# Authors & categories

> Give posts a byline and a home — authors with bios and social links, categories with colors and landing pages.

Source: https://knowledge.estage.com/blog/authors-categories/
Part of the ESTAGE knowledge base (https://knowledge.estage.com). Full corpus: https://knowledge.estage.com/llms-full.txt

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Posts get structure from two things: **who wrote it** (author) and **what it's about**
(categories). Both come with their own public landing pages.

## Where to manage them

- **Blog panel** — the **Authors** and **Categories** tabs list what exists, each with a
  **New** button.
- **Inline, while editing a post** — the author dropdown and the category picker in post
  settings both have a create-new option, so you never have to leave the post.
- **Chat** — *"add an author named Sarah Chen"*, *"add a category called Tutorials"*.

## Authors

An author has:

| Field | Used where |
| --- | --- |
| **Name** | The byline on every post, and the author page heading |
| **Avatar** | Next to the byline and on the author page |
| **Bio** | On the author page (`/blog/author/sarah-chen`) |
| **Social links** | X/Twitter, LinkedIn, GitHub, Instagram, website, email — shown as icons in the byline and on the author page |

The byline on a post links to the author's page, which lists all their posts.

## Categories

A category has:

| Field | Used where |
| --- | --- |
| **Name** | The pill on post cards and post pages |
| **Description** | On the category page (`/blog/category/tech`) |
| **Color** | The pill/accent color |
| **Cover image** | Optional hero on the category page |

Categories power two things for readers: the **filter** on your blog home (click a pill —
the list narrows without a page change) and the **category landing pages**.

:::tip
Keep categories few and meaningful — 3–6 that genuinely partition your content beat 20
near-duplicates. You can always add more later, in one chat message.
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