brouilleursdeblanc/_posts/articles/2014-06-19-author-override.md

---
layout: post
title: "Override Author Byline Test Post"
excerpt: "An article to test overriding the default site author."
categories: articles
tags: [sample-post, readability, test]
author: billy_rick
comments: true
share: true
image:
  feature: so-simple-sample-image-7.jpg
  credit: WeGraphics
  creditlink: http://wegraphics.net/downloads/free-ultimate-blurred-background-pack/
---

For those of you who may have content written by multiple authors on your site you can now assign different authors to each post if desired.

Previously the theme used a global author for the entire site and those attributes would be used in all bylines, social networking links, Twitter Card attribution, and Google Authorship. These `owner` variables were defined in `config.yml`

Start by modifying or creating a new `authors.yml` file in the `_data` folder and add your authors using the following format.

{% highlight yaml %}
# Authors

billy_rick:
  name: Billy Rick
  web: http://thewhip.com
  email: billy@rick.com
  bio: "What do you want, jewels? I am a very extravagant man."
  avatar: bio-photo-2.jpg
  twitter: extravagantman
  google:
    plus: +BillyRick

cornelius_fiddlebone:
  name: Cornelius Fiddlebone
  email: cornelius@thewhip.com
  bio: "I ordered what?"
  avatar: bio-photo.jpg
  twitter: rhymeswithsackit
  google:
    plus: +CorneliusFiddlebone
{% endhighlight %}

To assign Billy Rick as an author for our post. You'd add the following YAML front matter to a post:

{% highlight yaml %}
author: billy_rick
{% endhighlight %}