Styling the post info
In this lesson we'll highlight the author and date info in our
<Post> component so that they stand out from the rest of the post content.Import
styled into post.js and create and use a <PostInfo> component.1
// File: /packages/my-first-theme/src/components/post.js
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import React from "react"
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import { connect, styled } from "frontity"
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import dayjs from "dayjs"
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const Post = ({ state }) => {
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const data = state.source.get(state.router.link)
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const post = state.source[data.type][data.id]
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const author = state.source.author[post.author]
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const formattedDate = dayjs(post.date).format("DD MMMM YYYY")
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return (
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<div>
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<h2>{post.title.rendered}</h2>
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<PostInfo>
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<p>
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<strong>Posted: </strong>
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{formattedDate}
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Author: </strong>
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{author.name}
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</p>
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</PostInfo>
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<div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: post.content.rendered }} />
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</div>
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)
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}
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export default connect(Post)
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const PostInfo = styled.div`
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background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #f4f4f4, #fff);
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margin-bottom: 1em;
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padding: 0.5em;
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border-left: 4px solid lightseagreen;
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font-size: 0.8em;
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& > p {
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margin: 0;
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}
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`
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Visit one of the posts now and the date and author info are pleasingly highlighted.
For reference, this is what your site should be looking like now:
Frontity in the browser - listing
Frontity in the browser - post
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