SOLVED: How to link author name | via: {author_name:link}

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We, like many other sites, need to provide a link to the author’s page from an article.

I’ve tried by {author_name:link} on {post_date:jS F Y} but :link doesn’t appear to be implemented.

I’ve also tried @timmse’s suggestion, but our author URLs have dashes in them not spaces. eg /author/don-duck not /author/don duck so that fails.

Any other ideas? Would really appreciate it.

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Hi @flimflam,

you’re right, it isn’t implemented yet.

There should also be the option to show the display_name (nickname) only.
At the moment, the display_name is shown when First- and Lastname are empty, but that’s not always the case.

So i see two todos for the meta element (@thomas):

  1. Enable :link on author_name (and display_name if first- and lastname are empty)
  2. Add display_name case plus :link option

Best Regards,
timmse

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Thanks for adding it to the todos

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Hopefully it will be recognized and added :wink:

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Ooooo, I’ve just tested {author_name:link} on a v1.3.5 install - Looks like it’s correctly linking out to the author’s page! Is that right @thomas ?

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Oh ya, that’s possible since Bricks 1.3.5 :slight_smile: Thanks so much for testing that! Marking this post as “SOLVED” then :wink:

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Any update for this issue?

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Hi Mehdi,
Which issue?