Why are Site.Params.Author and Site.Author.name separate?

[a-p-o]

I am trying to understand the difference between these fields.

# Needed for copyright in footer
[Author]
    name = "Alex Ordonez"

# Needed for "written by" in post-info
[Params]
    Author = "Alex Ordonez"

• https://github.com/EmielH/tale-hugo/blob/099821c/layouts/partials/single/post-info.html#L6
• https://github.com/EmielH/tale-hugo/blob/099821c/layouts/partials/footer.html#L3

[EmielH]

Hi @a-p-o, I don't entirely understand your question. Both lines you have highlighted refer to the same variable:
{{ .Site.Params.Author }}.

Is your question that the instructions in the README seem to be wrong? The README says you need:

[Author]
    name = "..."

but the code seems to refer to:

[Params]
    Author = "..."

I have to admit that does look weird to me. 🙂 Could you clarify the question, please, so that I can investigate?

[a-p-o]

Hi @EmielH, I can understand your confusion—I should have double-checked my links! I meant to link to this commit a404054 instead of that footer partial.

Since the footer partial is using Site.Author.name to adhere to hugo standards, does it make sense to use Site.Author.name in partials/single/post-info.html as well?

[EmielH]

Thank you for clarifying! You are correct, I must have overlooked this when changing the footer. I will change it in the post info as well. Thanks a lot for filing this bug!

[EmielH]

Hi @a-p-o, apologies for the delay. I've just pushed this change. You shouldn't need .Site.Params.Author anymore. Could you check if it works for you? Thanks!

[a-p-o]

@EmielH, looks good! Thanks!