Ecb draft

From Posstack.com Documentation

Example 2: Author page

Introduction

Before jumping into the detailed steps, you can check out the live demo of the recipe: click to view.

Author page anatomy

An Author page can pertain to various individuals such as a book writer, artist, or manufacturer. According to the specific type of author page, you can include tailored data related to that author profile. For example, a book writer's page can incorporate:

  • The latest books
  • Email subscription box
  • Headshot/avatar
  • Preview bio
  • Social media links
  • Teasers or excepts from your book

Why use metaobjects for the Author pages?

By utilizing metaobjects for Author pages, you can:

  • Showcase the same Author A bio block on multiple pages, ensuring that any updates to the Author A Bio will be automatically reflected across all those pages.
  • Store and manage all author content directly within your Shopify admin.
  • Integrate unique product collections (e.g. art collections, book categories, etc.) specific to the same Author on different pages.

Steps

1. Create metaobjects

We've defined two metaobjects for the Author: ECB Media and ECB Author. Check out the screenshot below.

For steps to create a metaobject definition with just one click, click here.

Metaobject-eg-author-def.jpg

2. Add metaobject entries

Next, we added metaobject entries for ECB Author and ECB Media.

  • In ECB Author, you can store details about the Author, such as the latest books, email subscription box, headshot/avatar, preview bio, social media links, and teasers or excerpts from their book, etc.
  • In ECB Media, you can store images and videos related to a specific author.


For steps to add metaobject entries, click here.

ECB Author entry: Metaobject-eg-author-entries.jpg

ECB Media entry: Metaobject-eg-author-media-entry2.jpg

Check out the different sample authors on our live demo. Each author is linked to an ECB Author entry and ECB Media entry.

Metaobject-eg-author-entry-listing.jpg

3. Create the template

After adding custom data (also known as Metaobject entries) for the Author, the next step is to create a Metaobject template to showcase this data on the storefront.

For steps to create a template, click here.

Once you have finished creating the Author template, you will be directed to the Theme Editor, where you can begin customizing the template.

Note:

After creating a template, you can always return to edit your Author template in the Manage Templates section.
Recipe-edit-metaobject-template.jpg

4. Add sections

Finally, you'll need to add sections and link them to the Metaobject data to showcase your recipe on your theme.

For steps to add sections to a template, click here.

Below are the sections we included in this sample recipe. You will be able to see which section is linked to which metaobject entry.

Recipe-template-sections.jpg

You can check out the live demo of the recipe: click to view.