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#31 2017-04-02 19:58:14

Destry

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Re: Distill

Destry wrote #305171:

• authors/affils
• figure

Managed to get these figured out with a little help from the Jekyll community. It was far easier than I was fighting with. You may see the explanations in the two issues per links above.

The one for authors/affils even shows a bonus alternative method where a new YAML data file is used to centralize data for all contributors on the project:

---
jim_jones:
  who: "Jim Jones"
  affiliation: "Jim Jones & Bros."
  affiliation_url: "url"

jane_doe:
  who: "Jane Doe"
  affiliation: "JD Shop"
  affiliation_url: "url"

etc:

Then in the local .md file you simply call the relevant authors with an adjusted front matter variable:

---
collaborators: [jim_jones, don_dealio, et_cetera, ...]

Managers can maintain the data file. Authors can add their juice to the collaborators variable in the local .md file in a way that’s even less likely for them to screw up. ;)

And I should be able to use the centralize data to create a wrapping list of contributor names on the index page too, though I’ve not figured the markup for that just yet. But anyway.