How to Redirect HomePage to Author Page?

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Hello all.

I have a blog powered by Ghost:

Since it is just me and I like the way the author page looks, I would like the homepage (merecivilian.com) to show the author page:
MereCivilian - Mere Civilian

Is that possible?

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

I have attempted to add the following tot he routes file in Labs but that didn’t work:

routes:  
  /:  
    redirect: /author/mc/

Many thanks :slight_smile:

2

See

redirects.yaml

301:
   /: /author/mc/
3

Thank you @joe-blocher

Unfortunately that didnt work. I uploaded the new redirects.yaml file:

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It gives an error:

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it says too many redirects.

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To prevent that, start with ^/ , which will cause it to match only a / when it starts the path…

But, just so that we’re clear, a redirect is going to cause the visitor to get sent to /author/mc, not cause the author/mc content to show up at /. Is that what you’re wanting?

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This is not what I am after. I want merecivilian.com to show the contents of merecivilian.com/author/mc/

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Right, then you don’t want a redirects file. You want a routes file.

This might work.

routes.yaml (uploaded through labs):

routes:
  /:
    template: author
    data: author.mc

collections:
  /blog/:
    permalink: /{slug}/
    template: home


(add the tag and authors section like normal)

That should:

  • create a / route that uses the author template and gets the data for ‘mc’ into it
  • create your ‘index’ of your blog posts at /blog/ (note: depending on theme, you might need template: index instead
  • keep the blog posts at /{slug}/ so that you don’t break inbound links. If your blog posts are currently somewhere else, you should adjust, of course!
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Thank you @Cathy_Sarisky

so I added the following and also tried changed the index to home:

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Noting, the above is the only thing in my routes.yaml file.

It gives the following error:

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Check out this older post. The indenting is wrong, but I think the solution is there:

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redirects.yaml

301:
   ^/: /author/mc/

worked for me.
But the route /author/mc is visible in the browser.

@Cathy_Sarisky suggestion also fits. Is better than a redirect:

  routes:
    /:
      template: author
      data: author.mc
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If you are self-hosting you can use a 301 redirect rewrite on Nginx or the proxy you are actually using as well.

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I used the redirect solution proposed by @joe-blocher and now anyone going to my homepage is redirected from https://merecivilian.com/ to MereCivilian - Mere Civilian

It is not ideal because it redirects rather than showing the author page on the home page (merecivilian.com) but will see how I go.

I suppose this is the benefit of a personal project. I can change things at my will

many thanks to @Cathy_Sarisky @joe-blocher

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The initial topic is solved but not your issue, you just need to use routes for that.

301 means entering to a page and jumping to another.

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You are right @satonotdead

My issue is still unresolved. I attempted numerous routes suggested here but none appear to work for me :frowning:

I am still using the redirect option on my blog but I may revert to the traditional setup.