Customisation queries

[richhowell]

Hey,

Is it possible to change the description a.k.a the bio on each blog individually? For example, I have three blogs, one I would like to say something different to the first. To be clear this is the text I am talking about

Also, is it possible to change the fav icon on a per blog basis?

Much appreciated
Rich

[mandaris]

That’s an interesting idea.

I’d like to have something similar where it would allow for .Site.description to be set for every site. Currently it uses “follow @username on Micro.blog”.

Please add this to the Feature Request thread.

Micro.blog Feature Requests

Since Micro.blog does not have a public roadmap or list of features that others have requested over the years, I will use this thread to list my requests as separate posts. You can a post if you, too want the feature. Hopefully, the more the :heart:s, the more popular the request ergo developers know what can/should be prioritized. Feel free to also add your requests as a new Reply on this Topic and same rules regarding will apply.

Have a great rest of your day!

[manton]

This is possible with a custom theme to change the config, but I agree it really should be easier to change. I was thinking maybe if we had a couple plug-ins that changed this that would be a good solution.

I’ll work on this and also write up some documentation for changing it yourself.

[richhowell]

Fantastic, thanks

I could prob do it with a custom theme but with Hugo I have no idea where to start and would ideally like to keep Tiny theme.

[manton]

I should explain a little more, because I realized it’s not obvious what I meant when I said “custom theme”. Micro.blog can essentially merge multiple themes together, so you can make a custom theme or plug-in that only overrides one thing from your main theme.

Here are the basic steps. Will write up more documentation later:

• Click Design → Edit Custom Themes → New Plug-in.
• Give it a name like “Custom about text”, the URL can be blank.
• Create a new template in the plug-in named “config.json”.
• For the content of the template, use something like this:

{
  "params": {
    "description": "This is new text to use instead of the 'follow me' text.",
    "itunes_description": "This is the 'about me' text. Yes, it's named badly."
  }
}

[richhowell]

@manton

{
  "params": {
    "description": "This is new text to use instead of the 'follow me' text.",
    "itunes_description": "This is the 'about me' text. Yes, it's named badly."
  }
}

That worked an absolute treat. Thank you so much.