feat(example): auto page for authors with no posts

example/_data/authors.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ janedoe:
 test1:
   exclude: true # testing the exclude attribute
   name: "test1"
-  bio: "Test is a demo author 1"
+  bio: "This is demo author 1"
   email: "[email protected]"
   socials:
     github: "test1"
@@ -26,8 +26,17 @@ test1:
 # test2 is excluded via exclude attribute for authors autopage config in _config.yml
 test2:
   name: "test2"
-  bio: "Test is a demo author 2"
+  bio: "This is demo author 2"
   email: "[email protected]"
   socials:
     github: "test2"
     twitter: "test2"
+
+# test3 is not excluded so will get rendered but with a "No posts yet." message
+test3:
+  name: "test3"
+  bio: "This is demo author 3"
+  email: "[email protected]"
+  socials:
+    github: "test3"
+    twitter: "test3"

example/_layouts/author.html

@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@ <h1>{{ author.name }}</h1>
 <p>{{ author.bio }}</p>
 
 {% assign links = author.socials %}
-<a href="{{ link.twitter }}">Twitter</a>
-<a href="{{ link.github }}">GitHub</a>
+<a href="https://x.com/{{ links.twitter }}" target="_blank">Twitter</a>
+<a href="https://github.com/{{ links.github }}" target="_blank">GitHub</a>
 
 <br /><br />
 
-<h2>{{ page.title }}</h2>
-
 {%- assign date_format = site.minima.date_format | default: "%b %-d, %Y" -%}
 
+{% assign arrSize = paginator.posts | size %}
+{% if arrSize > 0 %}
+<h2>{{ page.title }}</h2>
 {% for post in paginator.posts %}
 <ul class="post-list">
   <li>
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ <h3>
   </li>
 </ul>
 {% endfor %}
+{% else %}
+<h2>No posts yet.</h2>
+{% endif %}
 
 {% if paginator.total_pages > 1 %}
 <div class="pager">

example/_posts/janedoe/2023-03-31-jane-eight.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 layout: post
 title:  "Jane Doe #8"
-date:   2023-03-30 09:07:12 +0530
+date:   2023-03-30 10:07:12 +0530
 author: janedoe
 ---
 

example/_posts/janedoe/2023-03-31-jane-four.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 layout: post
 title:  "Jane Doe #4"
-date:   2023-03-28 09:07:12 +0530
+date:   2023-03-28 10:07:12 +0530
 author: janedoe
 ---
 

example/_posts/janedoe/2023-03-31-jane-six.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 layout: post
 title:  "Jane Doe #6"
-date:   2023-03-29 09:07:12 +0530
+date:   2023-03-29 10:07:12 +0530
 author: janedoe
 ---
 

example/_posts/janedoe/2023-03-31-jane-two.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 layout: post
 title:  "Jane Doe #2"
-date:   2023-03-27 09:07:12 +0530
+date:   2023-03-27 10:07:12 +0530
 author: janedoe
 ---
 

example/_posts/johndoe/2023-03-31-john-six.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 layout: post
 title:  "John Doe #6"
-date:   2023-03-26 09:07:12 +0530
+date:   2023-03-27 09:07:12 +0530
 author: johndoe
 ---
 

example/index.md

@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@
 layout: home
 ---
 
+[![Gem Version](https://img.shields.io/gem/v/jekyll-auto-authors)][ruby-gems]
+[![Gem Total Downloads](https://img.shields.io/gem/dt/jekyll-auto-authors)][ruby-gems]
+
+[ruby-gems]: https://rubygems.org/gems/jekyll-auto-authors
+
 This example jekyll site has {{ site.data.authors | size }} authors:
 {% for author in site.data.authors %}<a href="/author/{{author[0] }}">{{ author[1].name }}</a>{% if forloop.last != true %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}.
 {% for author in site.data.authors %}
 {% assign posts = site.posts | where_exp:"item", "item.author == author[0]" | size %}
 {{ author[1].name }} has {{ posts }} posts.
 {% endfor %}
 
+test1 & test2 have been excluded for automatic author page generation while test3's page is auto generated without having any posts on their name yet. This can be verified by clicking the link on their names above.
+
 The pagination setting in [`_config.yml`](https://github.com/gouravkhunger/jekyll-auto-authors/tree/main/example/_config.yml) is set to 5 posts per page. Hence, the author pages show their respective posts and when the number exceeds the per page limit, a pagination trail is shown for navigation.
 
 This is done using the [`jekyll-auto-authors`](https://github.com/gouravkhunger/jekyll-auto-authors) plugin. Please read the [setup article](http://genicsblog.com/gouravkhunger/adding-multiple-authors-to-a-jekyll-blog-got-easier#2-using-my-plugin-jekyll-auto-authors) to learn more.