diff --git a/theme/index.hbs b/theme/index.hbs
index b08b8364..ac76bff9 100644
--- a/theme/index.hbs
+++ b/theme/index.hbs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML>
-<html lang="{{ language }}" class="sidebar-visible no-js {{ default_theme }}">
+<html lang="{{ language }}" class="{{ default_theme }}" dir="{{ text_direction }}">
     <head>
         <!-- Book generated using mdBook -->
         <meta charset="UTF-8">
         <title>{{ title }}</title>
         {{#if is_print }}
-        <meta name="robots" content="noindex" />
+        <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
         {{/if}}
         {{#if base_url}}
         <base href="{{ base_url }}">
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
         <!-- Custom HTML head -->
         {{> head}}
 
-        <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
         <meta name="description" content="{{ description }}">
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
-        <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff" />
+        <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">
 
         {{#if favicon_svg}}
         <link rel="icon" href="{{ path_to_root }}favicon.svg">
@@ -51,25 +50,27 @@
 
         {{#if mathjax_support}}
         <!-- MathJax -->
-        <script async type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.1/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
+        <script async src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.1/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
         {{/if}}
-
     </head>
-    <body>
+    <body class="sidebar-visible no-js">
+    <div id="body-container">
         <!-- Provide site root to javascript -->
-        <script type="text/javascript">
+        <script>
             var path_to_root = "{{ path_to_root }}";
             var default_theme = window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches ? "{{ preferred_dark_theme }}" : "{{ default_theme }}";
         </script>
 
         <!-- Work around some values being stored in localStorage wrapped in quotes -->
-        <script type="text/javascript">
+        <script>
             try {
                 var theme = localStorage.getItem('mdbook-theme');
                 var sidebar = localStorage.getItem('mdbook-sidebar');
+
                 if (theme.startsWith('"') && theme.endsWith('"')) {
                     localStorage.setItem('mdbook-theme', theme.slice(1, theme.length - 1));
                 }
+
                 if (sidebar.startsWith('"') && sidebar.endsWith('"')) {
                     localStorage.setItem('mdbook-sidebar', sidebar.slice(1, sidebar.length - 1));
                 }
@@ -77,55 +78,86 @@
         </script>
 
         <!-- Set the theme before any content is loaded, prevents flash -->
-        <script type="text/javascript">
+        <script>
             var theme;
             try { theme = localStorage.getItem('mdbook-theme'); } catch(e) { }
             if (theme === null || theme === undefined) { theme = default_theme; }
             var html = document.querySelector('html');
-            html.classList.remove('no-js')
             html.classList.remove('{{ default_theme }}')
             html.classList.add(theme);
-            html.classList.add('js');
+            var body = document.querySelector('body');
+            body.classList.remove('no-js')
+            body.classList.add('js');
         </script>
 
+        <input type="checkbox" id="sidebar-toggle-anchor" class="hidden">
+
         <!-- Hide / unhide sidebar before it is displayed -->
-        <script type="text/javascript">
-            var html = document.querySelector('html');
-            var sidebar = 'hidden';
+        <script>
+            var body = document.querySelector('body');
+            var sidebar = null;
+            var sidebar_toggle = document.getElementById("sidebar-toggle-anchor");
             if (document.body.clientWidth >= 1080) {
                 try { sidebar = localStorage.getItem('mdbook-sidebar'); } catch(e) { }
                 sidebar = sidebar || 'visible';
+            } else {
+                sidebar = 'hidden';
             }
-            html.classList.remove('sidebar-visible');
-            html.classList.add("sidebar-" + sidebar);
+            sidebar_toggle.checked = sidebar === 'visible';
+            body.classList.remove('sidebar-visible');
+            body.classList.add("sidebar-" + sidebar);
         </script>
 
         <nav id="sidebar" class="sidebar" aria-label="Table of contents">
             <div class="sidebar-scrollbox">
                 {{#toc}}{{/toc}}
             </div>
-            <div id="sidebar-resize-handle" class="sidebar-resize-handle"></div>
+            <div id="sidebar-resize-handle" class="sidebar-resize-handle">
+                <div class="sidebar-resize-indicator"></div>
+            </div>
         </nav>
 
+        <!-- Track and set sidebar scroll position -->
+        <script>
+            var sidebarScrollbox = document.querySelector('#sidebar .sidebar-scrollbox');
+            sidebarScrollbox.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
+                if (e.target.tagName === 'A') {
+                    sessionStorage.setItem('sidebar-scroll', sidebarScrollbox.scrollTop);
+                }
+            }, { passive: true });
+            var sidebarScrollTop = sessionStorage.getItem('sidebar-scroll');
+            sessionStorage.removeItem('sidebar-scroll');
+            if (sidebarScrollTop) {
+                // preserve sidebar scroll position when navigating via links within sidebar
+                sidebarScrollbox.scrollTop = sidebarScrollTop;
+            } else {
+                // scroll sidebar to current active section when navigating via "next/previous chapter" buttons
+                var activeSection = document.querySelector('#sidebar .active');
+                if (activeSection) {
+                    activeSection.scrollIntoView({ block: 'center' });
+                }
+            }
+        </script>
+        
         <div id="page-wrapper" class="page-wrapper">
 
             <div class="page">
                 {{> header}}
                 <div id="menu-bar-hover-placeholder"></div>
-                <div id="menu-bar" class="menu-bar sticky bordered">
+                <div id="menu-bar" class="menu-bar sticky">
                     <div class="left-buttons">
-                        <button id="sidebar-toggle" class="icon-button" type="button" title="Toggle Table of Contents" aria-label="Toggle Table of Contents" aria-controls="sidebar">
+                        <label id="sidebar-toggle" class="icon-button" for="sidebar-toggle-anchor" title="Toggle Table of Contents" aria-label="Toggle Table of Contents" aria-controls="sidebar">
                             <i class="fa fa-bars"></i>
-                        </button>
+                        </label>
                         <button id="theme-toggle" class="icon-button" type="button" title="Change theme" aria-label="Change theme" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="theme-list">
                             <i class="fa fa-paint-brush"></i>
                         </button>
                         <ul id="theme-list" class="theme-popup" aria-label="Themes" role="menu">
-                            <li role="none"><button role="menuitem" class="theme" id="light">{{ theme_option "Light" }}</button></li>
-                            <li role="none"><button role="menuitem" class="theme" id="rust">{{ theme_option "Rust" }}</button></li>
-                            <li role="none"><button role="menuitem" class="theme" id="coal">{{ theme_option "Coal" }}</button></li>
-                            <li role="none"><button role="menuitem" class="theme" id="navy">{{ theme_option "Navy" }}</button></li>
-                            <li role="none"><button role="menuitem" class="theme" id="ayu">{{ theme_option "Ayu" }}</button></li>
+                            <li role="none"><button role="menuitem" class="theme" id="light">Light</button></li>
+                            <li role="none"><button role="menuitem" class="theme" id="rust">Rust</button></li>
+                            <li role="none"><button role="menuitem" class="theme" id="coal">Coal</button></li>
+                            <li role="none"><button role="menuitem" class="theme" id="navy">Navy</button></li>
+                            <li role="none"><button role="menuitem" class="theme" id="ayu">Ayu</button></li>
                         </ul>
                         {{#if search_enabled}}
                         <button id="search-toggle" class="icon-button" type="button" title="Search. (Shortkey: s)" aria-label="Toggle Searchbar" aria-expanded="false" aria-keyshortcuts="S" aria-controls="searchbar">
@@ -170,34 +202,12 @@
                 {{/if}}
 
                 <!-- Apply ARIA attributes after the sidebar and the sidebar toggle button are added to the DOM -->
-                <script type="text/javascript">
+                <script>
                     document.getElementById('sidebar-toggle').setAttribute('aria-expanded', sidebar === 'visible');
                     document.getElementById('sidebar').setAttribute('aria-hidden', sidebar !== 'visible');
-
-                    // Get viewed page store
-                    var viewed_key = 'mdbook-viewed';
-                    var viewed_map = {};
-                    try {
-                        var viewed_storage = localStorage.getItem(viewed_key);
-                        if (viewed_storage) {
-                            viewed_map = JSON.parse(viewed_storage)
-                        }
-                    } catch (e) { }
-
                     Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('#sidebar a')).forEach(function(link) {
                         link.setAttribute('tabIndex', sidebar === 'visible' ? 0 : -1);
-                        
-                        // Apply viewed style
-                        if (viewed_map[link.pathname]) {
-                            link.classList.add('md-viewed')
-                        }
-                    }); 
-
-                    // Mark viewed after 30s
-                    setTimeout(function() {
-                        viewed_map[location.pathname] = 1;
-                        localStorage.setItem(viewed_key, JSON.stringify(viewed_map));
-                    }, 30000)
+                    });
                 </script>
 
                 <div id="content" class="content">
@@ -217,7 +227,7 @@
                         {{/previous}}
 
                         {{#next}}
-                            <a rel="next" href="{{ path_to_root }}{{link}}" class="mobile-nav-chapters next" title="Next chapter" aria-label="Next chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Right">
+                            <a rel="next prefetch" href="{{ path_to_root }}{{link}}" class="mobile-nav-chapters next" title="Next chapter" aria-label="Next chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Right">
                                 <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i>
                             </a>
                         {{/next}}
@@ -235,7 +245,7 @@
                 {{/previous}}
 
                 {{#next}}
-                    <a rel="next" href="{{ path_to_root }}{{link}}" class="nav-chapters next" title="Next chapter" aria-label="Next chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Right">
+                    <a rel="next prefetch" href="{{ path_to_root }}{{link}}" class="nav-chapters next" title="Next chapter" aria-label="Next chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Right">
                         <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i>
                     </a>
                 {{/next}}
@@ -243,16 +253,19 @@
 
         </div>
 
-        {{#if livereload}}
+        {{#if live_reload_endpoint}}
         <!-- Livereload script (if served using the cli tool) -->
-        <script type="text/javascript">
-            var socket = new WebSocket("{{{livereload}}}");
+        <script>
+            const wsProtocol = location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss:' : 'ws:';
+            const wsAddress = wsProtocol + "//" + location.host + "/" + "{{{live_reload_endpoint}}}";
+            const socket = new WebSocket(wsAddress);
             socket.onmessage = function (event) {
                 if (event.data === "reload") {
                     socket.close();
                     location.reload();
                 }
             };
+
             window.onbeforeunload = function() {
                 socket.close();
             }
@@ -261,8 +274,9 @@
 
         {{#if google_analytics}}
         <!-- Google Analytics Tag -->
-        <script type="text/javascript">
+        <script>
             var localAddrs = ["localhost", "127.0.0.1", ""];
+
             // make sure we don't activate google analytics if the developer is
             // inspecting the book locally...
             if (localAddrs.indexOf(document.location.hostname) === -1) {
@@ -270,6 +284,7 @@
                 (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
                 m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
                 })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
+
                 ga('create', '{{google_analytics}}', 'auto');
                 ga('send', 'pageview');
             }
@@ -277,34 +292,35 @@
         {{/if}}
 
         {{#if playground_line_numbers}}
-        <script type="text/javascript">
+        <script>
             window.playground_line_numbers = true;
         </script>
         {{/if}}
 
         {{#if playground_copyable}}
-        <script type="text/javascript">
+        <script>
             window.playground_copyable = true;
         </script>
         {{/if}}
 
         {{#if playground_js}}
-        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}ace.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
-        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}editor.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
-        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}mode-rust.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
-        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}theme-dawn.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
-        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}theme-tomorrow_night.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
+        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}ace.js"></script>
+        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}editor.js"></script>
+        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}mode-rust.js"></script>
+        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}theme-dawn.js"></script>
+        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}theme-tomorrow_night.js"></script>
         {{/if}}
 
         {{#if search_js}}
-        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}elasticlunr.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
-        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}mark.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
-        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}searcher.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
+        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}elasticlunr.min.js"></script>
+        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}mark.min.js"></script>
+        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}searcher.js"></script>
         {{/if}}
 
-        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}clipboard.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
-        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}highlight.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
-        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}book.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
+        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}clipboard.min.js"></script>
+        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}highlight.js"></script>
+        <script src="{{ path_to_root }}book.js"></script>
+
         <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
         var pagePath = "{{ path }}"
         </script>
@@ -312,12 +328,12 @@
 
         <!-- Custom JS scripts -->
         {{#each additional_js}}
-        <script type="text/javascript" src="{{ ../path_to_root }}{{this}}"></script>
+        <script src="{{ ../path_to_root }}{{this}}"></script>
         {{/each}}
 
         {{#if is_print}}
         {{#if mathjax_support}}
-        <script type="text/javascript">
+        <script>
         window.addEventListener('load', function() {
             MathJax.Hub.Register.StartupHook('End', function() {
                 window.setTimeout(window.print, 100);
@@ -325,7 +341,7 @@
         });
         </script>
         {{else}}
-        <script type="text/javascript">
+        <script>
         window.addEventListener('load', function() {
             window.setTimeout(window.print, 100);
         });
@@ -333,5 +349,6 @@
         {{/if}}
         {{/if}}
 
+    </div>
     </body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
