Long-form
Article Meta Bar
Author, date, read time, category and a last-updated stamp collapsed into one compact row you can drop anywhere a piece needs its provenance shown on its own — a reprint, an archive card, a changelog entry — without pulling in a full page header.
$ velocityx add article-meta-barBuilt for astro.
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Props
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| author | { name: string; href?: string } | No | ||
| date | string | No | ISO date for the `<time datetime>` attribute. | |
| dateLabel | string | No | Human-readable form of `date`, e.g. "14 Oct 2026". Falls back to `date`. | |
| updatedDate | string | No | ISO date this piece was last updated, if different from `date`. | |
| updatedLabel | string | No | Human-readable form of `updatedDate`. Falls back to `updatedDate`. | |
| minutes | number | No | ||
| category | { label: string; href?: string } | No |
File this creates
The CLI writes this path into your project, relative to its root — nothing else moves.
components/velocity/article-meta-bar/ArticleMetaBar.astroUsing the Article Meta Bar component
Install it with velocityx add article-meta-bar.
The CLI writes the source straight into your project — no runtime dependency, no registry
lock-in, and it themes itself from the same primary-*/accent-* scale as the rest of the library.
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