accessibility/SEO improvements

AndrewDTR · Nov 16, 2024 · dfc7f48 · dfc7f48
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diff --git a/src/components/Footer.astro b/src/components/Footer.astro
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const currentYear = new Date().getFullYear();
   </div>
   <div class="footer-right">
     <div class="rss" style="margin-right: 15px;">
-      <a href="/rss.xml" target="_blank">
+      <a href="/rss.xml" target="_blank" aria-label="Blog RSS feed">
         <i class="fa-solid fa-square-rss fa-lg"></i>
       </a>
     </div>

diff --git a/src/components/Header.astro b/src/components/Header.astro
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const fixedPath = currentPath.replace(/^\/|\/$/g, "");
       href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmses/"
       target="_blank"
       class="noicon"
+      aria-label="My LinkedIn page"
     >
       <svg
         class="svg-white"
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ const fixedPath = currentPath.replace(/^\/|\/$/g, "");
         height="24"
         xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
         viewBox="0 0 97.707 97.707"
+        aria-label="My GitHub page"
       >
         <path
           d="M48.854 0C21.839 0 0 22 0 49.217c0 21.756 13.993 40.172 33.405 46.69 2.427.49 3.316-1.059 3.316-2.362 0-1.141-.08-5.052-.08-9.127-13.59 2.934-16.42-5.867-16.42-5.867-2.184-5.704-5.42-7.17-5.42-7.17-4.448-3.015.324-3.015.324-3.015 4.934.326 7.523 5.052 7.523 5.052 4.367 7.496 11.404 5.378 14.235 4.074.404-3.178 1.699-5.378 3.074-6.6-10.839-1.141-22.243-5.378-22.243-24.283 0-5.378 1.94-9.778 5.014-13.2-.485-1.222-2.184-6.275.486-13.038 0 0 4.125-1.304 13.426 5.052a46.97 46.97 0 0 1 12.214-1.63c4.125 0 8.33.571 12.213 1.63 9.302-6.356 13.427-5.052 13.427-5.052 2.67 6.763.97 11.816.485 13.038 3.155 3.422 5.015 7.822 5.015 13.2 0 18.905-11.404 23.06-22.324 24.283 1.78 1.548 3.316 4.481 3.316 9.126 0 6.6-.08 11.897-.08 13.526 0 1.304.89 2.853 3.316 2.364 19.412-6.52 33.405-24.935 33.405-46.691C97.707 22 75.788 0 48.854 0z"

diff --git a/src/layouts/BaseLayout.astro b/src/layouts/BaseLayout.astro
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ const { imgLink, title, subtitle } = Astro.props;
     {subtitle && <meta property="og:description" content={subtitle} />}
     {imgLink && <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />}
     {imgLink && <meta property="og:image:height" content="630" />}
+    {
+      Astro.url.pathname === "/" && (
+        <meta
+          name="description"
+          content="Hi! I'm Andrew, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I love tinkering with anything remotely electronic."
+        />
+      )
+    }
     <meta property="og:type" content="article" /><meta
       name="twitter:card"
       content="summary_large_image"

diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -68,25 +68,25 @@ allPosts.sort(
         </div>
         <hr class="custom-hr" />
         <p>
-          Here are the three latest blogs I've published. You can find the
+          Here are the three latest articles I've published. You can find the
           entire list of my writing <a href="/blog" style="font-size: 1em;"
-            >here</a
+            >on the blog page</a
           >.
         </p>
         <ul class="blog-list">
           {
             allPosts.slice(0, 3).map((post) => (
-              <a href={post.url} class="blog-post-link">
-                <li class="blog-post-item">
+              <li class="blog-post-item">
+                <a href={post.url} class="blog-post-link">
                   {post.frontmatter.bestof && (
                     <i class="fa fa-star" style="padding-right: 2px;" />
                   )}
                   {post.frontmatter.title} -{" "}
                   <i>
                     {post.frontmatter.subtitle} | {post.frontmatter.pubDate}
                   </i>
-                </li>
-              </a>
+                </a>
+              </li>
             ))
           }
         </ul>