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post	Override Author Byline Test Post	An article to test overriding the default site author.	articles	sample-post readability test	billy_rick	true	true	feature credit creditlink so-simple-sample-image-7.jpg WeGraphics 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 %}