Allow access to the HTML templates, including the robots.txt and rss/xml—this could be opt-in—for those that want to further customize their layouts.
Further to the above, allow the creation of variables based on metadata, so they can be inserted into the posts/templates. A couple of examples:
yeah this would be great. I find the current themes to be pretty lacking but there’s not much info on what can be changed to make edits myself.
You can now edit the robots.txt in Settings > Advanced settings
You can also now reference front-matter in all blog content using these attributes:
{{ blog_title }}
{{ blog_description }}
{{ blog_link }}
{{ blog_created_date }}
{{ blog_last_modified }} ago
{{ post_title }}
{{ post_description }}
{{ post_link }}
{{ post_published_date }}
{{ post_last_modified }} ago