Make the author title case for testing.

content/posts/tech/system-hardening.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "System Hardening"
 subtitle: "Preventing Hacks"
-author: hyperling
+author: Hyperling
 date: "2025-11-13T21:00:00-07:00"
 tags:
    - tech

layouts/partials/byline.html

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{{   $author := .Page.Params.author
-}}{{ if or (eq $author "authorBug") (eq $author "bug")
+{{   $author := (lower .Page.Params.author)
+}}{{ if or (eq $author "authorbug") (eq $author "bug")
 }}{{     .Scratch.Set "author" .Site.Params.authorBug
-}}{{ else if or (eq $author "authorHyperling") (eq $author "hyperling")
+}}{{ else if or (eq $author "authorhyperling") (eq $author "hyperling")
 }}{{     .Scratch.Set "author" .Site.Params.authorHyperling
-}}{{ else if or (eq $author "authorHyperVegan") (eq $author "hypervegan")
+}}{{ else if or (eq $author "authorhypervegan") (eq $author "hypervegan")
 }}{{     .Scratch.Set "author" .Site.Params.authorHyperVegan
-}}{{ else
+}}{{ else if and ($author) (not (eq $author ""))
 }}{{     .Scratch.Set "author" $author
+}}{{ else
+}}{{     .Scratch.Set "author" .Site.Params.authorDefault
 }}{{ end
 }}{{ $author := .Scratch.Get "author"
 }}{{ if $author

layouts/posts/single.html

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       {{ if .Params.subtitle }}
       <strong>{{ .Params.subtitle | markdownify }}</strong>
       {{ end }}
-      {{ if .Params.author }}
+      {{ if (isset .Params "author") }}
       <pre>{{ partial "byline.html" . }}</pre>
       {{ end }}
 

layouts/shortcodes/author.html

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{{   $author := .Get 0
-}}{{ if or (eq $author "authorBug") (eq $author "bug")
+{{   $author := (lower (.Get 0))
+}}{{ if or (eq $author "authorbug") (eq $author "bug")
 }}{{     .Scratch.Set "author" .Site.Params.authorBug
-}}{{ else if or (eq $author "authorHyperling") (eq $author "hyperling")
+}}{{ else if or (eq $author "authorhyperling") (eq $author "hyperling")
 }}{{     .Scratch.Set "author" .Site.Params.authorHyperling
-}}{{ else if or (eq $author "authorHyperVegan") (eq $author "hypervegan")
+}}{{ else if or (eq $author "authorhypervegan") (eq $author "hypervegan")
 }}{{     .Scratch.Set "author" .Site.Params.authorHyperVegan
-}}{{ else
+}}{{ else if and ($author) (not (eq $author ""))
 }}{{     .Scratch.Set "author" $author
+}}{{ else
+}}{{     .Scratch.Set "author" .Site.Params.authorDefault
 }}{{ end
 }}{{ $author := .Scratch.Get "author"
 }}{{ if $author