Create a Author class which has a url property

pelican/contents.py

@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ class Page(object):
         # default author to the one in settings if not defined
         if not hasattr(self, 'author'):
             if 'AUTHOR' in settings:
-                self.author = settings['AUTHOR']
+                self.author = Author(settings['AUTHOR'])
             else:
-                self.author = getenv('USER', 'John Doe')
+                self.author = Author(getenv('USER', 'John Doe'))
                 warning(u"Author of `{0}' unknow, assuming that his name is `{1}'".format(filename or self.title, self.author))
 
         # manage languages
@@ -142,47 +142,44 @@ class Article(Page):
 class Quote(Page):
     base_properties = ('author', 'date')
 
-
+class URLWrapper(object):
-class Category(object):
+    def __init__(self, name):
-    def __init__(self, category):
+        self.name = unicode(name)
-        self.category = unicode(category)
 
     def __hash__(self):
-        return hash(self.category)
+        return hash(self.name)
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        return self.category == unicode(other)
+        return self.name == unicode(other)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return str(self.category)
+        return str(self.name)
 
     def __unicode__(self):
-        return self.category
+        return self.name
 
+    @property
+    def url(self):
+        return '%s.html' % self.name
+
+class Category(URLWrapper):
     @property
     def url(self):
         return 'category/%s.html' % self
 
-class Tag(object):
+class Tag(URLWrapper):
-    def __init__(self, tag):
+    def __init__(self, name):
-        self.tag = unicode.strip(tag)
+        self.name = unicode.strip(name)
-
-    def __hash__(self):
-        return hash(self.tag)
-
-    def __eq__(self, other):
-        return self.tag == unicode(tag)
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return str(self.tag)
-
-    def __unicode__(self):
-        return self.tag
 
     @property
     def url(self):
         return 'tag/%s.html' % self
 
+class Author(URLWrapper):
+    @property
+    def url(self):
+        return 'author/%s.html' % self 
+
 def is_valid_content(content, f):
     try:
         content.check_properties()

pelican/generators.py

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class ArticlesGenerator(Generator):
         author_template = self.get_template('author')
         for aut, articles in self.authors:
             dates = [article for article in self.dates if article in articles]
-            write('author/%s.html' % aut, author_template, self.context,
+            write(aut.url, author_template, self.context,
                 author=aut, articles=articles, dates=dates,
                 paginated={'articles': articles, 'dates': dates},
                 page_name='author/%s' % aut)

pelican/readers.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ except ImportError:
     Markdown = False
 import re
 
-from pelican.contents import Category, Tag
+from pelican.contents import Category, Tag, Author
 from pelican.utils import get_date, open
 
 
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ _METADATA_PROCESSORS = {
     'date': lambda x: get_date(x),
     'status': unicode.strip,
     'category': Category,
+    'author': Author,
 }
 
 def _process_metadata(name, value):

pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/article_infos.html

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
         {% if article.author %}
         <address class="vcard author">
-                By <a class="url fn" href="{{ SITEURL }}/author/{{ article.author }}.html">{{ article.author }}</a>
+                By <a class="url fn" href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.author.url }}">{{ article.author }}</a>
         </address>
         {% endif %}
 <p>In <a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.category.url }}">{{ article.category }}</a>. {% if PDF_PROCESSOR %}<a href="{{ SITEURL }}/pdf/{{ article.slug }}.pdf">get the pdf</a>{% endif %}</p>

pelican/themes/simple/templates/article.html

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
                 </abbr>
                 {% if article.author %}
                 <address class="vcard author">
-                        By <a class="url fn" href="#">{{ article.author }}</a>
+                        By <a class="url fn" href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.author.url }}">{{ article.author }}</a>
                 </address>
                 {% endif %}
         </footer><!-- /.post-info -->

pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                 <header> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.url }}" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to {{ article.title}}">{{ article.title }}</a></h2> </header>
                 <footer class="post-info">
                     <abbr class="published" title="{{ article.date.isoformat() }}"> {{ article.locale_date }} </abbr>
-                    {% if article.author %}<address class="vcard author">By <a class="url fn" href="{{ SITEURL }}/author/{{ article.author }}.html">{{ article.author }}</a></address>{% endif %}
+                    {% if article.author %}<address class="vcard author">By <a class="url fn" href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.author.url }}">{{ article.author }}</a></address>{% endif %}
                 </footer><!-- /.post-info -->
                 <div class="entry-content"> {{ article.summary }} </div><!-- /.entry-content -->
         </article></li>