Add an author
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Add yourself to the authors list
Add a new object to
authors.yamlwith the following structure. Make sure to choose a unique author slug.authorslug:
title:
en: Full Name
description:
en: A relevant description about yourself you'd like to share.You can add multiple titles and descriptions to your author data for each language that is supported by using the ISO 639-1 code for that language.
authorslug:
title:
en: Full Name
es: Nombre completo
description:
en: A relevant description about yourself you'd like to share.
es: Una descripción relevante traducida por Google sobre usted que le gustaría compartir.If you want links to your online accounts to appear in your author lookup add a new object to
authorsData.jsonwith the following structure. Make sure to use the same author slug used in theauthors.yaml."jaimiesmith": {
"twitter": "jaimiesmith",
"github": "jaimiesmith",
"glitch": "jaimiesmith",
"homepage": "https://jaimiesmithis.cool/"
}
When you add an author, the author profile won't show on the relevant page immediately. You have to associate some content with the profile to see any changes to the authors' page.
Create a profile image
Follow the Images and video guide to upload your photo to the CDN.
The image uploader will return a shortcode. Copy the
srcvalue from the shortcode and use it as theimagevalue in your profile in theauthorsData.json."jaimiesmith": {
"twitter": "jaimiesmith",
"github": "jaimiesmith",
"glitch": "jaimiesmith",
"homepage": "https://jaimiesmithis.cool/",
"image": "image/foR0vJZKULb5AGJExlazy1xYDgI2/ZOR0at2oFXeasz6jKylI.jpg"
}
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