diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index cb1202f..2049314 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 # Site settings
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-title: You R. Name
+title: blank # the website title (if blank, full name will be used instead)
+first_name: You
+middle_name: R.
+last_name: (Long Last) Name
 email: you@example.com
 description: > # this means to ignore newlines until "url:"
   A simple, whitespace theme for academics. Based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design.
diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index 96c988c..4898985 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% if site.footer_fixed %}
 <footer class="fixed-bottom">
   <div class="container mt-0">
-    &copy; Copyright {{ site.time | date: '%Y' }} {{ site.title }}.
+    &copy; Copyright {{ site.time | date: '%Y' }} {{ site.first_name }} {{ site.middle_name }} {{ site.last_name }}.
     {{ site.footer_text }}
     {% if site.last_updated %}
     Last updated: {{ "now" | date: '%B %d, %Y' }}.
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 {% else %}
 <footer class="sticky-bottom mt-5">
   <div class="container">
-    &copy; Copyright {{ site.time | date: '%Y' }} {{ site.title }}.
+    &copy; Copyright {{ site.time | date: '%Y' }} {{ site.first_name }} {{ site.middle_name }} {{ site.last_name }}.
     {{ site.footer_text }}
     {% if site.last_updated %}
     Last updated: {{ "now" | date: '%B %d, %Y' }}.
diff --git a/_includes/head.html b/_includes/head.html
index 245c0e9..999cdd7 100644
--- a/_includes/head.html
+++ b/_includes/head.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
 <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
 
-<title>{{ site.title }}{% if page.title and page.url != "/" %} | {{ page.title }}{% endif %}</title>
+<title>{% if site.title == blank %}{{ site.title }}{% else %}{{ site.first_name }} {{ site.middle_name }} {{ site.last_name }}{% endif %}{% if page.title and page.url != "/" %} | {{ page.title }}{% endif %}</title>
 <meta name="description" content="{{ site.description }}">
 
 <!-- Bootstrap & MDB -->
diff --git a/_includes/header.html b/_includes/header.html
index ec0f86b..f4c9e65 100644
--- a/_includes/header.html
+++ b/_includes/header.html
@@ -4,16 +4,8 @@
     <nav id="navbar" class="navbar navbar-light bg-white navbar-expand-sm {% if site.navbar_fixed %}fixed-top{% else %}sticky-top{% endif %}">
     <div class="container">
       {% if page.title != "about" %}
-      {% assign name = site.title | split: ' ' %}
-      {% assign firstname = name | first %}
-      {% if name.size > 2 %}
-         {% assign middlenames =  name | slice:1, name.size-1 | join:" " %}
-      {% else %}
-         {% assign middlenames = '' %}
-      {% endif %}
-      {% assign lastname = name | last %}
       <a class="navbar-brand title font-weight-lighter" href="{{ site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}/">
-       <span class="font-weight-bold">{{ firstname }}</span> {{ middlenames }}  {{ lastname }}
+       {% if site.title == blank %}{{ site.title }}{% else %}<span class="font-weight-bold">{{ site.first_name }}</span> {{ site.middle_name }}  {{ site.last_name }}{% endif %}
       </a>
       {% elsif site.show_social_icons %}
         <!-- Social Icons -->
diff --git a/_layouts/about.html b/_layouts/about.html
index 48739ee..47a02e1 100644
--- a/_layouts/about.html
+++ b/_layouts/about.html
@@ -5,17 +5,9 @@ layout: default
 <div class="post">
 
   <header class="post-header">
-    {% assign name = site.title | split: ' ' %}
-    {% assign firstname = name | first %}
-    {% if name.size > 2 %}
-       {% assign middlenames =  name | slice:1, name.size-1 | join:" " %}
-    {% else %}
-       {% assign middlenames = '' %}
-    {% endif %}
-    {% assign lastname = name | last %}
-    <a class="navbar-brand title font-weight-lighter" href="{{ site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}/">
-     <span class="font-weight-bold">{{ firstname }}</span> {{ middlenames }}  {{ lastname }}
-    </a>
+    <h1 class="post-title">
+     {% if site.title == blank %}{{ site.title }}{% else %}<span class="font-weight-bold">{{ site.first_name }}</span> {{ site.middle_name }}  {{ site.last_name }}{% endif %}
+    </h1>
   </header>
 
   <article>