scripts/generate-site.csx

@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@ private class Series {
   public string TitleEncoded {
     get => WebUtility.HtmlEncode(Title);
   }
+
+  public string HtmlDescription {
+    get {
+      var sb = new StringBuilder();
+      if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Description)) {
+        sb.AppendLine("<article><p>");
+        sb.AppendLine(string.Join("</p><p>",
+              Description.Split("\n")
+              .Where(l => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(l))
+              .Select(l => WebUtility.HtmlEncode(l))));
+        sb.AppendLine("</p></article>");
+      }
+
+      return sb.ToString();
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 private class Episode {
@@ -229,6 +245,7 @@ private void GenerateSeriesDetailsFragment(Series series) {
           </aside>
         </div>
       </section>
+      <div class='detail'>
         <ol>");
 
   foreach (var episode in GetEpisodes(series.Slug)) {
@@ -245,7 +262,11 @@ private void GenerateSeriesDetailsFragment(Series series) {
         </li>");
   }
 
-  sw.Write("</ol></div>");
+  sw.Write(
+      @$"</ol>
+      {series.HtmlDescription}
+    </div>
+  </div>");
 }
 
 private void InjectGenreList(IEnumerable<string> genres) {

site/partial/home.html

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
   <p>Radiostasis is an <a href='https://code.sitosis.com/rudism/radiostasis' target='_blank'>open source</a> passion project by Rudis Muiznieks, a software engineer who happens to love Old Time Radio. Radiostasis is a constant work in progress, with many improvements planned for the future. Currently the site is completely free to use&mdash;Rudis foots all the bills to host this site on his own&mdash;but premium features may be introduced in future updates to help offset some of the costs.</p>
   <p>If you have any questions, suggestions, or just want to say hello, feel free to email Rudis at <a href='mailto:support@radiostasis.com'>support@radiostasis.com</a>.</p>
   <h3>Change Log</h3>
+  <h4>2023-04-05</h4>
+  <p>Added series descriptions to the details pages. Descriptions were generated by ChatGPT as summaries of available information on Wikipedia, <a href='https://otrr.org' target='_blank'>OTRR</a> write ups on <a href='https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Home_Page' target='_blank'>archive.org</a>, the <a href='https://otrcat.com' target='_blank'>Old Time Radio Catalog</a>, and other websites.</p>
   <h4>2023-03-26</h4>
   <p>Initial release with bare-bones series and episodes lists, plus the ability to stream individual episodes.</p>
 </div>