Implemented the requested changes

app/__init__.py

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ app.config['BANG_PATH'] = os.getenv(
 app.config['BANG_FILE'] = os.path.join(
     app.config['BANG_PATH'],
     'bangs.json')
+app.config['RELEASES_URL'] = 'https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/releases'
 
 # The alternative to Google Translate is treated a bit differently than other
 # social media site alternatives, in that it is used for any translation

app/routes.py

@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ from requests import exceptions, get
 # Load DDG bang json files only on init
 bang_json = json.load(open(app.config['BANG_FILE']))
 
-# Get the newest version of WHOOGLE
-link_releases = "https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/releases"
-update = bsoup(get(link_releases).text, "html.parser")
+
+# Check the newest version of WHOOGLE
+update = bsoup(get(app.config['RELEASES_URL']).text, 'html.parser')
 newest_version = update.select_one('[class="Link--primary"]').string[1:]
+current_version = int(''.join(filter(str.isdigit, app.config['VERSION_NUMBER'])))
+newest_version = int(''.join(filter(str.isdigit, newest_version)))
+newest_version = newest_version if (current_version
+                                    < newest_version) else ''
 
 
 def auth_required(f):

app/templates/display.html

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 {% endif %}
 {{ response|safe }}
 </body>
-{% include "footer.html" %}
+{% include 'footer.html' %}
 <script src="{{ cb_url('autocomplete.js') }}"></script>
 <script src="{{ cb_url('utils.js') }}"></script>
 <script src="{{ cb_url('keyboard.js') }}"></script>

app/templates/footer.html

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.0.0-beta2/css/all.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
 <footer>
     <p class="footer">
         Whoogle Search v{{ version_number }} ||
         <a id="gh-link" href="https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search">{{ translation['github-link'] }}</a>
-        {% if newest_version != version_number %}
-             || <span class="update_available">Update Available <i class="far fa-arrow-alt-circle-up"></i></span>
+        {% if newest_version %}
+             || <span class="update_available">Update Available 🟢</span>
         {% endif %}
     </p>
 </footer>

app/templates/index.html

@@ -231,6 +231,6 @@
         </div>
     {% endif %}
 </div>
-{% include "footer.html" %}
+{% include 'footer.html' %}
 </body>
 </html>