update: moved footer to footer.md and docs updated

src/config/siteConfig.ts

@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ export const siteConfig: SiteConfig = {
   },
 
   // Footer configuration
-  // Footer content can be set in frontmatter (footer field) or use defaultContent here
+  // Footer content is loaded from content/pages/footer.md (synced via npm run sync)
   // Use showFooter: false in frontmatter to hide footer on specific posts/pages
   footer: {
     enabled: true, // Global toggle for footer
@@ -499,10 +499,8 @@ export const siteConfig: SiteConfig = {
     showOnPosts: true, // Default: show footer on blog posts (override with frontmatter)
     showOnPages: true, // Default: show footer on static pages (override with frontmatter)
     showOnBlogPage: true, // Show footer on /blog page
-    // Default footer markdown (used when frontmatter footer field is not provided)
-    defaultContent: `Built with [Convex](https://convex.dev) for real-time sync and deployed on [Netlify](https://netlify.com). Read the [project on GitHub](https://github.com/waynesutton/markdown-site) to fork and deploy your own. View [real-time site stats](/stats).
-
-Created by [Wayne](https://x.com/waynesutton) with Convex, Cursor, and Claude Opus 4.5. Follow on [Twitter/X](https://x.com/waynesutton), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynesutton/), and [GitHub](https://github.com/waynesutton). This project is licensed under the MIT [License](https://github.com/waynesutton/markdown-site?tab=MIT-1-ov-file).`,
+    // Default footer markdown (fallback if footer.md doesn't exist - edit content/pages/footer.md instead)
+    defaultContent: undefined,
   },
 
   // Homepage configuration
@@ -577,6 +575,7 @@ Created by [Wayne](https://x.com/waynesutton) with Convex, Cursor, and Claude Op
       },
       { platform: "twitter", url: "https://x.com/waynesutton" },
       { platform: "linkedin", url: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynesutton/" },
+      { platform: "discord", url: "https://www.convex.dev/community/" },
     ],
     copyright: {
       siteName: "MarkDown Sync is open-source", // Update with your site/company name

src/pages/Blog.tsx

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ export default function Blog() {
   // Fetch all blog featured posts for hero + featured row
   const blogFeaturedPosts = useQuery(api.posts.getBlogFeaturedPosts);
 
+  // Fetch footer content from Convex (synced via markdown)
+  const footerPage = useQuery(api.pages.getPageBySlug, { slug: "footer" });
+
   // State for view mode toggle (list or cards)
   const [viewMode, setViewMode] = useState<"list" | "cards">(
     siteConfig.blogPage.viewMode,
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ export default function Blog() {
         )}
 
       {/* Footer section */}
-      {showFooter && <Footer />}
+      {showFooter && <Footer content={footerPage?.content} />}
 
       {/* Social footer section */}
       {siteConfig.socialFooter?.enabled && siteConfig.socialFooter.showOnBlogPage && (

src/pages/Dashboard.tsx

@@ -4092,6 +4092,11 @@ export default siteConfig;
               <span>Show on pages</span>
             </label>
           </div>
+          <p className="config-field-note" style={{ marginTop: "0.75rem" }}>
+            Footer content is managed via{" "}
+            <code>content/pages/footer.md</code>. Run{" "}
+            <code>npm run sync</code> to update.
+          </p>
         </div>
 
         {/* AI Chat Settings */}

src/pages/Home.tsx

@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ export default function Home() {
   // Fetch home intro content from Convex (synced via markdown)
   const homeIntro = useQuery(api.pages.getPageBySlug, { slug: "home-intro" });
 
+  // Fetch footer content from Convex (synced via markdown)
+  const footerPage = useQuery(api.pages.getPageBySlug, { slug: "footer" });
+
   // State for view mode toggle (list or cards)
   const [viewMode, setViewMode] = useState<"list" | "cards">(
     siteConfig.featuredViewMode,
@@ -408,7 +411,7 @@ export default function Home() {
 
       {/* Footer section */}
       {siteConfig.footer.enabled && siteConfig.footer.showOnHomepage && (
-        <Footer content={siteConfig.footer.defaultContent} />
+        <Footer content={footerPage?.content} />
       )}
 
       {/* Social footer section */}