Enable multiple authors on a blog post

Request Type:

General Assistance

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Author:

Casey Pickett

Issue/Request:

I would like to post a new blog entry authored by three students, and I would like their names to appear in the byline. I have added them each as users on my site, but when I put all three in the Authored By line, the system says there is no user by that name (that name being all three of their user names, separated by commas or semi-colons.) How can I give them credit for their work?

Carris Toupin on November 23, 2016:

Hi, Casey:

I believe that an entity reference is needed. I found this site: https://www.drupal.org/node/2756551.

I will look into it a little further, but take a look at the link if you are curious.

Best regards,

Carris

Casey Pickett on November 23, 2016:

Hi Carris,

Thank you for looking into this to find a solution!

Carris Toupin on June 27, 2017:

Hi Casey,

After some additional research, it seems that the blog module is very limited and our engineer does not recommend using it.

Our recommendation is to create a content type and view that is called ‘blog’, and be sure to have a user reference (like entity reference) field for the multiple authors.

You will have to move the content you already have and disable the blog module as well.

Best regards,

Carris