import { useEffect } from "react";
// The server injects the configured site name into both
and this meta
// tag (see api/lib/static.ts / api/middleware/og.ts). Read it once at startup.
// In the Vite dev server the placeholder isn't substituted, so fall back.
function readSiteName(): string {
const meta = document.querySelector('meta[name="site-name"]')
?.getAttribute("content")?.trim();
if (meta && meta !== "__SITE_NAME__") return meta;
return "gerbeur";
}
export const SITE_NAME = readSiteName();
// The server injects the configured emoji into a tag.
// In the Vite dev server it's substituted too; fall back to the default truck.
function readSiteEmoji(): string {
const meta = document.querySelector('meta[name="site-emoji"]')
?.getAttribute("content")?.trim();
if (meta && meta !== "__SITE_EMOJI__") return meta;
return "🚚";
}
export const SITE_EMOJI = readSiteEmoji();
// The page title and the unread badge are set from different places (each
// page, and the live-updates provider), so both are kept here and composed.
// `null` base means no page has set one yet: keep the server-rendered title.
let baseTitle: string | null = null;
let badge = 0;
function applyTitle() {
const base = baseTitle ?? document.title.replace(/^\(\d+\+?\) /, "");
document.title = badge > 0
? `(${badge > 99 ? "99+" : badge}) ${base}`
: base;
}
/**
* Keeps document.title in sync with the current page during client-side
* navigation. Without this the tab title only ever reflects the server-rendered
* from the initial page load and goes stale on every SPA navigation.
*
* - Pass a non-empty string to show ` · `.
* - Pass `null` to show just the site name (home / generic pages).
* - Pass `undefined` while the page-specific title is still loading: the title
* is left untouched, so a server-rendered OG title survives until data
* arrives (avoids a flash to the bare site name on direct loads).
*/
export function useDocumentTitle(title: string | null | undefined): void {
useEffect(() => {
if (title === undefined) return;
baseTitle = title ? `${title} · ${SITE_NAME}` : SITE_NAME;
applyTitle();
}, [title]);
}
/** Prefixes the tab title with an unread count, e.g. "(3) Chat · gerbeur". */
export function setTitleBadge(count: number): void {
if (count === badge) return;
badge = count;
applyTitle();
}