An option to embed a link on sidebar logo

[gaow]

I've got a feature request: is it possible to add to _config.yml an option to embed a link to sidebar logo? There is currently a logo on the side bar without any embedded link. For my case I'd like to point it to the github repository. Does it sound reasonable?

[choldgraf]

That's a great idea - it seems this could be done with a yaml config option like sidebar_logo_link: "". Then in the sidebar.html template, do something like:

{% if site.sidebar_logo_link | length < 1 %}
{% capture sidebar_logo %}{{ site.baseurl | relative_url }}
{% else %}
{% capture sidebar_logo_link %}{{ site.sidebar_logo_link }}
{% endif %}

then

wrap the logo in <a href="{{ sidebar_logo_link }}">...

I can try to look into this in the next few days, though a PR is most-welcome! :-)

[gaow]

Thank you @choldgraf your pointer above seems perfectly clear even though I'm not familiar with jekyll at all. I tried to add those relevant code in _layouts/sidebar.html but got this error:

  Liquid Exception: Liquid syntax error (/home/gaow/Documents/GIT/wiki/dsc-wiki/jupyter-book/_includes/sidebar.html line 19): capture tag does not expect 'else' tag included in /_layouts/default.html

in any case would be nice if you could take a look at when you get a chance. Or else I can certainly give it a stab at when I have a chance to learn some more of it later ...

[choldgraf]

I think I got it figured out - wanna give it a shot? :-)

[gaow]

Thank you @choldgraf it works flawlessly!