use partial for site footer info

layouts/_default/baseof.html

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
     <!-- Meta -->
     {{- partialCached "head/meta.html" . -}}
     <meta
-      name="description"
+        name="description"
         content="{{- block "head-description" . -}}{{- $.Site.Params.description | html -}}{{- end -}}"
     />
 
-      {{- block "title" . -}}
+    {{- block "title" . -}}
       {{- partialCached "head/title.html" ( slice .Site.Title .Site.Params.tagline ) .Site.Title .Site.Params.tagline -}}
-      {{- end -}}
+    {{- end -}}
     
     <!-- References -->
     {{- partialCached "head/references.html" ( dict "sc" $ "pc" . ) -}}
@@ -66,12 +66,18 @@
 
     {{- block "footer" . -}}
       <footer class="site-footer">
-        <p>
-          By <a href="/">{{ $.Site.Params.Author.name }}</a> |
-          <a href="{{ $.Site.Params.codeURL }}{{ $.Site.Params.reportIssueURL }}">Report an Issue</a> |
-          <a href="{{ relref . "privacy-policy" }}">Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="/{{ .Sitemap.Filename }}">Sitemap</a> | Built:
-          {{ now.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05" }}
-        </p>
+        {{- 
+          partialCached
+          "footer/text.html" 
+          ( dict 
+            "author_name" .Site.Params.Author.name 
+            "report_issue_url" ( printf "%s%s" .Site.Params.codeURL .Site.Params.reportIssueURL ) 
+            "privacy_policy_url" ( relref . "privacy-policy" ) 
+            "sitemap_path" ( printf "/%s" .Sitemap.Filename ) 
+            "last_build_time" ( now.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05" ) 
+          ) 
+        -}}
+        
         {{ block "footer-scripts" . }}<!-- -->{{ end }}
       </footer>
     {{- end -}}

layouts/partials/footer/text.html

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{{- /*
+  Returns the site footer text.
+
+  @params licences_data Site data of licences, indexed by SPDX IDs.
+  @params licence   Licence identifier.
+  @params licence_link  Manually-defined licence URL. Optional.
+  */
+-}}
+
+<!-- Validation -->
+
+{{- if ( not ( isset . "author_name" ) ) -}}
+    {{- errorf "No site author defined" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- if ( not ( isset . "report_issue_url" ) ) -}}
+    {{- errorf "No 'Report Issue' URL defined" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- if ( not ( isset . "privacy_policy_url" ) ) -}}
+    {{- errorf "No 'Privacy Policy' URL defined" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- if ( not ( isset . "sitemap_path" ) ) -}}
+    {{- errorf "No sitemap path defined" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- if ( not ( isset . "last_build_time" ) ) -}}
+    {{- errorf "No last build time defined" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+<!-- Rendering -->
+
+<p>
+    By <a href="/">{{- .author_name -}}</a> |
+    <a href="{{- .report_issue_url -}}">Report an Issue</a> |
+    <a href="{{- .privacy_policy_url -}}">Privacy Policy</a> | 
+    <a href="{{- .sitemap_path -}}">Sitemap</a> |
+    Built: {{ .last_build_time -}}
+</p>