diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 1f11636b0055..3f2025c530b4 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -105,31 +105,25 @@ author:
bio : "I am an amazing person."
location : "Somewhere"
email :
- uri :
- home : # null (default), "absolute or relative url to link to author home"
- bitbucket :
- codepen :
- dribbble :
- flickr :
- facebook :
- foursquare :
- github :
- gitlab :
- google_plus :
- keybase :
- instagram :
- lastfm :
- linkedin : # "john-doe-12345678" (the last part of your profile url, e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doe-12345678)
- pinterest :
- soundcloud :
- stackoverflow : # "123456/username" (the last part of your profile url, e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/users/123456/username)
- steam : # "steamId" (the last part of your profile url, e.g. https://steamcommunity.com/id/steamId/)
- tumblr :
- twitter :
- vine :
- weibo :
- xing :
- youtube : # "https://youtube.com/c/MichaelRoseDesign"
+ links:
+ - label: "Email"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-envelope-square"
+ # url: mailto:your.name@email.com
+ - label: "Website"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-link"
+ # url: "https://your-website.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ # url: "https://twitter.com/"
+ - label: "Facebook"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-facebook-square"
+ # url: "https://facebook.com/"
+ - label: "GitHub"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-github"
+ # url: "https://github.com/"
+ - label: "Instagram"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-instagram"
+ # url: "https://instagram.com/"
# Reading Files
diff --git a/_includes/author-profile.html b/_includes/author-profile.html
index bd560f71918c..1514f518cb31 100644
--- a/_includes/author-profile.html
+++ b/_includes/author-profile.html
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ {{ author.name }}
{% endif %}
+ {% if author.links %}
+ {% for link in author.links %}
+ {% if link.label and link.url %}
+ {{ link.label }}
+ {% endif %}
+ {% endfor %}
+ {% endif %}
+
{% if author.uri %}
diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index 6a4ce301248e..d4f17d3ae967 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -103,32 +103,19 @@ author:
avatar : "/assets/images/michael-rose.jpg"
bio : "Just another boring, tattooed, time traveling, designer."
location : "Buffalo, NY"
- email :
- uri : "https://mademistakes.com"
- home : "https://mademistakes.com"
- bitbucket :
- codepen :
- dribbble :
- flickr :
- facebook : *facebook
- foursquare :
- github : "mmistakes"
- gitlab :
- google_plus :
- keybase :
- instagram : "mmistakes"
- lastfm :
- linkedin :
- pinterest :
- soundcloud :
- stackoverflow : # https://stackoverflow.com/users/123456/username
- steam :
- tumblr :
- twitter : *twitter
- vine :
- weibo :
- xing :
- youtube :
+ links:
+ - label: "Made Mistakes"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-link"
+ url: "https://mademistakes.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ url: "https://twitter.com/mmistakes"
+ - label: "GitHub"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-github"
+ url: "https://github.com/mmistakes"
+ - label: "Instagram"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-instagram"
+ url: "https://instagram.com/mmistakes"
# Reading Files
diff --git a/docs/_docs/05-configuration.md b/docs/_docs/05-configuration.md
index fe80064712ca..27d30d64549d 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/05-configuration.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/05-configuration.md
@@ -731,17 +731,42 @@ Used as the defaults for defining what appears in the author sidebar.
```yaml
author:
- name : "Your Name"
- avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
- 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"
+ name : "Your Name"
+ avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
+ bio : "My awesome biography constrained to a sentence or two goes here."
+ location : "Somewhere, USA"
```
-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.
+Author links are all optional, include the ones you want visible under the `author.links` array.
-To add social media links not included with the theme or customize the author sidebar further, read the full [layout documentation]({{ "/docs/layouts/#author-profile" | relative_url }}).
+| Name | Description |
+| --- | --- |
+| **label** | Link label (e.g. `"Twitter"`) |
+| **icon** | [Font Awesome icon](https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery) classes (e.g. `"fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"`) |
+| **url** | Link URL (e.g. `"https://twitter.com/mmistakes"`) |
+
+```yaml
+author:
+ name: "Your Name"
+ avatar: "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
+ bio: "I am an amazing person."
+ location: "Somewhere"
+ links:
+ - label: "Made Mistakes"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-link"
+ url: "https://mademistakes.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ url: "https://twitter.com/mmistakes"
+ - label: "GitHub"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-github"
+ url: "https://github.com/mmistakes"
+ - label: "Instagram"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-instagram"
+ url: "https://instagram.com/mmistakes"
+```
+
+To customize the author sidebar, read the full [layout documentation]({{ "/docs/layouts/#author-profile" | relative_url }}).
## Reading Files
diff --git a/docs/_docs/09-authors.md b/docs/_docs/09-authors.md
index 6521d79d60c6..0990089a7bcc 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/09-authors.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/09-authors.md
@@ -2,32 +2,44 @@
title: "Authors"
permalink: /docs/authors/
excerpt: "Instructions and settings for working with multiple site authors."
-last_modified_at: 2016-11-03T10:55:15-04:00
+last_modified_at: 2018-09-10T12:33:24-04:00
---
Sites that may have content authored from various individuals can be accommodated by using [data files](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/datafiles/).
To assign an author to a post or page that is different from the site author specified in `_config.yml`:
-**Step 1.** Create `_data/authors.yml` and add authors using the following format. Any variables found under `author:` in `_config.yml` can be used (e.g. `name`, `avatar`, `uri`, social media profiles, etc.).
+**Step 1.** Create `_data/authors.yml` and add authors using the following format. Any variables found under `author:` in `_config.yml` can be used (e.g. `name`, `bio`, `avatar`, author `links`, etc.).
```yaml
# /_data/authors.yml
Billy Rick:
- name: "Billy Rick"
- uri: "http://thewhip.com"
- email: "billy@rick.com"
- bio: "What do you want, jewels? I am a very extravagant man."
- avatar: "/assets/images/bio-photo-2.jpg"
- twitter: "extravagantman"
+ name : "Billy Rick"
+ bio : "What do you want, jewels? I am a very extravagant man."
+ avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo-2.jpg"
+ links:
+ - label: "Email"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-envelope-square"
+ url: "mailto:billyrick@rick.com"
+ - label: "Website"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-link"
+ url: "https://thewhip.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ url: "https://twitter.com/extravagantman"
Cornelius Fiddlebone:
- name: "Cornelius Fiddlebone"
- email: "cornelius@thewhip.com"
- bio: "I ordered what?"
- avatar: "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
- twitter: "rhymeswithsackit"
+ name : "Cornelius Fiddlebone"
+ bio : "I ordered what?"
+ avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
+ links:
+ - label: "Email"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-envelope-square"
+ url: "mailto:cornelius@thewhip.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ url: "https://twitter.com/rhymeswithsackit"
```
**Step 2.** Assign one of the authors in `authors.yml` to a post or page you wish to override the `site.author` with.
diff --git a/docs/_docs/10-layouts.md b/docs/_docs/10-layouts.md
index 0ae9547087f4..5a28f77d08bf 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/10-layouts.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/10-layouts.md
@@ -525,68 +525,36 @@ defaults:
**Note:** To disable the author sidebar profile for a specific post or page, add `author_profile: false` to the YAML Front Matter instead.
{: .notice--warning}
-The theme comes pre-built with a selection of links for the most common social media networks. These are all optional and can be [assigned in `_config.yml`]({{ "/docs/configuration/" | relative_url }}).
+To assign more author links, add to the `author.links` array in [`_config.yml`]({{ "/docs/configuration/" | relative_url }}) link so. Any of [Font Awesome's icons](https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery) are available for use.
-To add more links you'll need to crack open [`_includes/author-profile-custom-links.html`](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/_includes/author-profile-custom-links.html) and add the appropriate `` markup shown below.
-
-**Please note:** Links added here will appear after the ones in [`_includes/author-profile.html`](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/_includes/author-profile.html). If you'd like to change the order of appearance you'll need to edit that file directly.
+```yaml
+author:
+ name: "Your Name"
+ avatar: "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
+ bio: "I am an amazing person."
+ location: "Somewhere"
+ links:
+ - label: "Made Mistakes"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-link"
+ url: "https://mademistakes.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ url: "https://twitter.com/mmistakes"
+ - label: "GitHub"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-github"
+ url: "https://github.com/mmistakes"
+ - label: "Instagram"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-instagram"
+ url: "https://instagram.com/mmistakes"
+```
+
+**Note:** Depending on the icon and theme skin used, colors may not be used. Popular social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, etc. have the appropriate brand color set in CSS. To change or add missing colors edit [`_utilities.scss`](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/_sass/minimal-mistakes/_utilities.scss) in `/_sass/minimal-mistakes/`.
{: .notice--info}
-#### Social network link example
-
-```html
-
-
- Awesome Social Network
-
-
-```
-
-To add a new link you'll need three things:
-
-1. Destination URL
-2. [Font Awesome icon](https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery) (`fa-` class)
-3. Label for the link
-
-It's up to you if you want to wrap it in a `{% raw %}{% if %} ... {% endif %}{% endraw %}`conditional and add a variable to `_config.yml`. If you don't plan to change it then hard-coding the string is perfectly acceptable.
-
-Let's run through how you'd add a new link that points to a Reddit profile. Starting with the three things from above:
-
-1. `https://www.reddit.com/user/username`
-2. [`fa-reddit`](http://fontawesome.io/icon/reddit/)
-3. `Reddit`
-
-And plug them into the appropriate locations:
-
-```html
-
-
- [3]
-
-
-```
-
-To end up with:
-
-```html
-
-
- Reddit
-
-
-```
-
-![Reddit link in author profile]({{ "/assets/images/mm-author-profile-reddit-gs.png" | relative_url }})
-
-To add a touch of color to the default black (`#000`) icon a few more steps are necessary.
-
-Start by copying [`_utilities.scss`](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/_sass/minimal-mistakes/_utilities.scss) `/_sass`. Open it up to the icon section (it's near the bottom) and nest a new class beneath `.social-icons` that matches the one used to declare the Font Awesome icon. In our case `.fa-reddit`.
-
-Simply add a `color` declaration and the corresponding hex code.
+For example, to color a Reddit icon, simply add a `color` declaration and the corresponding hex code like so:
```scss
.social-icons {
-
.fa-reddit {
color: #ff4500;
}
@@ -595,12 +563,6 @@ Simply add a `color` declaration and the corresponding hex code.
![Reddit link in author profile with color]({{ "/assets/images/mm-author-profile-reddit-color.png" | relative_url }})
-**ProTip:** For bonus points you can add it as a Sass `$variable` that you set in [`_variables.scss`](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/_sass/minimal-mistakes/_variables.scss) like the other ["brand" colors](http://brandcolors.net/). You'll need to add this file to `/_sass/` as well if you're using the Ruby Gem version of the theme.
-{: .notice--info}
-
-**Please please please** don't submit [pull requests]({{ "/docs/contributing/" | relative_url }}) adding in support for "missing" social media links. I'm trying to keep things down to the minimum (hence the theme's name) and have no interest in merging such PRs :expressionless:.
-{: .notice--warning}
-
### Custom Sidebar Content
Blocks of content can be added by using the following under `sidebar`:
diff --git a/docs/_posts/2012-03-15-layout-author-override.md b/docs/_posts/2012-03-15-layout-author-override.md
index 50635b9d2c45..333fc161970d 100644
--- a/docs/_posts/2012-03-15-layout-author-override.md
+++ b/docs/_posts/2012-03-15-layout-author-override.md
@@ -2,31 +2,44 @@
title: "Layout: Author Override"
author: Billy Rick
excerpt: "A post to test author overrides using a data file."
+last_modified_at: 2018-09-10T12:32:27-04:00
---
Sites that may have content authored from various individuals can be accommodated by using [data files](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/datafiles/).
To attribute an author to a post or page that is different from the site author specified in `_config.yml`:
-**Step 1.** Create `_data/authors.yml` and add authors using the following format. Anything variables found under `author` in `_config.yml` can be used (e.g. `name`, `avatar`, `uri`, social media profiles, etc.).
+**Step 1.** Create `_data/authors.yml` and add authors using the following format. Anything variables found under `author` in `_config.yml` can be used (e.g. `name`, `bio`, `avatar`, author `links`, etc.).
```yaml
# /_data/authors.yml
Billy Rick:
- name: "Billy Rick"
- uri: "http://thewhip.com"
- email: "billy@rick.com"
- bio: "What do you want, jewels? I am a very extravagant man."
- avatar: "/assets/images/bio-photo-2.jpg"
- twitter: "extravagantman"
+ name : "Billy Rick"
+ bio : "What do you want, jewels? I am a very extravagant man."
+ avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo-2.jpg"
+ links:
+ - label: "Email"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-envelope-square"
+ url: "mailto:billyrick@rick.com"
+ - label: "Website"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-link"
+ url: "https://thewhip.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ url: "https://twitter.com/extravagantman"
Cornelius Fiddlebone:
- name: "Cornelius Fiddlebone"
- email: "cornelius@thewhip.com"
- bio: "I ordered what?"
- avatar: "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
- twitter: "rhymeswithsackit"
+ name : "Cornelius Fiddlebone"
+ bio : "I ordered what?"
+ avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
+ links:
+ - label: "Email"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-envelope-square"
+ url: "mailto:cornelius@thewhip.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ url: "https://twitter.com/rhymeswithsackit"
```
**Step 2.** Assign one of the authors in `authors.yml` to a post or page you wish to override the `site.author` with.
diff --git a/test/_config.yml b/test/_config.yml
index e12304e42b81..7ec63b27d518 100644
--- a/test/_config.yml
+++ b/test/_config.yml
@@ -91,31 +91,19 @@ author:
avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
bio : "I am an amazing person."
location : "Somewhere"
- email :
- uri :
- home : # null (default), "absolute or relative url to link to author home"
- bitbucket :
- codepen :
- dribbble :
- flickr :
- facebook :
- foursquare :
- github :
- google_plus :
- keybase :
- instagram :
- lastfm :
- linkedin :
- pinterest :
- soundcloud :
- stackoverflow : # "123456/username" (the last part of your profile url, e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/users/123456/username)
- steam :
- tumblr :
- twitter : "mmistakes"
- vine :
- weibo :
- xing :
- youtube : # "https://youtube.com/c/MichaelRoseDesign"
+ links:
+ - label: "Your Website"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-link"
+ url: "https://your-site.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ url: "https://twitter.com/"
+ - label: "GitHub"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-github"
+ url: "https://github.com/"
+ - label: "Instagram"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-instagram"
+ url: "https://instagram.com/"
# Reading Files
diff --git a/test/_data/authors.yml b/test/_data/authors.yml
index d1ba8c629723..256ee1fe1812 100644
--- a/test/_data/authors.yml
+++ b/test/_data/authors.yml
@@ -2,17 +2,27 @@
Billy Rick:
name : "Billy Rick"
- uri : "http://thewhip.com"
- email : "billy@rick.com"
bio : "What do you want, jewels? I am a very extravagant man."
avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo-2.jpg"
- twitter : "extravagantman"
- google_plus : "BillyRick"
+ links:
+ - label: "Email"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-envelope-square"
+ url: "mailto:billyrick@rick.com"
+ - label: "Website"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-link"
+ url: "https://thewhip.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ url: "https://twitter.com/extravagantman"
Cornelius Fiddlebone:
name : "Cornelius Fiddlebone"
- email : "cornelius@thewhip.com"
bio : "I ordered what?"
avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
- twitter : "rhymeswithsackit"
- google_plus : "CorneliusFiddlebone"
\ No newline at end of file
+ links:
+ - label: "Email"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-envelope-square"
+ url: "mailto:cornelius@thewhip.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ url: "https://twitter.com/rhymeswithsackit"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/_posts/2012-03-15-layout-author-override.md b/test/_posts/2012-03-15-layout-author-override.md
index 50635b9d2c45..280a7bdfb47b 100644
--- a/test/_posts/2012-03-15-layout-author-override.md
+++ b/test/_posts/2012-03-15-layout-author-override.md
@@ -8,25 +8,37 @@ Sites that may have content authored from various individuals can be accommodate
To attribute an author to a post or page that is different from the site author specified in `_config.yml`:
-**Step 1.** Create `_data/authors.yml` and add authors using the following format. Anything variables found under `author` in `_config.yml` can be used (e.g. `name`, `avatar`, `uri`, social media profiles, etc.).
+**Step 1.** Create `_data/authors.yml` and add authors using the following format. Anything variables found under `author` in `_config.yml` can be used (e.g. `name`, `bio`, `avatar`, author `links`, etc.).
```yaml
# /_data/authors.yml
Billy Rick:
- name: "Billy Rick"
- uri: "http://thewhip.com"
- email: "billy@rick.com"
- bio: "What do you want, jewels? I am a very extravagant man."
- avatar: "/assets/images/bio-photo-2.jpg"
- twitter: "extravagantman"
+ name : "Billy Rick"
+ bio : "What do you want, jewels? I am a very extravagant man."
+ avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo-2.jpg"
+ links:
+ - label: "Email"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-envelope-square"
+ url: "mailto:billyrick@rick.com"
+ - label: "Website"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-link"
+ url: "https://thewhip.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ url: "https://twitter.com/extravagantman"
Cornelius Fiddlebone:
- name: "Cornelius Fiddlebone"
- email: "cornelius@thewhip.com"
- bio: "I ordered what?"
- avatar: "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
- twitter: "rhymeswithsackit"
+ name : "Cornelius Fiddlebone"
+ bio : "I ordered what?"
+ avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
+ links:
+ - label: "Email"
+ icon: "fas fa-fw fa-envelope-square"
+ url: "mailto:cornelius@thewhip.com"
+ - label: "Twitter"
+ icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
+ url: "https://twitter.com/rhymeswithsackit"
```
**Step 2.** Assign one of the authors in `authors.yml` to a post or page you wish to override the `site.author` with.