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In order to power the description field on the sites directory redesign, we need a field where site creators/admins can add a custom description. Here's what I propose:

1. A field during site creation where creators can enter a description (see description-create.png)
2. A similar field will be editable at Dashboard > Settings > General, alongside other metadata fields (see description-edit.png). Available only to Administrators.
3. The textarea will not accept HTML
4. The description shown in the site directory will be truncated to a reasonable length (say, 250 characters), with ellipsis for truncation.
5. Description will be included in cloning.

At the moment, we won't show the description anywhere else, though we could consider it in the future.

I think we don't want to go overboard with tooltips and help text, but it might be worth suggesting to users that there's a maximum recommended length. Or, we could enforce a maximum - this would make sense for the current implementation, but it might be restrictive in the future.