diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 172a00e..e061de4 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -1,431 +1,434 @@
 package writefreely
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	"html/template"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/gorilla/schema"
 	"github.com/gorilla/sessions"
 	"github.com/manifoldco/promptui"
+	"github.com/writeas/go-strip-markdown"
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/converter"
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/log"
 	"github.com/writeas/writefreely/config"
 	"github.com/writeas/writefreely/page"
 )
 
 const (
 	staticDir       = "static/"
 	assumedTitleLen = 80
 	postsPerPage    = 10
 
 	serverSoftware = "WriteFreely"
 	softwareURL    = "https://writefreely.org"
 )
 
 // Software version can be set from git env using -ldflags
 var softwareVer = "0.3"
 
 var (
 	debugging bool
 
 	// DEPRECATED VARS
 	// TODO: pass app.cfg into GetCollection* calls so we can get these values
 	// from Collection methods and we no longer need these.
 	hostName     string
 	isSingleUser bool
 )
 
 type app struct {
 	router       *mux.Router
 	db           *datastore
 	cfg          *config.Config
 	keys         *keychain
 	sessionStore *sessions.CookieStore
 	formDecoder  *schema.Decoder
 }
 
 // handleViewHome shows page at root path. Will be the Pad if logged in and the
 // catch-all landing page otherwise.
 func handleViewHome(app *app, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	if app.cfg.App.SingleUser {
 		// Render blog index
 		return handleViewCollection(app, w, r)
 	}
 
 	// Multi-user instance
 	u := getUserSession(app, r)
 	if u != nil {
 		// User is logged in, so show the Pad
 		return handleViewPad(app, w, r)
 	}
 
 	p := struct {
 		page.StaticPage
 		Flashes []template.HTML
 	}{
 		StaticPage: pageForReq(app, r),
 	}
 
 	// Get error messages
 	session, err := app.sessionStore.Get(r, cookieName)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Ignore this
 		log.Error("Unable to get session in handleViewHome; ignoring: %v", err)
 	}
 	flashes, _ := getSessionFlashes(app, w, r, session)
 	for _, flash := range flashes {
 		p.Flashes = append(p.Flashes, template.HTML(flash))
 	}
 
 	// Show landing page
 	return renderPage(w, "landing.tmpl", p)
 }
 
 func handleTemplatedPage(app *app, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, t *template.Template) error {
 	p := struct {
 		page.StaticPage
-		Content template.HTML
-		Updated string
+		Content      template.HTML
+		PlainContent string
+		Updated      string
 
 		AboutStats *InstanceStats
 	}{
 		StaticPage: pageForReq(app, r),
 	}
 	if r.URL.Path == "/about" || r.URL.Path == "/privacy" {
 		var c string
 		var updated *time.Time
 		var err error
 
 		if r.URL.Path == "/about" {
 			c, err = getAboutPage(app)
 
 			// Fetch stats
 			p.AboutStats = &InstanceStats{}
 			p.AboutStats.NumPosts, _ = app.db.GetTotalPosts()
 			p.AboutStats.NumBlogs, _ = app.db.GetTotalCollections()
 		} else {
 			c, updated, err = getPrivacyPage(app)
 		}
 
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		p.Content = template.HTML(applyMarkdown([]byte(c)))
+		p.PlainContent = shortPostDescription(stripmd.Strip(c))
 		if updated != nil {
 			p.Updated = updated.Format("January 2, 2006")
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Serve templated page
 	err := t.ExecuteTemplate(w, "base", p)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Unable to render page: %v", err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func pageForReq(app *app, r *http.Request) page.StaticPage {
 	p := page.StaticPage{
 		AppCfg:  app.cfg.App,
 		Path:    r.URL.Path,
 		Version: "v" + softwareVer,
 	}
 
 	// Add user information, if given
 	var u *User
 	accessToken := r.FormValue("t")
 	if accessToken != "" {
 		userID := app.db.GetUserID(accessToken)
 		if userID != -1 {
 			var err error
 			u, err = app.db.GetUserByID(userID)
 			if err == nil {
 				p.Username = u.Username
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		u = getUserSession(app, r)
 		if u != nil {
 			p.Username = u.Username
 		}
 	}
 
 	return p
 }
 
 var shttp = http.NewServeMux()
 var fileRegex = regexp.MustCompile("/([^/]*\\.[^/]*)$")
 
 func Serve() {
 	debugPtr := flag.Bool("debug", false, "Enables debug logging.")
 	createConfig := flag.Bool("create-config", false, "Creates a basic configuration and exits")
 	doConfig := flag.Bool("config", false, "Run the configuration process")
 	genKeys := flag.Bool("gen-keys", false, "Generate encryption and authentication keys")
 	createSchema := flag.Bool("init-db", false, "Initialize app database")
 	resetPassUser := flag.String("reset-pass", "", "Reset the given user's password")
 	outputVersion := flag.Bool("v", false, "Output the current version")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	debugging = *debugPtr
 
 	app := &app{}
 
 	if *outputVersion {
 		fmt.Println(serverSoftware + " " + softwareVer)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	} else if *createConfig {
 		log.Info("Creating configuration...")
 		c := config.New()
 		log.Info("Saving configuration...")
 		err := config.Save(c)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Unable to save configuration: %v", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		os.Exit(0)
 	} else if *doConfig {
 		d, err := config.Configure()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Unable to configure: %v", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		if d.User != nil {
 			app.cfg = d.Config
 			connectToDatabase(app)
 			defer shutdown(app)
 
 			u := &User{
 				Username:   d.User.Username,
 				HashedPass: d.User.HashedPass,
 				Created:    time.Now().Truncate(time.Second).UTC(),
 			}
 
 			// Create blog
 			log.Info("Creating user %s...\n", u.Username)
 			err = app.db.CreateUser(u, app.cfg.App.SiteName)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error("Unable to create user: %s", err)
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 			log.Info("Done!")
 		}
 		os.Exit(0)
 	} else if *genKeys {
 		errStatus := 0
 
 		err := generateKey(emailKeyPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			errStatus = 1
 		}
 		err = generateKey(cookieAuthKeyPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			errStatus = 1
 		}
 		err = generateKey(cookieKeyPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			errStatus = 1
 		}
 
 		os.Exit(errStatus)
 	} else if *createSchema {
 		log.Info("Loading configuration...")
 		cfg, err := config.Load()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Unable to load configuration: %v", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		app.cfg = cfg
 		connectToDatabase(app)
 		defer shutdown(app)
 
 		schema, err := ioutil.ReadFile("schema.sql")
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Unable to load schema.sql: %v", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
 		tblReg := regexp.MustCompile("CREATE TABLE (IF NOT EXISTS )?`([a-z_]+)`")
 
 		queries := strings.Split(string(schema), ";\n")
 		for _, q := range queries {
 			if strings.TrimSpace(q) == "" {
 				continue
 			}
 			parts := tblReg.FindStringSubmatch(q)
 			if len(parts) >= 3 {
 				log.Info("Creating table %s...", parts[2])
 			} else {
 				log.Info("Creating table ??? (Weird query) No match in: %v", parts)
 			}
 			_, err = app.db.Exec(q)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error("%s", err)
 			} else {
 				log.Info("Created.")
 			}
 		}
 		os.Exit(0)
 	} else if *resetPassUser != "" {
 		// Connect to the database
 		log.Info("Loading configuration...")
 		cfg, err := config.Load()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Unable to load configuration: %v", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		app.cfg = cfg
 		connectToDatabase(app)
 		defer shutdown(app)
 
 		// Fetch user
 		u, err := app.db.GetUserForAuth(*resetPassUser)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Get user: %s", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
 		// Prompt for new password
 		prompt := promptui.Prompt{
 			Templates: &promptui.PromptTemplates{
 				Success: "{{ . | bold | faint }}: ",
 			},
 			Label: "New password",
 			Mask:  '*',
 		}
 		newPass, err := prompt.Run()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("%s", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
 		// Do the update
 		log.Info("Updating...")
 		err = adminResetPassword(app, u, newPass)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("%s", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		log.Info("Success.")
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
 	log.Info("Initializing...")
 
 	log.Info("Loading configuration...")
 	cfg, err := config.Load()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Unable to load configuration: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	app.cfg = cfg
 
 	hostName = cfg.App.Host
 	isSingleUser = cfg.App.SingleUser
 	app.cfg.Server.Dev = *debugPtr
 
 	initTemplates()
 
 	// Load keys
 	log.Info("Loading encryption keys...")
 	err = initKeys(app)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("\n%s\n", err)
 	}
 
 	// Initialize modules
 	app.sessionStore = initSession(app)
 	app.formDecoder = schema.NewDecoder()
 	app.formDecoder.RegisterConverter(converter.NullJSONString{}, converter.ConvertJSONNullString)
 	app.formDecoder.RegisterConverter(converter.NullJSONBool{}, converter.ConvertJSONNullBool)
 	app.formDecoder.RegisterConverter(sql.NullString{}, converter.ConvertSQLNullString)
 	app.formDecoder.RegisterConverter(sql.NullBool{}, converter.ConvertSQLNullBool)
 	app.formDecoder.RegisterConverter(sql.NullInt64{}, converter.ConvertSQLNullInt64)
 	app.formDecoder.RegisterConverter(sql.NullFloat64{}, converter.ConvertSQLNullFloat64)
 
 	// Check database configuration
 	if app.cfg.Database.User == "" || app.cfg.Database.Password == "" {
 		log.Error("Database user or password not set.")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	if app.cfg.Database.Host == "" {
 		app.cfg.Database.Host = "localhost"
 	}
 	if app.cfg.Database.Database == "" {
 		app.cfg.Database.Database = "writefreely"
 	}
 
 	connectToDatabase(app)
 	defer shutdown(app)
 
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
 	handler := NewHandler(app)
 	handler.SetErrorPages(&ErrorPages{
 		NotFound:            pages["404-general.tmpl"],
 		Gone:                pages["410.tmpl"],
 		InternalServerError: pages["500.tmpl"],
 		Blank:               pages["blank.tmpl"],
 	})
 
 	// Handle app routes
 	initRoutes(handler, r, app.cfg, app.db)
 
 	// Handle static files
 	fs := http.FileServer(http.Dir(staticDir))
 	shttp.Handle("/", fs)
 	r.PathPrefix("/").Handler(fs)
 
 	// Handle shutdown
 	c := make(chan os.Signal, 2)
 	signal.Notify(c, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	go func() {
 		<-c
 		log.Info("Shutting down...")
 		shutdown(app)
 		log.Info("Done.")
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}()
 
 	// Start web application server
 	http.Handle("/", r)
 	log.Info("Serving on http://localhost:%d\n", app.cfg.Server.Port)
 	log.Info("---")
 	err = http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf(":%d", app.cfg.Server.Port), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Unable to start: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
 
 func connectToDatabase(app *app) {
 	if app.cfg.Database.Type != "mysql" {
 		log.Error("Invalid database type '%s'. Only 'mysql' is supported right now.", app.cfg.Database.Type)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	log.Info("Connecting to %s database...", app.cfg.Database.Type)
 	db, err := sql.Open(app.cfg.Database.Type, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s:%d)/%s?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=true&loc=%s", app.cfg.Database.User, app.cfg.Database.Password, app.cfg.Database.Host, app.cfg.Database.Port, app.cfg.Database.Database, url.QueryEscape(time.Local.String())))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("%s", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	app.db = &datastore{db}
 	app.db.SetMaxOpenConns(50)
 }
 
 func shutdown(app *app) {
 	log.Info("Closing database connection...")
 	app.db.Close()
 }
diff --git a/pages/about.tmpl b/pages/about.tmpl
index 71a6223..64c2500 100644
--- a/pages/about.tmpl
+++ b/pages/about.tmpl
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 {{define "head"}}<title>About {{.SiteName}}</title>
+<meta name="description" content="{{.PlainContent}}">
 {{end}}
 {{define "content"}}
 	<div class="content-container snug">
 		<h1>About {{.SiteName}}</h1>
 
 		{{.Content}}
 
 		{{if .Federation}}
 			<hr style="margin:1.5em 0;" />
 			<p><em>{{.SiteName}}</em> is home to <strong>{{largeNumFmt .AboutStats.NumPosts}}</strong> {{pluralize "article" "articles" .AboutStats.NumPosts}} across <strong>{{largeNumFmt .AboutStats.NumBlogs}}</strong> {{pluralize "blog" "blogs" .AboutStats.NumBlogs}}.</p>
 		{{end}}
 
 		<h2 style="margin-top:2em">About WriteFreely</h2>
 		<p><a href="https://writefreely.org">WriteFreely</a> is a self-hosted, decentralized blogging platform for publishing beautiful, simple blogs.</p>
 		<p>It lets you publish a single blog, or host a community of writers who can create multiple blogs under one account. You can also enable federation, which allows people in the fediverse to follow your blog, bookmark your posts, and share them with others.</p>
 		<div class="clearfix blurbs" style="font-size: 1.3em;text-align:center">
 			<div class="half big">
 				<p><a href="https://writefreely.org/start">Start an instance</a></p>
 			</div>
 			<div class="half big">
 				<p><a href="https://writefreely.org">WriteFreely</a></p>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 {{end}}
diff --git a/pages/privacy.tmpl b/pages/privacy.tmpl
index a32d028..9d0d177 100644
--- a/pages/privacy.tmpl
+++ b/pages/privacy.tmpl
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {{define "head"}}<title>{{.SiteName}} Privacy Policy</title>
+<meta name="description" content="{{.PlainContent}}">
 {{end}}
 {{define "content"}}<div class="content-container snug">
 	<h1>Privacy Policy</h1>
 		<p style="font-style:italic">Last updated {{.Updated}}</p>
 
 		{{.Content}}
 	</div>
 {{end}}