From f82ed4619f1cc7de99fded13403299ccce230f1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: interlope <spleenftw@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 21:30:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor author bio display in sidebar to prioritize
 description over slogan

---
 php/page.php    | 1 -
 php/sidebar.php | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/php/page.php b/php/page.php
index 7ee0599..6affc7f 100644
--- a/php/page.php
+++ b/php/page.php
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 		<div class="metadata mb-4">
 			<span><i class="bi bi-calendar3"></i><?php echo $page->date(); ?></span>
 			<span><i class="bi bi-clock-history"></i><?php echo $L->get('Reading time') . ': ' . $page->readingTime() ?></span>
-			<span><i class="bi bi-person"></i><?php echo $L->get('Author') . ': ' . htmlspecialchars($page->username()) ?></span>
 		</div>
 		<?php endif ?>
 
diff --git a/php/sidebar.php b/php/sidebar.php
index b0a7859..f9c8794 100644
--- a/php/sidebar.php
+++ b/php/sidebar.php
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@
 				</a>
 				<div>
 					<div class="sidebar-author-name"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($page->username(), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') ?></div>
-					<?php if ($site->slogan()) : ?>
-						<p class="sidebar-author-bio"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($site->slogan(), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') ?></p>
+					<?php
+						// Bio: set in Bludit Admin → Settings → General → Description
+						// Falls back to Slogan if Description is empty.
+						$_authorBio = $site->description() ?: $site->slogan();
+					?>
+					<?php if ($_authorBio) : ?>
+						<p class="sidebar-author-bio"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($_authorBio, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') ?></p>
 					<?php endif ?>
 				</div>
 			</div>