simplify author name config variable

_config.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ title: My website
 # Short description of your site
 description: A virtual proof that I'm awesome
 
+# Your name to show in the footer
+author: Some Person
+
 # --- Local development options ---
 # If your website is hosted locally rather than on GitHub, then you need to uncomment the next two parameters to set the url and baseurl
 # *** If you're not sure what this mean, then leave this section as it is. Only modify the url and baseurl if you know what you're doing!***
@@ -39,10 +42,6 @@ round-avatar: true
 
 # --- Footer options --- #
 
-# Change all these values or delete the ones you don't want.
-author:
-  name: Some Person
-
 # Select your active Social Network links.
 # Uncomment the links you want to show in the footer and add your information to each link.
 # You can reorder the items to define the link order.

_includes/footer-minimal.html

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <footer class="footer-min">
   <div class="text-muted">
-	{% if site.author.name %}
-	{{ site.author.name }}
+	{% if site.author %}
+	{{ site.author }}
 	&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 	{% endif %}
 	{% if page.date %}

_includes/footer.html

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
           {%- endfor -%}
         </ul>
       <p class="copyright text-muted">
-      {% if site.author.name %}
-      {{ site.author.name }}
+      {% if site.author %}
+      {{ site.author }}
       &nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;
       {% endif %}
       {{ site.time | date: '%Y' }}

_includes/head.html

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
   <title>{% if page.use-site-title %}{{ site.title }} {{ site.title-separator | default: '-' }} {{ site.description }}{% elsif page.title %}{{ page.title }}{% else %}{{ site.title }}{% endif %}</title>
   
-  {% if site.author.name %}
-  <meta name="author" content="{{ site.author.name }}" />
+  {% if site.author %}
+  <meta name="author" content="{{ site.author }}" />
   {% endif %}
   
   {% if page.subtitle %}
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
 
   <!-- Twitter summary cards -->
   <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary" />
-  <meta name="twitter:site" content="@{{ site.author.twitter }}" />
-  <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@{{ site.author.twitter }}" />
+  <meta name="twitter:site" content="@{{ site.social-network-links.twitter }}" />
+  <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@{{ site.social-network-links.twitter }}" />
 
   {% if page.meta-title %}
   <meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ page.meta-title }}" />