Remove references to Google+

According to google, this is no longer supported and structured data should be used instead: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6083347?hl=en

diff --git a/docs/content/en/content-management/authors.md b/docs/content/en/content-management/authors.md
index 530557ac0f4403a131409cedf72de4d43bd0f78d..6584a1b1ccf1d18b364645a11c3872c988b2bd8a 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/content/en/content-management/authors.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/content-management/authors.md
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ weight         = 10
 [social]
     facebook   = "alice.allison"
     twitter    = "alice"
-    googleplus = "aliceallison1"
     website    = "www.example.com"
 
 [params]
@@ -108,9 +107,9 @@ You can find a list of all template variables to access the profile information
 
 ### Link Social Network Accounts
 
-As aforementioned, Hugo is able to generate links to profiles of the most popular social networks. The following social networks with their corrersponding identifiers are supported:  `github`, `facebook`, `twitter`, `googleplus`, `pinterest`, `instagram`, `youtube` and `linkedin`.
+As aforementioned, Hugo is able to generate links to profiles of the most popular social networks. The following social networks with their corrersponding identifiers are supported:  `github`, `facebook`, `twitter`, `pinterest`, `instagram`, `youtube` and `linkedin`.
 
-This is can be done with the `.Social.URL` function. Its only parameter is the name of the social network as they are defined in the profile (e.g. `facebook`, `googleplus`). Custom variables like `website` remain as they are.
+This is can be done with the `.Social.URL` function. Its only parameter is the name of the social network as they are defined in the profile (e.g. `facebook`). Custom variables like `website` remain as they are.
 
 Most articles feature a small section with information about the author at the end. Let's create one containing the author's name, a thumbnail, a (summarized) biography and links to all social networks:
 

diff --git a/hugolib/site.go b/hugolib/site.go
index 7cc80e22fcc39ac8b39dd7ed6a00d1d0b0a638d8..b1441ca8a13736d40af8518152950d4f2d46264d 100644 (file)
--- a/hugolib/site.go
+++ b/hugolib/site.go
@@ -672,7 +672,6 @@ func (s *SiteInfo) DisqusShortname() string {
 // facebook_admin
 // twitter
 // twitter_domain
-// googleplus
 // pinterest
 // instagram
 // youtube

diff --git a/resources/page/page_author.go b/resources/page/page_author.go
index 9e8a95182f909d323e101b1b6c7bd6dd1e1514b8..58be204267bde820b6cb989176134a15d4296e0c 100644 (file)
--- a/resources/page/page_author.go
+++ b/resources/page/page_author.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ type Author struct {
 // - github
 // - facebook
 // - twitter
-// - googleplus
 // - pinterest
 // - instagram
 // - youtube

diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
index 58d0b2799423bbf2a09c4c91701afe55837c7327..cee4276c96dcc4de4442248b0bcb1fdc2739546f 100644 (file)
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ if (!doNotTrack) {
     {{ end }}
 </ul>
 {{ end }}`},
-       {`schema.html`, `{{ with .Site.Social.GooglePlus }}<link rel="publisher" href="{{ . }}"/>{{ end }}
+       {`schema.html`, `
 <meta itemprop="name" content="{{ .Title }}">
 <meta itemprop="description" content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{if .IsPage}}{{ .Summary }}{{ else }}{{ with .Site.Params.description }}{{ . }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end }}">
 

diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/schema.html b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/schema.html
index 16c97be60cb05dbc39e84152e18461ed3dcd193f..a76dbdd429a6783d5c78710394102501ede95b34 100644 (file)
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/schema.html
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/schema.html
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{{ with .Site.Social.GooglePlus }}<link rel="publisher" href="{{ . }}"/>{{ end }}
 <meta itemprop="name" content="{{ .Title }}">
 <meta itemprop="description" content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{if .IsPage}}{{ .Summary }}{{ else }}{{ with .Site.Params.description }}{{ . }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end }}">