@@ -41,7 +41,15 @@ )
 	}
 
 	os.MkdirAll(buildPath, 0755)
+
+	cfg := parseConfig()
 	fm.Body = string(bodyHtml)
+
+	// combine config and matter structs
+	combined := struct {
+		Cfg Config
+		Fm Matter
+	}{cfg, fm}
 
 	htmlFile, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(buildPath, "index.html"))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -52,7 +60,7 @@ if fm.Template == "" {
 		fm.Template = "text.html"
 	}
 	tmpl := processTemplate(fm.Template)
-	err = tmpl.Execute(htmlFile, fm)
+	err = tmpl.Execute(htmlFile, combined)
 	if err != nil {
 		printErr(err)
 		return

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ 
+package main
+
+import (
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"io/ioutil"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	Title     string
+	Header    string
+	Footer    string
+	Prebuild  []string
+	Postbuild []string
+}
+
+func parseConfig() Config {
+	var config Config
+	cf, err := ioutil.ReadFile("config.yaml")
+	if err != nil {
+		printErr(err)
+	}
+
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(cf, &config)
+	if err != nil {
+		printErr(err)
+	}
+
+	return config
+}

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ "bytes"
 	"github.com/adrg/frontmatter"
 )
 
-type matter struct {
+type Matter struct {
 	Template string `yaml:"template"`
 	URL      string `yaml:"url"`
 	Title    string `yaml:"title"`
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ }
 
 // Parses frontmatter, populates the `matter` struct and
 // returns the rest
-func parseFrontmatter(inputBytes []byte) ([]byte, matter) {
-	m := matter{}
+func parseFrontmatter(inputBytes []byte) ([]byte, Matter) {
+	m := Matter{}
 	input := bytes.NewReader(inputBytes)
 	rest, err := frontmatter.Parse(input, &m)
 

@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ 
 require (
 	github.com/Depado/bfchroma v1.3.0
 	github.com/adrg/frontmatter v0.1.0
-	github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.7.3
 	github.com/cross-cpm/go-shutil v0.0.0-20190908093542-3fcbb1a2151e
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1
-	github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0
 )

@@ -4,22 +4,27 @@ github.com/Depado/bfchroma v1.3.0 h1:zz14vpvySU6S0CL6yGPr1vkFevQecIt8dJdCsMS2JpM=
 github.com/Depado/bfchroma v1.3.0/go.mod h1:c0bFk0tFmT+clD3TIGurjWCfD/QV8/EebfM3JGr+98M=
 github.com/adrg/frontmatter v0.1.0 h1:8gYVjU1CRsoc6in25uKQVpcQpR9cYz2BD0NQk6JepyU=
 github.com/adrg/frontmatter v0.1.0/go.mod h1:93rQCj3z3ZlwyxxpQioRKC1wDLto4aXHrbqIsnH9wmE=
+github.com/alecthomas/assert v0.0.0-20170929043011-405dbfeb8e38 h1:smF2tmSOzy2Mm+0dGI2AIUHY+w0BUc+4tn40djz7+6U=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert v0.0.0-20170929043011-405dbfeb8e38/go.mod h1:r7bzyVFMNntcxPZXK3/+KdruV1H5KSlyVY0gc+NgInI=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.7.3 h1:NfdAERMy+esYQs8OXk0I868/qDxxCEo7FMz1WIqMAeI=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.7.3/go.mod h1:sko8vR34/90zvl5QdcUdvzL3J8NKjAUx9va9jPuFNoM=
+github.com/alecthomas/colour v0.0.0-20160524082231-60882d9e2721 h1:JHZL0hZKJ1VENNfmXvHbgYlbUOvpzYzvy2aZU5gXVeo=
 github.com/alecthomas/colour v0.0.0-20160524082231-60882d9e2721/go.mod h1:QO9JBoKquHd+jz9nshCh40fOfO+JzsoXy8qTHF68zU0=
 github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.4/go.mod h1:kQOmtJgV+Lb4aj+I2LEn40cbtawdWJ9Y8QLq+lElKxE=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.0.0-20180818092828-117648cd9897/go.mod h1:xTS7Pm1pD1mvyM075QCDSRqH6qRLXylzS24ZTpRiSzQ=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.0.0-20200325044227-4184120f674c h1:MVVbswUlqicyj8P/JljoocA7AyCo62gzD0O7jfvrhtE=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.0.0-20200325044227-4184120f674c/go.mod h1:xTS7Pm1pD1mvyM075QCDSRqH6qRLXylzS24ZTpRiSzQ=
 github.com/cross-cpm/go-shutil v0.0.0-20190908093542-3fcbb1a2151e h1:x8RmdI3kIwKOGLb/SaraDgArPZ0Kb+0WmkM0K2P1CZk=
 github.com/cross-cpm/go-shutil v0.0.0-20190908093542-3fcbb1a2151e/go.mod h1:VPohcIQ6FLWAgzOT7enwtRTAvwfQBDD1v4c7mvY2s2c=
 github.com/danwakefield/fnmatch v0.0.0-20160403171240-cbb64ac3d964 h1:y5HC9v93H5EPKqaS1UYVg1uYah5Xf51mBfIoWehClUQ=
 github.com/danwakefield/fnmatch v0.0.0-20160403171240-cbb64ac3d964/go.mod h1:Xd9hchkHSWYkEqJwUGisez3G1QY8Ryz0sdWrLPMGjLk=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.2.0 h1:8sAhBGEM0dRWogWqWyQeIJnxjWO6oIjl8FKqREDsGfk=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:2pZnwuY/m+8K6iRw6wQdMtk+rH5tNGR1i55kozfMjCc=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 h1:wuysRhFDzyxgEmMf5xjvJ2M9dZoWAXNNr5LSBS7uHXY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
@@ -27,18 +32,22 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 h1:lPqVAte+HuHNfhJ/0LC98ESWRz8afy9tM/0RK8m9o+Q=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
+github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0 h1:Kpca3qRNrduNnOQeazBd0ysaKrUJiIuISHxogkT9RPQ=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0CfEIISq7TuYL3j771MWULgwwjU+GofnZX9QAmXWZgo=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 h1:PdmoCO6wvbs+7yrJyMORt4/BmY5IYyJwS/kOiWx8mHo=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200223170610-d5e6a3e2c0ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200413165638-669c56c373c4 h1:opSr2sbRXk5X5/givKrrKj9HXxFpW2sdCiP8MJSKLQY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200413165638-669c56c373c4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 h1:clyUAQHOM3G0M3f5vQj7LuJrETvjVot3Z5el9nffUtU=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ bf "github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2"
 )
 
 var bfFlags = bf.UseXHTML | bf.Smartypants | bf.SmartypantsFractions |
-	bf.SmartypantsDashes | bf.NofollowLinks | bf.FootnoteReturnLinks
+	bf.SmartypantsDashes | bf.NofollowLinks
 
 func mdRender(input []byte) []byte {
 	return bf.Run(