Ecb draft

Example 2: Author page

Introduction

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

Author page anatomy

An Author page can pertain to various individuals such as a book writer, artist, or manufacturer, etc. 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. 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.

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:

ECB Media entry:

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

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.

4. Add sections

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

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

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

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