docs: change in author configuration #693

exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ Note that some of these parameters are explained in details in other sections of
   # Useful to give opportunity to people to create merge request for your doc.
   # See the config.toml file from this documentation site to have an example.
   editURL = ""
-  # Author of the site, will be used in meta information
-  author = ""
   # Description of the site, will be used in meta information
   description = ""
   # Shows a checkmark for visited pages on the menu
@@ -93,6 +91,9 @@ Note that some of these parameters are explained in details in other sections of
   disableExplicitIndexURLs = false
   # For external links you can define how they are opened in your browser; this setting will only be applied to the content area but not the shortcut menu
   externalLinkTarget = "_blank"
+  # Author of the site, will be used in meta information
+  [params.author]
+    name = ""
   # Override default values for image effects, you can even add your own arbitrary effects to the list
   [params.imageEffects]
     border = false

exampleSite/content/basics/migration/_index.en.md

@@ -20,6 +20,24 @@ This document shows you what's new in the latest release. For a detailed list of
 
 ## 5.23.0-beta {#5230}
 
+- {{% badge style="note" title=" " %}}Change{{% /badge %}} Hugo 0.120 moves the author settings into the `[params]` array in your `config.toml`. Because this collides with the previous way, the theme expected author informations, it now adheres to Hugo standards and prints out a warning during built if something is wrong.
+
+  Change your previous setting from
+
+    ````toml
+    [params]
+      author = "Hugo"
+    ````
+
+  to
+
+    ````toml
+    [params]
+      [params.author]
+        name = "Hugo"
+    ````
+
+
 - {{% badge style="info" icon="plus-circle" title=" " %}}New{{% /badge %}} It is now possible to print custom taxonomies anywhere in you page. [See the docs]({{% relref "cont/taxonomy#customization" %}}).
 
 - {{% badge style="info" icon="plus-circle" title=" " %}}New{{% /badge %}} It is now possible to adjust the menu width for your whole site. [See the docs]({{% relref "basics/customization#change-the-menu-width" %}}).