From edee8c2b75c2d62f908f13b2fd8548594ba7e4d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vishva <vishva11072000@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 13:46:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add authorName and editorName attributes to Strapi blog
 schema for dynamic author display

---
 server/strapi.js                                 | 12 ++++++++++--
 src/components/BlogDetailPage.jsx                |  6 +++++-
 .../api/blog/content-types/blog/lifecycles.ts    | 16 +++++++++-------
 .../src/api/blog/content-types/blog/schema.json  |  6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/strapi.js b/server/strapi.js
index 04a0552..33278b9 100644
--- a/server/strapi.js
+++ b/server/strapi.js
@@ -81,9 +81,17 @@ export async function getStrapiBlogs() {
             date: dateStr,
             image: coverUrl,
             slug: b.slug,
-            author: typeof b.author === 'string' ? b.author : (b.author?.firstname ? `${b.author.firstname} ${b.author.lastname || ''}`.trim() : (b.author?.username || 'Dr. Arvindh Ramachandran')),
+            author: (typeof b.authorName === 'string' && b.authorName.trim())
+              ? b.authorName.trim()
+              : (typeof b.author === 'string' && b.author.trim()
+                  ? b.author.trim()
+                  : (b.author?.firstname ? `${b.author.firstname} ${b.author.lastname || ''}`.trim() : (b.author?.username || 'Cavin Editorial Team'))),
             authorDesignation: b.authorDesignation || 'Chief AI Architect & Head of Data Engineering',
-            editor: typeof b.editor === 'string' ? b.editor : (b.editor?.firstname ? `${b.editor.firstname} ${b.editor.lastname || ''}`.trim() : (b.editor?.username || null)),
+            editor: (typeof b.editorName === 'string' && b.editorName.trim())
+              ? b.editorName.trim()
+              : (typeof b.editor === 'string' && b.editor.trim()
+                  ? b.editor.trim()
+                  : (b.editor?.firstname ? `${b.editor.firstname} ${b.editor.lastname || ''}`.trim() : (b.editor?.username || null))),
             editorDesignation: b.editorDesignation || null,
             tags: b.tags || [],
             metaTitle: b.metaTitle || null,
diff --git a/src/components/BlogDetailPage.jsx b/src/components/BlogDetailPage.jsx
index ccd666e..20746e8 100644
--- a/src/components/BlogDetailPage.jsx
+++ b/src/components/BlogDetailPage.jsx
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ export default function BlogDetailPage({ blog, allBlogs = [], isMobile, onNaviga
   const bgPatternUrl = assetUrl('/assets/Background pattern About Us Hero section.svg');
   const spotlightUrl = assetUrl('/assets/Spotlight vector.svg');
 
-  const authorName = typeof blog.author === 'string' ? blog.author : (blog.author?.firstname ? `${blog.author.firstname} ${blog.author.lastname || ''}`.trim() : 'Purushothaman Gopalan');
+  const authorName = (typeof blog.authorName === 'string' && blog.authorName.trim()) 
+    ? blog.authorName.trim() 
+    : (typeof blog.author === 'string' && blog.author.trim()
+        ? blog.author.trim()
+        : (blog.author?.firstname ? `${blog.author.firstname} ${blog.author.lastname || ''}`.trim() : 'Cavin Editorial Team'));
   const authorRole = typeof blog.authorDesignation === 'string' ? blog.authorDesignation : 'Chief AI Architect & Head of Data Engineering';
   const authorAvatar = '/assets/arvindh_agentic_ai.jpg';
   const relatedArticles = allBlogs.filter(b => b.id !== blog.id).slice(0, 2);
diff --git a/strapi-cms/src/api/blog/content-types/blog/lifecycles.ts b/strapi-cms/src/api/blog/content-types/blog/lifecycles.ts
index f2dd648..ae7add8 100644
--- a/strapi-cms/src/api/blog/content-types/blog/lifecycles.ts
+++ b/strapi-cms/src/api/blog/content-types/blog/lifecycles.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ export default {
     const user = ctx?.state?.user;
 
     if (user) {
-      // Auto-fill author relation if not explicitly set by user
       if (!data.author) {
         data.author = user.id;
       }
-
-      // Auto-fill author designation based on logged-in account
+      if (!data.authorName) {
+        data.authorName = `${user.firstname || ''} ${user.lastname || ''}`.trim() || user.username || user.email;
+      }
       if (!data.authorDesignation && user.email) {
         data.authorDesignation = designationMap[user.email] || `${user.firstname || ''} ${user.lastname || ''}`.trim();
       }
@@ -32,22 +32,24 @@ export default {
     const user = ctx?.state?.user;
 
     if (user && data) {
-      // Auto-fill author relation if empty
       if (!data.author) {
         data.author = user.id;
       }
-
-      // Auto-fill author designation if empty
+      if (!data.authorName && user) {
+        data.authorName = `${user.firstname || ''} ${user.lastname || ''}`.trim() || user.username || user.email;
+      }
       if (!data.authorDesignation && user.email) {
         data.authorDesignation = designationMap[user.email] || `${user.firstname || ''} ${user.lastname || ''}`.trim();
       }
 
-      // Auto-fill editor details if an Editor/Admin edits or approves
       const isEditor = user.roles?.some((r: any) => r.code === 'strapi-editor' || r.code === 'strapi-super-admin');
       if (isEditor) {
         if (!data.editor) {
           data.editor = user.id;
         }
+        if (!data.editorName && user) {
+          data.editorName = `${user.firstname || ''} ${user.lastname || ''}`.trim() || user.username;
+        }
         if (!data.editorDesignation && user.email) {
           data.editorDesignation = designationMap[user.email] || 'Senior Editor';
         }
diff --git a/strapi-cms/src/api/blog/content-types/blog/schema.json b/strapi-cms/src/api/blog/content-types/blog/schema.json
index cf13c7d..77f7da9 100644
--- a/strapi-cms/src/api/blog/content-types/blog/schema.json
+++ b/strapi-cms/src/api/blog/content-types/blog/schema.json
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
       "default": "Draft",
       "required": true
     },
+    "authorName": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
     "author": {
       "type": "relation",
       "relation": "oneToOne",
@@ -68,6 +71,9 @@
     "authorDesignation": {
       "type": "string"
     },
+    "editorName": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
     "editor": {
       "type": "relation",
       "relation": "oneToOne",