Add Support for front matter tag author: to add a by line to posts, w…

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ## Unreleased version
-
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Allow changing the order of the social network links that appear in the footer (#1152)
-- BREAKING CHANGE: `google-scholar` social network link no longer requires the prefix `citations?user=`; if you previously set this parameter, it needs to be updated (#1189)  
-- Fixed bug where hovering over search results showed the text "{desc}" (#1156) 
+- BREAKING CHANGE: `google-scholar` social network link no longer requires the prefix `citations?user=`; if you previously set this parameter, it needs to be updated (#1189)
+- Added `author` YAML parameter to allow specifying the author(s) of a post (#1220)
+- Fixed bug where hovering over search results showed the text "{desc}" (#1156)
 - Added social network links for GitLab, Bluesky (#1168, #1218)
 - Added instructions and example on how to fix image links in project sites (#1171)
 - Pagination buttons: use nicer arrows, and don't show text on small screens (#1221)

README.md

@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ These are parameters that you may not use often, but can come in handy sometimes
 
 Parameter   | Description
 ----------- | -----------
+author      | Specify the author of a blog post (useful if a website has multiple authors).
 readtime    | If you want a post to show how many minutes it will take to read it, use `readtime: true`.
 show-avatar | If you have an avatar configured in the `_config.yml` but you want to turn it off on a specific page, use `show-avatar: false`.
 social-share | By default, every blog post has buttons to share the page on social media. If you want to turn this feature off, use `social-share: false`.

_includes/head.html

@@ -25,8 +25,15 @@
 
   <title>{{ title }}</title>
 
-  {% if site.author %}
-  <meta name="author" content="{{ site.author }}">
+  {% capture author %}
+    {%- if page.author -%}
+      {{  page.author | strip_html }}
+    {%- elsif site.author -%}
+      {{ site.author }}
+    {%- endif -%}
+  {% endcapture %}
+  {% if author != "" %}
+  <meta name="author" content="{{ author }}">
   {% endif %}
 
   <meta name="description" content="{{ description }}">
@@ -112,7 +119,9 @@
 
   {% if page.id %}
   <meta property="og:type" content="article">
-  <meta property="og:article:author" content="{{ site.author }}">
+  {% if author != "" %}
+  <meta property="og:article:author" content="{{ author }}">
+  {% endif %}
   <meta property="og:article:published_time" content="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}">
   <meta property="og:url" content="{{ page.url | absolute_url }}">
   <link rel="canonical" href="{{ page.url | absolute_url }}">

_includes/header.html

@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ <h1>{% if page.title %}{{ page.title | strip_html }}{% else %}<br/>{% endif %}</
               <h2 class="{{ include.type }}-subheading">{{ page.subtitle | strip_html }}</h2>
             {% endif %}
           {% endif %}
-
-          {% if include.type == "post" %}
+
+          {% if include.type == "post" %} 
+            {% if page.author %}
+              By <strong>{{ page.author | strip_html }}</strong><br>
+            {% endif%}
             <span class="post-meta">Posted on {{ page.date | date: date_format }}</span>
             {% if page.last-updated %}
               <span class="post-meta">
@@ -71,7 +74,10 @@ <h2 class="{{ include.type }}-subheading">{{ page.subtitle | strip_html }}</h2>
             {% endif %}
           {% endif %}
 
-          {% if include.type == "post" %}
+          {% if include.type == "post" %} 
+            {% if page.author %}
+              By <strong>{{ page.author | strip_html }}</strong><br>
+            {% endif%}
             <span class="post-meta">Posted on {{ page.date | date: date_format }}</span>
             {% if page.last-updated %}
               <span class="post-meta">

_layouts/home.html

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ <h3 class="post-subtitle">
         {% endif %}
       </a>
 
+      {% if post.author %}
+        <span>By <strong>{{ post.author | strip_html }}</strong></span>
+      {% endif %}
       <p class="post-meta">
         {% assign date_format = site.date_format | default: "%B %-d, %Y" %}
         Posted on {{ post.date | date: date_format }}

_posts/2020-02-26-flake-it-till-you-make-it.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ cover-img: /assets/img/path.jpg
 thumbnail-img: /assets/img/thumb.png
 share-img: /assets/img/path.jpg
 tags: [books, test]
+author: Sharon Smith and Barry Simpson
 ---
 
 Under what circumstances should we step off a path? When is it essential that we finish what we start? If I bought a bag of peanuts and had an allergic reaction, no one would fault me if I threw it out. If I ended a relationship with a woman who hit me, no one would say that I had a commitment problem. But if I walk away from a seemingly secure route because my soul has other ideas, I am a flake?

_posts/2020-02-28-sample-markdown.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ gh-repo: daattali/beautiful-jekyll
 gh-badge: [star, fork, follow]
 tags: [test]
 comments: true
+author: Bill Smith
 ---
 
 {: .box-success}