}
     {{ end }}
-
-    {{ $title := print .Site.Title " | " .Title }}
-    {{ if .IsHome }}{{ $title = .Site.Title }}{{ end }}
-    <title>{{ $title }}</title>
 </head>