Update author param

README.md

@@ -145,11 +145,6 @@ defaultContentLanguage = "en"
 # Generate a nice robots.txt for SEO
 enableRobotsTXT = true
 
-# Your name. For more information on why this must be a list, see
-# https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/site-author-usage/31459/8
-[author]
-  name = "John Doe"
-
 # Setup syntax highlighting without inline styles. For more information about
 # why you'd want to avoid inline styles, see
 # https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/style-src#unsafe_inline_styles
@@ -215,9 +210,14 @@ enableRobotsTXT = true
   # Social media. Delete any item you aren't using to make sure it won't show up
   # in your website's metadata.
   [params.social]
-    email = "[email protected]" # Added to the footer so readers can reply to posts
     twitter = "example" # Twitter handle (without '@')
     facebook_admin = "0000000000" # Facebook Page Admin ID
+
+  # Author metadata. This is mostly used for the RSS feed of your site, but the
+  # email is also added to the footer of each post
+  [params.author]
+    name = "John Doe" # Your name as shown in the RSS feed metadata
+    email = "[email protected]" # Added to the footer so readers can reply to posts
 ```
 
 ## Contributing

exampleSite/config.toml

@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ defaultContentLanguage = "en"
 # Generate a nice robots.txt for SEO
 enableRobotsTXT = true
 
-# Your name. For more information on why this must be a list, see
-# https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/site-author-usage/31459/8
-[author]
-  name = "John Doe"
-
 # Setup syntax highlighting without inline styles. For more information about
 # why you'd want to avoid inline styles, see
 # https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/style-src#unsafe_inline_styles
@@ -77,6 +72,11 @@ enableRobotsTXT = true
   # Social media. Delete any item you aren't using to make sure it won't show up
   # in your website's metadata.
   [params.social]
-    email = "[email protected]" # Added to the footer so readers can reply to posts
     twitter = "example" # Twitter handle (without '@')
     facebook_admin = "0000000000" # Facebook Page Admin ID
+
+  # Author metadata. This is mostly used for the RSS feed of your site, but the
+  # email is also added to the footer of each post
+  [params.author]
+    name = "John Doe" # Your name as shown in the RSS feed metadata
+    email = "[email protected]" # Added to the footer so readers can reply to posts

layouts/partials/social_card.html

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 )) }}
 
 {{ $date := .Date.Format (default "2006-01-02" .Site.Params.dateFormat) }}
-{{ $author := (default $.Site.Author.name ($.Param "author") ) }}
+{{ $author := (default $.Site.Params.author.name ($.Param "author") ) }}
 {{ $byline := (printf "%s | %s" $author $date) }}
 
 {{ $fg = $fg.Filter (images.Text $byline (dict