Adding the Author Component
Learn how we can build an Author component in Astro for establishing authority.
Adding an Author component can help us reference the author on several pages across a site, establishing credibility and showcasing that information has been created by an experienced person and not autogenerated by AI. In this lesson, we’ll take a look at how we can create a reusable, responsive Author component and what necessary information to include.
Creating the Author component
In the following code widget, we already have an empty Author component. To create the base for the component, open the file and create a new section element under h2 and add the following two elements inside it:
div: Create adivelement with a class of.author-infoand leave it empty for now. This is where we’re going to add a profile picture as well as the name and the role of our author.p: Inside the paragraph, referenceauthor.about. Make sure to import theauthorobject from the configuration file at the top of the component.
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title: "Latest Astro Post Title"
description: "Description for the post"
publishDate: "2023.06.19"
heroImage: "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1581500274180-6331eea8b184?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8OHx8YXN0cm98ZW58MHx8MHx8fDA%3D&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=60"
excerpt: "Excerpt from a recommended article. Content is trimmed to a maximum of 150 characters for brevity. If the content exceeds the character limit, three dots will be displayed using JavaScript's `substring` method."
faq:
- id: 1
question: "Post with FAQ"
answer: "FAQ answer"
open: true
- id: 2
question: "FAQ 2nd Question"
answer: "Answer to 2nd FAQ"
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Inside the .author-info block, add the following lines of code to display the profile ...