Add page descriptions to meta description tag

[joeroe]

Although a bit off-topic, I think you should also add page description to single page template instead of a site level description?

risotto/layouts/partials/head.html

Line 2 in 4343550

{{ with .Site.Params.about }}<meta name="description" content="{{ .description }}">{{ end }}

Maybe something like this, I'm not sure whether the page description would just override the site one.

<!-- Site level -->
{{ with .Site.Params.about }}<meta name="description" content="{{ .description }}">{{ end }}
<!-- Page level -->
<meta name="description" content="{{ .Params.description }}">

Originally posted by @Vinfall in #55 (comment)

[TheGroundZero]

Looks like you could kill two birds with one stone by using Param, see https://gohugo.io/methods/page/param/

Returns a page parameter with the given key, falling back to a site parameter if present.

{{ with .Param.description }}<meta name="description" content="{{ . }}" />{{ end }}

But then either the site description would have to be moved from params.about to params or the page description would have to be moved to about.description.

Or you do something like:

<meta name="description" content="{{ with .Params.description -}}{{ . }}{{- else -}}{{ .Site.Params.About.description }}"{{ end }}/>

[Vinfall]

Just revisited this old issue when adding og meta tags. Your second one-liner is quite neat.

I'm using this:

<meta property="og:description" name="description" content="{{- with .Params.description -}}{{ . }}{{- else -}}{{ .Site.Params.about.description }}{{- end -}}"/> 

which is the same as this long version I used in the past:

{{- if .Params.description }}<meta property="og:description" name="description" content="{{ .Params.description }}"/> 
{{- else -}}
  {{- with .Site.Params.about -}}
    <meta property="og:description" name="description" content="{{ .description }}"/> 
  {{- end -}}
{{- end -}}