From 1c59be1494ed7b33fcc533419efef7cc0e395a4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Balter <ben.balter@github.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:52:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ensure avatars properly render on /news

---
 site/_includes/news_item.html | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/site/_includes/news_item.html b/site/_includes/news_item.html
index 3ded9925..bf04dc9f 100644
--- a/site/_includes/news_item.html
+++ b/site/_includes/news_item.html
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
       {{ post.date | date_to_string }}
     </span>
     <a href="https://github.com/{{ post.author }}" class="post-author">
-      {% avatar {{ post.author}} size=24 %}
+      {% assign author = post.author %}
+      {% avatar user=author size=24 %}
       {{ post.author }}
     </a>
   </div>