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Smart Marketing Blocks Documentation

Product guidance, setup notes and block reference articles for Smart Marketing Blocks customers.

Author Box Advanced

Purpose

The block displays an extended author profile with an avatar, role, biography, and links. It is useful for articles, expert content, and SEO-focused pages.

Content

  • Name: the author name, edited directly in the block.
  • Role: the role, job title, or short subtitle.
  • Bio: the author's expertise description.

Profile Settings

  • Avatar image: selects the author image from the media library.
  • Remove image: removes the selected avatar.
  • Social links, one per line: a list of links, one per line. A row can use the Label: https://example.com format; when it does, Label becomes the visible link text.

Typography Settings

  • Author name size: author name font size in pixels.
  • Subtitle: role or subtitle font size.
  • Body text size: biography font size.

Border Settings

  • Border color: the block border color.
  • Width: border width.
  • Radius: corner radius.

Color Settings

  • Text color: the main text color.
  • Background: the block background.
  • Author name: author name color.
  • Subtitle: role or subtitle color.
  • Social links: link color.

Frontend Behavior

The avatar is rendered as an image with lazy loading. Social links open in a new tab and receive rel="noreferrer noopener".