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title: "Layout: Author Override"
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author: Billy Rick
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excerpt: "A post to test author overrides using a data file."
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last_modified_at: 2018-09-10T12:32:27-04:00
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---
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Sites that may have content authored from various individuals can be accommodated by using [data files](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/datafiles/).
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To attribute an author to a post or page that is different from the site author specified in `_config.yml`:
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**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.).
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```yaml
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# /_data/authors.yml
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Billy Rick:
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name : "Billy Rick"
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bio : "What do you want, jewels? I am a very extravagant man."
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avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo-2.jpg"
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links:
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- label: "Email"
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icon: "fas fa-fw fa-envelope-square"
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url: "mailto:billyrick@rick.com"
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- label: "Website"
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icon: "fas fa-fw fa-link"
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url: "https://thewhip.com"
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- label: "Twitter"
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icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
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url: "https://twitter.com/extravagantman"
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Cornelius Fiddlebone:
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name : "Cornelius Fiddlebone"
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bio : "I ordered what?"
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avatar : "/assets/images/bio-photo.jpg"
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links:
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- label: "Email"
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icon: "fas fa-fw fa-envelope-square"
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url: "mailto:cornelius@thewhip.com"
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- label: "Twitter"
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icon: "fab fa-fw fa-twitter-square"
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url: "https://twitter.com/rhymeswithsackit"
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```
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**Step 2.** Assign one of the authors in `authors.yml` to a post or page you wish to override the `site.author` with.
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Example: To assign `Billy Rick` as an author for a post the following YAML Front Matter would be applied:
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```yaml
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author: Billy Rick
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``` |