Author Profiles

FrankenCMS adds author profile fields to your users, making it easy to display author bios, photos, and social links alongside their published content.

Profile Fields

Each user has the following author profile fields available:

Field Description
Bio A short author biography displayed on posts and author pages
Profile Photo Author avatar image, managed through the media library
Website Personal or professional website URL
Twitter / X Twitter/X profile handle
LinkedIn LinkedIn profile URL

Displaying Author Info

Every post has an author relationship. Use it in your Blade templates to display author information:

resources/views/theme/posts/show.blade.php 
<div class="author-bio">
    @if($post->author->profile_photo_url)
        <img src="{{ $post->author->profile_photo_url }}" alt="{{ $post->author->name }}">
    @endif

    <h3>{{ $post->author->name }}</h3>

    @if($post->author->bio)
        <p>{{ $post->author->bio }}</p>
    @endif

    <div class="author-links">
        @if($post->author->website)
            <a href="{{ $post->author->website }}">Website</a>
        @endif

        @if($post->author->twitter)
            <a href="https://x.com/{{ $post->author->twitter }}">Twitter</a>
        @endif

        @if($post->author->linkedin)
            <a href="{{ $post->author->linkedin }}">LinkedIn</a>
        @endif
    </div>
</div>

Querying Posts by Author

Retrieve all published posts by a specific author:

php 
use FrankenCms\Models\Post;

// Get all published posts by a specific user
$posts = Post::query()
    ->where('author_id', $user->id)
    ->where('status', 'published')
    ->latest()
    ->get();

// Or use the relationship from the User model
$posts = $user->posts()->where('status', 'published')->latest()->get();

Next Steps