How to Design a Dynamic Author Box for Your Blog Post Template with Divi

Mentioning the post author in your blog posts is essential. Now, with Divi’s Theme Builder you can add a site-wide dynamic author box to your posts. You can also style the author box using Divi and its built-in options, this can leads to beautiful web design. In this tutorial, we’ll show you exactly how to design a beautiful dynamic author box inside your post template. You’ll be able to download the post template JSON file for free as well!

Let’s get to it.

Preview

Before we dive into the tutorial, let’s take a quick look at the outcome across different screen sizes.

Desktop

Mobile

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1. Go to Divi Theme Builder & Add New Post Template

Go to Divi Theme Builder & Add New Template

Start by going to the Divi Theme Builder. Once there, add a new template.

Use Template on All Posts

Use the new template on all your posts.

• Use On: All Posts

Start Building Template Body

And start building the template body.

2. Build Blog Post Template Body

Section Settings

Background Color

Inside the template editor, you’ll notice a section. Open the section settings and add a background color.

• Background Color: #270fff

Background Image

Upload the background image you can find in the zipped folder you were able to download at the beginning of this post.

Add New Row

Column Structure

Continue by adding a new row to the section using the following column structure:

Sizing

Open the row’s settings and change the max width in the sizing settings.

• Max Width: 1380px

Add Post Title Module to Column

Elements

The only module we need in this row is a Post Title Module. We’re disabling the post’s featured image in the elements settings.

• Show Featured Image: No

Text Settings

Move on to the module’s design tab and change the text color in the general text settings.

• Text Color: Light

Title Text Settings

Modify the title text settings next.

• Title Font: Work Sans
• Title Text Size: 7rem (Desktop), 4rem (Tablet), 2rem (Phone)
• Title Letter Spacing: -2px

Meta Text Settings

Along with the meta text settings.

• Meta Font: Work Sans
• Meta Text Size: 1rem

Add New Section

Spacing

Add a new regular section to your template body, open the section settings and remove all default top padding.

• Top Padding: 0px

Add New Row

Column Structure

Continue by adding a new row to the section using the following column structure:

Sizing

Open the row settings and change the sizing settings as follows:

• Use Custom Gutter Width: Yes
• Gutter Width: 1
• Equalize Column Heights: Yes
• Max Width: 1380px

Spacing

Remove all default top padding as well.

• Top Padding: 0px

Column 1 Settings

Spacing

Then, open the column 1 settings and add some custom padding values across different screen sizes.

• Top Padding: 200px (Desktop), 50px (Tablet), 20px (Phone)
• Bottom Padding: 200px (Desktop), 50px (Tablet), 20px (Phone)
• Left Padding: 100px (Desktop), 50px (Tablet), 20px (Phone)
• Right Padding: 100px (Desktop), 50px (Tablet), 20px (Phone)

Box Shadow

Add a box shadow to the first column as well.

• Box Shadow Blur Strength: 60px
• Shadow Color: rgba(0,0,0,0.09)

Add Post Content Module to Column 1

Text Settings

Time to start adding modules! Place the Post Content Module in column 1 and change the text settings accordingly:

• Text Font: Work Sans
• Text Size: 1rem (Desktop), 0.9rem (Tablet & Phone)
• Text Line Height: 2.3em

Heading Text Settings

Modify the different heading text settings as well.

• Heading Font: Work Sans
• Heading 2 Text Size: 1.6rem (H2), 1.5rem (H3), 1.4rem (H4), 1.3rem (H5), 1.2rem (H6)
• Heading Line Height: 1.3em

CSS ID

Complete the module’s settings by adding a CSS ID.

• CSS ID: blog-post-content

Add Code Module to Column 1

Insert Heading CSS Code

To add some space between the different post content elements, we’ll add a Code Module to column 1 and insert the following lines of CSS code:

<style>
#blog-post-content h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
margin-top: 50px;
margin-bottom: 50px;
}

#blog-post-content p {
margin-top: 20px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
</style>

Add Person Module to Column 2

Dynamic Content

In the second column, the only module we need is a Person Module. We’ll select the following dynamic content:

• Name: Post Author
• Position: Author
• Body: Author Bio

Image Dynamic Content

Add the author’s dynamic profile picture to the module too.

• Image: Author Profile Picture

Hover Background Color

Then, add a white background color on hover.

• Background Color: #ffffff

Title Text Settings

Move on to the module’s design tab and change the H3 text settings accordingly:

• Title Heading Level: H3
• Title Font: Work Sans
• Title Text Size: 1.1rem

Body Text Settings

Modify the body text settings too.

• Body Font: Work Sans
• Body Text Size: 0.9rem
• Body Line Height: 2em

Position Text Settings

Then, change the position font text settings.

• Position Font: Work Sans
• Position Text Size: 0.9rem

Default Sizing

Modify the height in the sizing settings.

• Height: 160px (Desktop), auto (Tablet & Phone)

Hover Sizing

And bring back the height to auto on hover.

• Height: auto

Spacing

Next, we’re adding some space around the module using custom padding.

• Top Padding: 50px
• Bottom Padding: 50px
• Left Padding: 50px
• Right Padding: 50px

Default Border

And we’ll use a border too.

• Left Border Width: 0px (Desktop), 4px (Tablet & Phone)
• Left Border Color: #270fff

Hover Border

Modify the border width on hover.

• Left Border Width: 4px

Default Box Shadow

Then, add a box shadow.

• Box Shadow Blur Strength: 60px
• Shadow Color: rgba(0,0,0,0) (Desktop), rgba(0,0,0,0.11) (Tablet & Phone)

Hover Box Shadow

Change the shadow color on hover.

• Shadow Color: rgba(0,0,0,0.11)

Default Filters

Moving on, we’ll change the opacity.

• Opacity: 41% (Desktop), 100% (Tablet & Phone)

Hover Filters

Bring back the opacity to 100% on hover.

• Opacity: 100%

Main Element CSS

To add the sticky effect you were able to notice in the preview of this post, we’ll add a few lines of custom CSS to the module’s main element.

position: sticky;
position: -webkit-sticky;
top: 50px !important;

Member Image CSS

We’re making sure the author profile picture is left-aligned by adding one single line of CSS code to the module’s member image.

text-align: left;

Default Visibility

To hide the module’s content on desktop, we’ll change the overflows in the advanced tab.

• Horizontal Overflow: Hidden
• Vertical Overflow: Hidden

Hover Visibility

We’ll make the content appear on hover by changing the overflows to visible.

• Horizontal Overflow: Visible
• Vertical Overflow: Visible

Add New Section

Add another section to your design.

Add New Row

Column Structure

Continue by adding a new row to the section using the following column structure:

Sizing

Open the row settings and change the sizing settings accordingly:

• Use Custom Gutter Width: Yes
• Gutter Width: 1
• Equalize Column Heights: Yes
• Max Width: 1380px

Add Comments Module to Column

Fields Settings

The only module we need in this row is a Comments Module. Change the fields settings as follows:

• Fields Background Color: #ffffff
• Fields Top Padding: 20px
• Fields Bottom Padding: 20px
• Fields Font: Work Sans
• Fields Text Size: 1rem

Comment Count Text Settings

Modify the comment count text settings as well.

• Comment Count Heading Level: H2
• Comment Count Font: Work Sans
• Comment Count Text Size: 1.5rem

Form Title Text Settings

Then, change the form title text settings.

• Form Title Heading Level: H3
• Form Title Font: Work Sans
• Form Title Text Size: 1.2rem

Meta Text Settings

Modify the meta text settings as well.

• Meta Font: Work Sans
• Meta Text Size: 1rem

Comment Text Settings

We’re changing the comment text settings too.

• Comment Font: Work Sans
• Comment Text Size: 1rem
• Comment Line Height: 2.3em

Button Settings

Complete the module’s settings by styling the button.

• Use Custom Styles For Button: Yes
• Button Text Size: 1rem
• Button Text Color: #ffffff
• Button Background Color: #270fff
• Button Border Width: 0px
• Button Border Radius: 0px

• Button Font: Work Sans

3. Save Theme Builder Changes & View Result

Once you’ve completed the template, make sure you save all changes, exit the Theme Builder and view the outcome on your posts!

Preview

Now that we’ve gone through all the steps, let’s take a final look at the outcome across different screen sizes.

Desktop

Mobile

Final Thoughts

In this post, we’ve shown you how to design a beautiful dynamic author box using Divi’s built-in options, the dynamic feature and the Theme Builder. With these three things combined, it’s now easier than ever to customize your blog post template and credit the post author in a creative way. You were able to download the JSON file for free as well! If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment in the comment section below.

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