diff --git a/lattice/docs/mkdocs_web.py b/lattice/docs/mkdocs_web.py
index ddef718..424387c 100644
--- a/lattice/docs/mkdocs_web.py
+++ b/lattice/docs/mkdocs_web.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import shutil
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from typing import List
+from datetime import datetime
 
 import pygit2
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ def __init__(self, lattice):
         self.specification_counter = 1
         self.specification_templates: List[DocumentFile] = []
         self.navigation = []
+        self.timestamp = datetime.now()
 
     def setup_build_directory_structure(self):  # pylint: disable=missing-function-docstring
         self.content_directory_path = make_dir(Path(self.build_directory, "docs"))
@@ -100,9 +102,7 @@ def get_git_info(self):  # pylint: disable=missing-function-docstring
             self.git_ref_name = "main"
         else:
             self.git_ref_name = self.git_repo.head.name
-        self.git_remote_url = (
-            rf"https://{self.git_repo_owner}.{self.git_repo_host}.com/{self.git_repo_owner}/{self.git_repo_name}"
-        )
+        self.git_remote_url = rf"https://{self.git_repo_host}.com/{self.git_repo_owner}/{self.git_repo_name}"
         self.base_url = rf"https://{self.git_repo_owner}.{self.git_repo_host}.io/{self.git_repo_name}/"
 
     # pylint: disable-next=missing-function-docstring, too-many-branches, too-many-statements
@@ -121,11 +121,12 @@ def make_config(self):  # pylint: disable=missing-function-docstring
             "site_url": self.base_url,
             "site_author": self.author,
             "site_description": self.description,
+            "copyright": f"&copy {self.timestamp.year} {self.author} All rights reserved",
             "theme": {"name": "material", "favicon": favicon, "logo": logo, "palette": self.colors},
             "repo_name": self.git_repo_name,
             "repo_url": self.git_remote_url,
             "nav": self.navigation,
-            "markdown_extensions": ["markdown_grid_tables"],
+            "markdown_extensions": ["markdown_grid_tables", "pymdownx.smartsymbols"],
         }
 
     def make_pages(self):
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@ def make_main_menu_page(
     ):
         front_matter = {
             "title": title,
+            "build_date_utc": self.timestamp,
         }
 
         if content_type is not None:
@@ -350,6 +352,7 @@ def make_specification_page(
         # Append front matter
         front_matter = {
             "title": title,
+            "build_date_utc": self.timestamp,
         }
 
         self.specification_counter += 1
diff --git a/lattice/lattice.py b/lattice/lattice.py
index f2820fd..a5c75a5 100644
--- a/lattice/lattice.py
+++ b/lattice/lattice.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import warnings
 from fnmatch import fnmatch
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Union
 from jsonschema.exceptions import RefResolutionError
 
 from lattice.docs.process_template import process_template
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 class SchemaFile:  # pylint:disable=R0902
     """Parse the components of a schema file."""
 
-    def __init__(self, path) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, path: Path) -> None:
         """Open and parse source schema"""
 
         self.path = Path(path).absolute()
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ class Lattice:  # pylint:disable=R0902
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        root_directory=Path.cwd(),
-        build_directory: Path = None,
-        build_output_directory_name=".lattice",
-        build_validation=True,
-    ):
+        root_directory: Path = Path.cwd(),
+        build_directory: Union[Path | None] = None,
+        build_output_directory_name: Path = Path(".lattice"),
+        build_validation: bool = True,
+    ) -> None:
         """Set up file structure"""
 
         # Check if directories exists