diff --git a/_includes/author-profile-custom-links.html b/_includes/author-profile-custom-links.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3560e258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/author-profile-custom-links.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_includes/author-profile.html b/_includes/author-profile.html
index 6b849a3f..bb822345 100644
--- a/_includes/author-profile.html
+++ b/_includes/author-profile.html
@@ -30,162 +30,204 @@
diff --git a/docs/_docs/10-layouts.md b/docs/_docs/10-layouts.md
index 7e4b789b..2409d61b 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/10-layouts.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/10-layouts.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ single_layout_gallery:
alt: "single layout with header example"
- image_path: /assets/images/mm-layout-single-meta.png
alt: "single layout with comments and related posts"
-modified: 2016-10-06T23:02:37-04:00
+modified: 2016-12-12T15:20:20-05:00
---
{% include toc icon="columns" title="Included Layouts" %}
@@ -333,16 +333,19 @@ defaults:
The theme comes pre-built with a selection of links for the most common social media networks. These are all optional and can be [assigned in `_config.yml`]({{ "/docs/configuration/" | absolute_url }}).
-To add more links you'll need to crack open [`_includes/author-profile.html`](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/_includes/author-profile.html) and make some edits.
+To add more links you'll need to crack open [`_includes/author-profile-custom-links.html`](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/_includes/author-profile-custom-links.html) and add the appropriate `` markup shown below.
-Inside of `` you'll find `- ` elements wrapped in Liquid conditionals. These represent each of the possible links you can currently add to the sidebar.
+**Please note:** Links added here will appear after the ones in [`_includes/author-profile.html`](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/_includes/author-profile.html). If you'd like to change the order of appearance you'll need to edit that file directly.
+{: .notice--info}
-#### Example of Twitter link
+#### Social network link example
```html
-{% raw %}{% if author.twitter %}
-
- Twitter
-{% endif %}{% endraw %}
+-
+
+ Awesome Social Network
+
+
```
To add a new link you'll need three things:
@@ -351,7 +354,7 @@ To add a new link you'll need three things:
2. [Font Awesome icon](http://fontawesome.io/icons/) (`fa-` class)
3. Label for the link
-It's up to you if you want to wrap it in a `{% raw %}{% if %} ... {% endif %}{% endraw %}`conditional and add variables to `_config.yml`. If you don't plan to change it then hard-coding the strings is perfectly acceptable.
+It's up to you if you want to wrap it in a `{% raw %}{% if %} ... {% endif %}{% endraw %}`conditional and add a variable to `_config.yml`. If you don't plan to change it then hard-coding the string is perfectly acceptable.
Let's run through how you'd add a new link that points to a Reddit profile. Starting with the three things from above:
@@ -362,13 +365,21 @@ Let's run through how you'd add a new link that points to a Reddit profile. Star
And plug them into the appropriate locations:
```html
-- [3]
+-
+
+ [3]
+
+
```
To end up with:
```html
-- Reddit
+-
+
+ Reddit
+
+
```
![Reddit link in author profile]({{ "/assets/images/mm-author-profile-reddit-gs.png" | absolute_url }})
diff --git a/docs/_includes/author-profile-custom-links.html b/docs/_includes/author-profile-custom-links.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3560e258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_includes/author-profile-custom-links.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/_includes/author-profile.html b/docs/_includes/author-profile.html
index f6637c8f..bb822345 100644
--- a/docs/_includes/author-profile.html
+++ b/docs/_includes/author-profile.html
@@ -30,16 +30,14 @@