Index: src/style.c
==================================================================
--- src/style.c
+++ src/style.c
@@ -400,10 +400,11 @@
 
   if( g.thTrace ) Th_Trace("BEGIN_HEADER<br />\n", -1);
 
   /* Generate the header up through the main menu */
   Th_Store("project_name", db_get("project-name","Unnamed Fossil Project"));
+  Th_Store("project_description", db_get("project-description",""));
   Th_Store("title", zTitle);
   Th_Store("baseurl", g.zBaseURL);
   Th_Store("secureurl", login_wants_https_redirect()? g.zHttpsURL: g.zBaseURL);
   Th_Store("home", g.zTop);
   Th_Store("index_page", db_get("index-page","/home"));

Index: www/customskin.md
==================================================================
--- www/customskin.md
+++ www/customskin.md
@@ -144,10 +144,14 @@
 respository settings and the specific page being generated.
 
    *   **project_name** - The project_name variable is filled with the
        name of the project as configured under the Admin/Configuration
        menu.
+
+   *   **project_description** - The project_description variable is
+       filled with the description of the project as configured under
+       the Admin/Configuration menu.
 
    *   **title** - The title variable holds the title of the page being
        generated.
 
        The title variable is special in that it is deleted after