Author Bios
Posted on by Glenn Rice
Category: meta
The bottom of every page in the theme can optionally show a short biography of the site author, including a profile picture, email link, and location.
Setting up the author bio
A set of configuration options are used for displaying the biography.
[params]
Author = "Author Name"
Avatar = "images/site-logo.svg"
Biography = "A short description, a few sentences describing the author. Set
the 'ShowBio' parameter to false to hide this."
ShowBio = true
[params.indieWeb]
EmailAddress = "email.address@example.com"
Country = "CountryName"
City = "CityName"
Specifics on each setting item are as follows:
Author: Your name; this is the site author name.Avatar: The path to your profile picture. By default, it will show the theme’s logo (/static/images/site-logo.svg).Biography: Hopefully the placeholder text here is self-explanatory; add a couple of short sentences about yourself here.ShowBio: If you prefer not to show the author bio, set this tofalse. By default, it’s set totrue.EmailAddress: The email address at which you can be contacted.Country: The name of the country in which you live.City: The name of the city in which you live.
IndieWeb features
The following classes are used to mark up the author bio for IndieWeb parsing:
| Element | Class |
|---|---|
| The author card | h-card |
| Profile picture | u-photo |
| Author URL* | p-name, u-url, rel=me |
| City | p-locality |
| Country | p-country-name |
| Email address | u-email |
| Biography | p-note |
*Author URL is set to the site’s base URL.
