From dc0407a0e2fad29e624479bd17f7c89a4aa28582 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Cushen <gcushen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:25:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add option to disable linking authors to their profile
 page

`link_authors` option added to `params.toml`.

Close #982
---
 exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml     | 3 +++
 layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml b/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
index 905a19b4..ba0d97e0 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ docs_section_pager = true  # Display pager in Docs layout (e.g. tutorials)?
 # Enable in-built social sharing buttons? (true/false)
 sharing = true
 
+# Link authors to their profile page? (true/false)
+link_authors = true
+
 # Load CSS and JS plugins
 #   E.g. To load `/assets/css/custom.css`, set `plugins_css = ["custom"]`.
 #   E.g. To load `/assets/js/custom.js`, set `plugins_js = ["custom"]`.
diff --git a/layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html b/layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html
index ce802f6f..b80fddeb 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 {{ $taxonomy := "authors" }}
 {{ with .Param $taxonomy }}
+  {{ $link_authors := site.Params.link_authors | default true }}
   {{ range $index, $value := . }}
     {{- $profile_page := site.GetPage (printf "/%s/%s" $taxonomy (. | urlize)) -}}
     {{- $name := $profile_page.Params.name | default ($value|markdownify) -}}
     {{- if gt $index 0 }}, {{ end -}}
     <span>
       {{- with $profile_page -}}
-        <a href="{{.RelPermalink}}">{{$name}}</a>
+        {{ if $link_authors }}<a href="{{.RelPermalink}}">{{$name}}</a>{{else}}{{$name}}{{end}}
       {{- else -}}
         {{$name}}
       {{- end -}}