Migrate deprecated author as a site custom parameter

CHANGELOG.adoc

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ and this project adheres to https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html[Semantic Version
 
 == Unreleased
 
+=== Updated
+
+* Change all of the deprecated functions and parameters to their recommended replacements.
+
+** `$.Site.Author` has been deprecated and instead uses the `$.Site.Params.author` instead.
+
 
 
 

README.adoc

@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ paginate = 20
     path = "github.com/foo-dogsquared/hugo-web-feeds"
 
 
-[author.john_doe]
+[params.author.john_doe]
      name = "John Doe"
      email = "johndoe@example.com"
 
-[author.jane_doe]
+[params.author.jane_doe]
     name = "Jane Doe"
     email = "jane_doe_1995@example.com"
 
@@ -250,19 +250,19 @@ Here are some of the assumptions made with certain keys from the site configurat
 === Authors
 
 Despite this theme is aimed for personal blogs, it has support for multiple authors.
-As hinted from the example configuration, the author site parameter (i.e., `$.Site.Author`) is a map of objects.
+As hinted from the example configuration, the author site parameter (i.e., `$.Site.Params.author`) is a map of objects.
 The author object only requires a value for `name` key.
 You can also add more keys for more metadata.
 
 .An example of indicating authors in the site configuration
 [source, toml]
 ----
-[author.john_doe]
+[params.author.john_doe]
     name = "John Doe"
     email = "john_doe@example.com"
     birthdate = "1996-01-12"
 
-[author.jane_doe]
+[params.author.jane_doe]
     name = "Jane Doe"
 ----
 

exampleSite/hugo.toml

@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@ rssLimit = 2
           experimental = true
 
 
-
-[author]
-    [author.john_doe]
-        name = "John Doe"
-        email = "johndoe@example.com"
-
-
 [languages]
     [languages.en]
         # This key is used for more readable links.
@@ -133,3 +126,9 @@ rssLimit = 2
 
 [params]
   toc = true
+
+[params.author]
+    [params.author.john_doe]
+        name = "John Doe"
+        email = "johndoe@example.com"
+

layouts/partials/footer.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <a href="#top">{{ i18n "back_to_top" | default "Back to top" }}</a>
 
 <!-- Linking to other languages' homepage. -->
-{{ if hugo.IsMultiLingual }}
+{{ if hugo.IsMultilingual }}
   <p>{{ i18n "multilingual" }}:
   <span class="site__list site__languages">
   {{ range $.Site.Languages }}
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@
 {{ $markdownOpt := dict "markup" "markdown" }}
 
 <!-- Copyright info. -->
-<p>{{ with $.Site.Copyright }}{{ . | $.Site.RenderPage $markdownOpt }}{{ else }}© {{ now.Year }} {{ with $.Site.Author.name }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{ $.Site.Title }}{{ end }}{{ end }}</p>
+<p>{{ with $.Site.Copyright }}{{ . | $.Site.RenderPage $markdownOpt }}{{ else }}© {{ now.Year }} {{ with $.Site.Params.author.name }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{ $.Site.Title }}{{ end }}{{ end }}</p>
 </footer>
 

layouts/partials/head.html

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ It's a very small script so there's little effect on perceived performance. */ -
 {{ hugo.Generator }}
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 
-{{- with .Site.Author }}
+{{- with .Site.Params.author }}
 {{- $names := slice }}
 {{- range . }}{{ $names = $names | append .name }}{{ end }}
 <meta name="author" content="{{ delimit $names " , " (printf " %s " (i18n " and")) }}" />