# Byline configuration

## How to connect logged-in user byline and author set in Writer

To automatically set author to the logged-in user and also set the byline automatically you need to have a identy provider with the user set up in the user managent system, that is connected to Naviga ID. Further you will need the Concept -plugin (concept-author) as well as set up the User Byline-plugin. For the mapping between your identity provider to work, a concept needs to be created with the exact same e-mail as used in the identity provider.

If you have set the connection with the Naviga ID login to optional (`"optional": true`), you will get options to connect to the correct user in the list or to continue, by pressing **Later**.

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If there is no user matching in the list, follow these steps to connect the user:

1. Go to **Authors** in the Sidebar.
2. Search for the user's name.
3. **Select** the author.
4. Edit the author and add or edit email so it corresponds to the identy provider´s information (which we suppose is the correct one, otherwise you have change it there)
5. Save and reload the Writer page ( or ask the user to login).
6. Select the correct user in the list in the dialog (you may need to click **Refresh list**).
7. Next time the user logs in, the author ( and Byline) will be automatically set.

### Some notes about the config options in config

The support email `supportEmail`should be set to the organization's support-contact.

If, the `optional` property is unset or set to false, the user can not continue if the `author`-concept is missing or can not be found in the list in the dialog. When it is set to`true`you get the **Later** button to proceed as described above.

The appendDataToLink is set in this plugin (from version 1.1.2), but also in Author-concept-plugin. When it is set to true in the User Byline-plugin, the output in the XML will append an articleData section to the author-link. If there is an inconsistent behavior in the XML-output, when several authors are added, check the property in the User Byline-plugin and in Author-concept-plugin.

```
{
            "id": "io.infomaker.userbyline",
            "name": "im-userbyline",
            "url": "https://plugins.writer.infomaker.io/v1/infomaker/im-userbyline/[version]/index.js",
            "style": "https://plugins.writer.infomaker.io/v1/infomaker/im-userbyline/[version]/style.css",
            "mandatory": false,
            "enabled": true,
            "data": {
                "supportEmail": "xxx", //the organizations email should be set here
                "optional": true or false,
                "appendDataToLink": true or false
            }
        },
```

**See** [**plugin documentation**](https://plugins.writer.infomaker.io/) **of User Byline-plugin and Concept-plugin for further instructions.**

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