Allow author data as an object

Author: pathawks

lib/template.html

@@ -44,6 +44,23 @@
   {% assign seo_description = seo_description | markdownify | strip_html | strip_newlines | escape_once %}
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if page.author %}
+  {% if page.author.name %}
+    {% assign seo_author_name = page.author.name %}
+  {% else %}
+    {% assign seo_author_name = page.author %}
+  {% endif %}
+
+  {% if page.author.twitter %}
+    {% assign seo_author_twitter = page.author.twitter %}
+  {% else %}
+    {% assign seo_author_twitter = page.author %}
+  {% endif %}
+{% endif %}
+{% if seo_author_twitter %}
+  {% assign seo_author_twitter = seo_author_twitter | replace:"@","" | prepend:"@" %}
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if seo_title %}
   <title>{{ seo_title }}</title>
 {% endif %}
@@ -106,8 +123,8 @@
   {% if page.image %}
     <meta name="twitter:image" content="{{ page.image | escape }}" />
   {% endif %}
-  {% if page.author %}
-    <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@{{ page.author | replace:"@","" }}" />
+  {% if seo_author_twitter %}
+    <meta name="twitter:creator" content="{{ seo_author_twitter }}" />
   {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 

spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb

@@ -166,6 +166,14 @@
     expect(subject.render(context)).to match(expected)
   end
 
+  it "supports author data as an object" do
+    site = site({"twitter" => { "username" => "jekyllrb" }})
+    page = page({"author" => {"twitter" => "@test"}})
+    context = context({ :site => site, :page => page })
+    expected = %r!<meta name="twitter:creator" content="@test" />!
+    expect(subject.render(context)).to match(expected)
+  end
+
   it "outputs valid HTML" do
     site.process
     options = {