Feature: Adding linkback functionality Author avatar & Name (mmistake…

…s#1386)

* adding linkback funct to author avatar & nm

* rm author_class; change linkback var to home; updating config docs

_includes/author-profile.html

@@ -9,15 +9,32 @@
   {% if author.avatar %}
     <div class="author__avatar">
       {% if author.avatar contains "://" %}
-        <img src="{{ author.avatar }}" alt="{{ author.name }}" itemprop="image">
+        {% assign author_src = author.avatar %}
       {% else %}
-        <img src="{{ author.avatar | absolute_url }}" class="author__avatar" alt="{{ author.name }}" itemprop="image">
+        {% assign author_src = author.avatar | absolute_url %}
+      {% endif %}
+
+      {% if author.home %}
+        {% if author.home contains "://" %}
+          {% assign author_link = author.home %}
+        {% else %}
+          {% assign author_link = author.home | absolute_url %}
+        {% endif %}
+        <a href="{{ author_link }}">
+          <img src="{{ author_src }}" alt="{{ author.name }}" itemprop="image">
+        </a>
+      {% else %}
+        <img src="{{ author_src }}" alt="{{ author.name }}" itemprop="image">
       {% endif %}
     </div>
   {% endif %}
 
   <div class="author__content">
-    <h3 class="author__name" itemprop="name">{{ author.name }}</h3>
+    {% if author.home %}
+      <a href="{{ author_link }}"><h3 class="author__name" itemprop="name">{{ author.name }}</h3></a>
+    {% else %}
+      <h3 class="author__name" itemprop="name">{{ author.name }}</h3>
+    {% endif %}
     {% if author.bio %}
       <p class="author__bio" itemprop="description">
         {{ author.bio }}

_sass/minimal-mistakes/_sidebar.scss

@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@
     padding-left: 0;
     padding-right: 0;
   }
+
+  a {
+    color: inherit;
+    text-decoration: none;
+  }
 }
 
 .author__name {

docs/_docs/05-configuration.md

@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ author:
   bio    : "My awesome biography constrained to a sentence or two goes here."
   email  : # optional
   uri    : "http://your-site.com"
+  home   : # null (default), "absolute or relative url to link to author home"
 ```
 
 Social media links are all optional, include the ones you want visible. In most cases you just need to add the username. If you're unsure double check `_includes/author-profile.html` to see how the URL is constructed.