Adding Authors

Image

First things first. You will need an image of yourself. The image may be png or jpg, and must be square. Size is less important, but aim for a sensible resolution. Nothing pixellated or an unnecessarily high resolution.

The author pictures should be placed in /images/authors/.

Author info

Author info is added as a section in the YAML file /_data/authors.yml.

Copy the example block and then customise:

Dave Placeholder:
    name     : Dave Placeholder
    bio      : Goat Herder.<br/>Cheese, goats cheese, other types of cheese, mostly cheese
    avatar   : images/authors/dave.jpg
    email    : dave.placeholder@microsoft.com
    twitter  : Coffee_Dad
    github   : monsieurfromage
    linkedin : daveplaceholder
    links:
      - label: "Blogsite"
        icon : "fas fa-fw fa-link"
        url  : "http://monsieurfromageblog.com"

Indentation is important with YAML.

Note that you can incorporate multiple website links. Just repeat the three lines and customise. The icon uses the free Font Awesome 5 set if you want to use something other than the link icon. Only link to blog sites particular to the author, rather than general company sites.

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