diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 76a0bf1..54abb61 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
-_site
-.sass-cache
-Gemfile.lock
+_site/
+.sass-cache/
+.jekyll-cache/
+.jekyll-metadata
+node_modules/
+dist/
+.env
+__pycache__/
+*.log
+.DS_Store
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diff --git a/_tests/author_display_test.rb b/_tests/author_display_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdb52c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_tests/author_display_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+require 'jekyll'
+require 'minitest/autorun'
+
+class AuthorDisplayTest < Minitest::Test
+  def setup
+    @site = Jekyll::Site.new(Jekyll.configuration({
+      'source' => '.',
+      'destination' => './_site'
+    }))
+    @site.read
+    @site.generate
+  end
+
+  def test_post_specific_author
+    post_with_author = @site.posts.docs.find { |post| post.data['author'] }
+    if post_with_author
+      assert_includes post_with_author.output, "By #{post_with_author.data['author']}", 
+        "Post with specific author should display author name"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_fallback_site_author
+    # Simulate a scenario with site-wide author
+    @site.config['author'] = 'Site Admin'
+    @site.generate
+    
+    post_without_author = @site.posts.docs.find { |post| !post.data['author'] }
+    if post_without_author
+      assert_includes post_without_author.output, "By Site Admin", 
+        "Posts without author should use site-wide author"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_anonymous_author
+    # Remove site-wide author
+    @site.config.delete('author')
+    @site.generate
+    
+    post_without_author = @site.posts.docs.find { |post| !post.data['author'] }
+    if post_without_author
+      assert_includes post_without_author.output, "By Anonymous", 
+        "Posts without author and no site-wide author should show Anonymous"
+    end
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 6fbffb3..573ec99 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 ---
+layout: default
 ---
 
-
 {% for post in site.posts limit:site.data.theme.num_home_posts %}
 <div class="post-header-home">
   <h1 class="post-title-home">
     <a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
   </h1>
-  {% include post-header-home.html %}
+  <div class="post-meta-home">
+    {% if post.author %}
+      <span class="post-author">By {{ post.author }}</span>
+    {% elsif site.author %}
+      <span class="post-author">By {{ site.author }}</span>
+    {% else %}
+      <span class="post-author">By Anonymous</span>
+    {% endif %}
+    {% include post-header-home.html %}
+  </div>
 </div>
 <div class="post-excerpt-home">
   {% assign excerpt_content = post.content | replace: '_By Al Morris_', '' | replace: 'By Al Morris', '' | replace: '*By Al Morris*', '' | strip_html | truncatewords: 50 %}
@@ -17,5 +26,5 @@ <h1 class="post-title-home">
 {% endfor %}
 <hr>
 <div class="home-read-more">
-  <a href="{{ "/archive"  }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-block btn-lg">View All {{ site.posts | size }} Articles →</a>
-</div>
+  <a href="{{ "/archive" }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-block btn-lg">View All {{ site.posts | size }} Articles →</a>
+</div>
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