[Tex/LaTex] Authors on the same line, change after authblk is loaded

Question

Without loading the authblk package, if a document has 2 authors they are put next to each other (unless wide) on a titlepage. After loading the authblk package, the 2 authors are above each other. Is there a way to retain the next-to-each-other arrangement even with the authblk package loaded.

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
%\usepackage{authblk}
\title{title}%
\date{\today}%
\author{%
author 1 \\ author 1 university%
\and
author 2 \\ author 2 university}%
\date{ ~ \\ \today }%
\begin{document}
\maketitle%
\end{document}

Thank you

Answer 1

According to the authblk documentation, you have to use the \author{...}\affil{...} notation, and set the noblocks package option. This will give you the footnote style of affiliation notation, which isn't quite the same as the original, but the only way I can see to keep them on one line.

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage[noblocks]{authblk}
\title{title}%
\date{\today}%
\author{%
author 1}
\affil{author 1 university}%
\author{author 2}
\affil{author 2 university}%
\date{ ~ \\ \today }%
\begin{document}
\maketitle%
\end{document}