diff --git a/app/controllers/admin.php b/app/controllers/admin.php
index 60bfca62c0f96dee3f412d04230907b5461b10b5..e7e1085fe5f5b04ac556afd3ad4ce282d93ef6d7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin.php
+++ b/app/controllers/admin.php
@@ -111,22 +111,21 @@ class Admin extends Controller {
         if (isset($_SESSION['user_role']) && $_SESSION['user_role'] === 'admin') {
             if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
                 // Get values from the input form
-                $newAuthorName = $_POST['newAuthorName']; // Assuming you have an input field for author name
-                // Additional author-related fields can be added here
-                $oldAuthorName = $_POST['authorName']; // Assuming you have a hidden input for the old author name
-    
-                // Check if the new author name doesn't already exist in the database
-                $data['authors'] = $this->model('AuthorModel')->getAllAuthors();
+                $newAuthorName = $_POST['newAuthorName']; 
+
+                $oldAuthorName = $_POST['authorName']; 
+
+                $data['authors'] = $this->model('AuthorModel')->getAllAuthor();
                 $authorNames = array_column($data['authors'], "author_name");
     
                 if (!in_array($newAuthorName, $authorNames, true)){
-                    // Update the author's information in the database using your AuthorModel
-                    $this->model('AuthorModel')->updateAuthor($oldAuthorName, $newAuthorName); // Adjust this according to your model's method
+                    
+                    $this->model('AuthorModel')->updateAuthor($oldAuthorName, $newAuthorName); 
                 }
             }
-            // Fetch the list of authors (optional)
-            $data['authors'] = $this->model('AuthorModel')->getAllAuthors();
-            $this->view('admin/authoradmin', $data); // Adjust the view file and path accordingly
+
+            $data['authors'] = $this->model('AuthorModel')->getAllAuthor();
+            $this->view('admin/authoradmin', $data); 
         } else {
             $this->view('login/login');
         }
diff --git a/app/models/AuthorModel.php b/app/models/AuthorModel.php
index 8684fd6bd2d516e0db6949de29d5e6428d472631..e2bff15e4825aa281456018a60c3980c00946547 100644
--- a/app/models/AuthorModel.php
+++ b/app/models/AuthorModel.php
@@ -21,4 +21,10 @@ class AuthorModel
         $this->database->query('SELECT name FROM author');
         return $this->database->resultSet();
     }
+    public function updateAuthor($currentUsername, $newUsername){
+        $this->database->query('UPDATE ' . $this->table . ' SET name = :newName WHERE name = :oldName');
+        $this->database->bind('newName', $newUsername);
+        $this->database->bind('oldName', $currentUsername);
+        $this->database->execute();
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/admin/authoradmin.php b/app/views/admin/authoradmin.php
index 280a628ec77fa276c706420f6907edb4b8395480..2283b6cca8e4371393c7389ee3d5f446dc8641a0 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/authoradmin.php
+++ b/app/views/admin/authoradmin.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
                     </tr>
                 </thead>
                 <tbody>
-                    <?php foreach ($data['user'] as $row): ?>
+                    <?php foreach ($data['authors'] as $row): ?>
                         <?php
                             $id = $row['id'];
                             $name = $row['name'];
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
                             </td>
                             <div class="edit-popup" id="editpopup">
                                 <form id="editForm" method="post" action='<?php echo BASEURL; ?>/admin/editAuthor'>
-                                    <input type="hidden" name="username" value="<?php echo $name; ?>">
+                                    <input type="hidden" name="authorName" value="<?php echo $name; ?>">
                                     <div class="add-input">
                                         <input type="text" id="username" name="newAuthorName" placeholder="Enter new username.." required>
                                     </div>
diff --git a/mysql/#innodb_redo/#ib_redo9 b/mysql/#innodb_redo/#ib_redo9
index 6669a0938a75cba049a46e91ee04e95773f80369..00b0647c4097e84234df80c55cf00055d2bd4aaa 100644
Binary files a/mysql/#innodb_redo/#ib_redo9 and b/mysql/#innodb_redo/#ib_redo9 differ
diff --git a/public/js/authoradmin.js b/public/js/authoradmin.js
index d6c04121e6a02683365ee1f86f18da7e99b32b19..8dcf57ee4f61ad5c58de530befaff0821cb28665 100644
--- a/public/js/authoradmin.js
+++ b/public/js/authoradmin.js
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ function closeAddPopup(){
     pw.value ='';
 }
 
-function editUser(username, password){
+function editUser(username){
     user.value = username;
-    pw.value = password;
 
     editpopup.classList.add("open-edit-popup");
     ol.classList.add("open-overlay");