From 15a41a86a2c202c91f4a9fc901cfb8fcbc7c9d81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Orth <alan.orth@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 16:41:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Allow optional configuration of "About" block in sidebar

Add something like the following to your config to enable the about
block in the sidebar:

  [params.sidebar]
    about = "*My site* is really cool. Adios!"

Can be formatted in Markdown.
---
 layouts/partials/sidebar.html | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/layouts/partials/sidebar.html b/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
index 3ab3131..435517b 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 <aside class="col-sm-3 offset-sm-1 blog-sidebar">
+  {{ if isset .Site.Params.sidebar "about" }}
   <section class="sidebar-module sidebar-module-inset">
     <h4>About</h4>
-    <p>Etiam porta <em>sem malesuada magna</em> mollis euismod. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Aenean lacinia bibendum nulla sed consectetur.</p>
+    <p>{{ .Site.Params.sidebar.about | markdownify }}</p>
   </section>
+  {{ end }}
 
   {{ if isset .Site.Params.sidebar "num_recent_posts" }}
   <section class="sidebar-module">