Thingport/docs/features/authors.md

Author pages

Every imported model keeps its author, and every author gets a page in Thingport.

• Author page: their cover picture, avatar and details, a link to their profile on the source site, and every model of theirs you've saved.
• Hover card: hover an author's name anywhere to see a preview, without leaving the page.
• Top authors on the dashboard shows whose models you keep most.

Your own designs

If you publish models yourself, open your author page and choose This is me. Your designs then show up under My models in the user menu, next to the models you uploaded, and your profile picks up the author's bio and cover picture if you haven't set your own.

Missing authors

An import sometimes can't fetch the author at the time, and the model shows only a name. Admins can fix every such model at once with Administration → Triggers → Link missing authors, which matches them to authors already in Thingport or looks them up on the source site.