From a41eee951664840abc3f5c01870ce67433220af7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Rose <est.michael@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:29:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for YouTube channel URLs in author sidebar -
 Close #716

---
 _config.yml                   | 2 +-
 _includes/author-profile.html | 8 +++++++-
 test/_config.yml              | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 3bb0c5a5..7cc5efd9 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ author:
   vine             :
   weibo            :
   xing             :
-  youtube          :
+  youtube          : # "https://youtube.com/c/MichaelRoseDesign"
 
 
 # Reading Files
diff --git a/_includes/author-profile.html b/_includes/author-profile.html
index bb822345..e0cd6ecd 100644
--- a/_includes/author-profile.html
+++ b/_includes/author-profile.html
@@ -179,7 +179,13 @@
         </li>
       {% endif %}
 
-      {% if author.youtube %}
+      {% if author.youtube contains "://" %}
+        <li>
+          <a href="{{ author.youtube }}" itemprop="sameAs">
+            <i class="fa fa-fw fa-youtube-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> YouTube
+          </a>
+        </li>
+      {% else %}
         <li>
           <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/{{ author.youtube }}" itemprop="sameAs">
             <i class="fa fa-fw fa-youtube-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> YouTube
diff --git a/test/_config.yml b/test/_config.yml
index 8f614a4d..8ecfaa75 100644
--- a/test/_config.yml
+++ b/test/_config.yml
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ author:
   vine             :
   weibo            :
   xing             :
-  youtube          :
+  youtube          : # "https://youtube.com/c/MichaelRoseDesign"
+
 
 
 # Reading Files