added controls for the auto-refresh tag in the page header, which was the ONLY use for the metadata mechanism in Venice...

config/config.go

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ func (*AmCLI) Version() string {
 // AmConfig holds the configuration of the application as read from YAML.
 type AmConfig struct {
 	Site struct {
-		Title string `yaml:"title"`
+		Title      string `yaml:"title"`
+		TopRefresh int    `yaml:"topRefresh"`
 	} `yaml:"site"`
 	Database struct {
 		Driver string `yaml:"driver"`

config/default.yaml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #
 site:
   title: "Amsterdam Web Communities System"
+  topRefresh: 300
 database:
   driver: "mysql"
   dsn: "amsdb:x00yes2k@tcp(localhost)/amsterdam?parseTime=true&loc=Local"

top.go

@@ -138,8 +138,10 @@ func TopPage(ctxt ui.AmContext) (string, any, error) {
 			return "string", "Unable to render sideboxes", err
 		}
 	}
-
 	ctxt.VarMap().Set("sideboxes", rc)
+
+	// Final data set.
+	ctxt.VarMap().Set("amsterdam_genRefresh", true)
 	return "framed_template", "top.jet", nil
 }
 

ui/views/frame.jet

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
     <title>{{ amsterdam_pageTitle }} - {{ GlobalConfig.Site.Title }}</title>
     <link rel="icon" href="/img/builtin/AmsterdamIcon32.png" type="image/png" />
     <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/img/builtin/AmsterdamIcon32.ico" />
-    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="300">
+    {{ if isset(amsterdam_genRefresh) && GlobalConfig.Site.TopRefresh > 0 }}
+        <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="{{ GlobalConfig.Site.TopRefresh }}">
+    {{ end }}
     <script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
 </head>