From d62fbf0920b20ffc6453998e777caefb8be8f21f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: punjitha <132387971+algotyrnt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 16:52:30 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update SEO metadata structure to include author name in
 site titles

---
 .env.example       |  3 ++-
 README.md          |  2 +-
 src/app/layout.tsx | 12 ++++++------
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 93d9110..4e4bbc6 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ AUTHOR_NAME=Your Full Name
 TWITTER_HANDLE=yourtwitterhandle
 EMAIL=your-email@example.com
 WEBSITE_URL=https://yourwebsite.com
-SITE_NAME=Your Name - Your Title
+SITE_NAME=Your Site Name
+# Note: Page titles will automatically be formatted as "{SITE_NAME} - {AUTHOR_NAME}"
 SITE_DESCRIPTION=Your professional description here.
 ABOUT_TEXT=Your about text describing your background and interests.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0355df6..47f857a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ All content is driven by environment variables — no CMS required. See [`.env.e
 | `TWITTER_HANDLE`   | Twitter/X username (without `@`) for SEO |
 | `EMAIL`            | Contact email in Connect and footer      |
 | `WEBSITE_URL`      | Canonical site URL                       |
-| `SITE_NAME`        | Site title                               |
+| `SITE_NAME`        | Base site name (e.g. brand or domain)    |
 | `SITE_DESCRIPTION` | Meta description                         |
 | `ABOUT_TEXT`       | About section body text                  |
 | `SITE_KEYWORDS`    | JSON array of SEO keywords               |
diff --git a/src/app/layout.tsx b/src/app/layout.tsx
index eb1d518..c50276a 100644
--- a/src/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/layout.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const viewport: Viewport = {
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
   title: {
-    default: SITE_NAME,
+    default: `${SITE_NAME} - ${AUTHOR_NAME}`,
     template: '%s | ' + SITE_NAME,
   },
   description: SITE_DESCRIPTION,
@@ -42,24 +42,24 @@ export const metadata: Metadata = {
     telephone: false,
   },
   openGraph: {
-    title: SITE_NAME,
+    title: `${SITE_NAME} - ${AUTHOR_NAME}`,
     description: SITE_DESCRIPTION,
     url: '/',
-    siteName: SITE_NAME,
+    siteName: AUTHOR_NAME,
     type: 'website',
     images: [
       {
         url: '/opengraph-image',
         width: 1200,
         height: 630,
-        alt: SITE_NAME,
+        alt: `${SITE_NAME} - ${AUTHOR_NAME}`,
       },
     ],
     locale: 'en_US',
   },
   twitter: {
     card: 'summary_large_image',
-    title: SITE_NAME,
+    title: `${SITE_NAME} - ${AUTHOR_NAME}`,
     description: SITE_DESCRIPTION,
     site: TWITTER_HANDLE ? `@${TWITTER_HANDLE}` : undefined,
     creator: TWITTER_HANDLE ? `@${TWITTER_HANDLE}` : undefined,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const JSON_LD = JSON.stringify({
     {
       '@type': 'WebSite',
       '@id': `${WEBSITE_URL}/#website`,
-      name: SITE_NAME,
+      name: AUTHOR_NAME,
       url: WEBSITE_URL,
       description: SITE_DESCRIPTION,
     },

From ec68c985b11251bac4e983f43b0abe4b6fa8b59e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: punjitha <132387971+algotyrnt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 17:07:58 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Apply code review suggestions

---
 .env.example       | 1 -
 src/app/layout.tsx | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 4e4bbc6..5447ba6 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ TWITTER_HANDLE=yourtwitterhandle
 EMAIL=your-email@example.com
 WEBSITE_URL=https://yourwebsite.com
 SITE_NAME=Your Site Name
-# Note: Page titles will automatically be formatted as "{SITE_NAME} - {AUTHOR_NAME}"
 SITE_DESCRIPTION=Your professional description here.
 ABOUT_TEXT=Your about text describing your background and interests.
 
diff --git a/src/app/layout.tsx b/src/app/layout.tsx
index c50276a..e8ad87d 100644
--- a/src/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/layout.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const viewport: Viewport = {
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
   title: {
     default: `${SITE_NAME} - ${AUTHOR_NAME}`,
-    template: '%s | ' + SITE_NAME,
+    template: '%s - ' + SITE_NAME,
   },
   description: SITE_DESCRIPTION,
   metadataBase: new URL(WEBSITE_URL),
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const metadata: Metadata = {
     title: `${SITE_NAME} - ${AUTHOR_NAME}`,
     description: SITE_DESCRIPTION,
     url: '/',
-    siteName: AUTHOR_NAME,
+    siteName: SITE_NAME,
     type: 'website',
     images: [
       {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const JSON_LD = JSON.stringify({
     {
       '@type': 'WebSite',
       '@id': `${WEBSITE_URL}/#website`,
-      name: AUTHOR_NAME,
+      name: SITE_NAME,
       url: WEBSITE_URL,
       description: SITE_DESCRIPTION,
     },