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ThemeShaper Forums Tag: author http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:10:03 +0000 lstelie on "How to use single.php with the template system ?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-use-singlephp-with-the-template-system#post-23975 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:39:18 +0000 lstelie 23975@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Dear I had a quick look at this text band this seems the way to go I’m currently at my office but tonight or tomorrow I’ll try something like : <pre><code>If the call is for a single post then get the author nickname If a author template exists for this author use the template Else Use the generic single template</code></pre> Or to lower the resource consumption, as my particular authors are only in one category (“guest stars”) <pre><code>If the call is for a single post then Get the category name or ID If the category name or ID is Guest Stars’s one then get the author nickname If a author template exists for this author use the template Else Use the generic single template</code></pre> By the way I thing we may postpone a little bit our wedding. Been Europeans theses days might be a.. rockn’roll situation let’s say. Our good ol’ Europe is collapsing, I'm not sure a European passport will be be a dream in a few months/years.... helgatheviking on "How to use single.php with the template system ?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-use-singlephp-with-the-template-system#post-23968 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:45:35 +0000 helgatheviking 23968@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ salut luc! si j'avais su que tu étais français, il me faudrait à reconsidérer ta proposition. j'ai toujours voulu une passport european! :) if i understand correctly then you want to load a different single-author.php template for single posts by a specific author? <a href="http://www.mihaivalentin.com/wordpress-tutorial-load-the-template-you-want-with-template_redirect/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mihaivalentin.com/wordpress-tutorial-load-the-template-you-want-with-template_redirect/</a> specifically check out this section "Use a different layout for a certain post inside a certain category". you'd need to adjust for author but the concept should be the same. it might be better to use locate_template over "include" but i'd have to test that out more to be sure sidenote- what hook are you targeting for adding that image content to the different page templates? the above suggestion may not be neccessary... can you post the code you are using to try to add an image to the single post? lstelie on "How to use single.php with the template system ?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-use-singlephp-with-the-template-system#post-23965 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:07:04 +0000 lstelie 23965@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hello I'm looking for an elegant way to link single.php with a author specific template The context : My original website (carrington based) : <a href="http://velofun.fr" rel="nofollow">http://velofun.fr</a> My playground to learn Thematic : <a href="http://www.saint-elie.com/testbed" rel="nofollow">http://www.saint-elie.com/testbed</a> WP 3.3b4 / Thematic latest svn My website (about leisure / urban cycling) has two kind of authors : - a generic one : me (myself and I) - Invited authors (grouped in the “guest stars” category) What I want to do : Having a specific presentation for some specific authors whatever the entry is : entry by author (ok) entry by category (ok) entry by post title (not ok) Current situation I have a specific presentation for categories, if i click on « Guest Stars » in my menu : <a href="http://www.saint-elie.com/testbed/category/guest-stars/" rel="nofollow">http://www.saint-elie.com/testbed/category/guest-stars/</a> The specific image /introduction text appear. (category-categorynickname.php ) ok so far If I choose a specific « guest star », same success : <a href="http://www.saint-elie.com/testbed/category/guest-stars/lovely-bike/" rel="nofollow">http://www.saint-elie.com/testbed/category/guest-stars/lovely-bike/</a> If i click on the author name ; everything is still fine (author-authornickname.php) <a href="http://www.saint-elie.com/testbed/author/lovelybicycle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.saint-elie.com/testbed/author/lovelybicycle/</a> But if instead, I click on the post title (single.php): <a href="http://www.saint-elie.com/testbed/2011/04/lovelybike-effet-mary-poppins/" rel="nofollow">http://www.saint-elie.com/testbed/2011/04/lovelybike-effet-mary-poppins/</a> The specific environment disappears. And that’s normal as the template system cannot determine anything based on the url what I’m failing to do I’m looking for an elegant way to link a post to an author in a way that if the author has a specific template, the post (single.php) get the same presentation. Carrington does that automagically, I’m not clear how to do this with Thematic. Thanks in advance Luc helgatheviking on "How To Remove Timestamp and By..." http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-remove-timestamp-and-by#post-23867 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:58:08 +0000 helgatheviking 23867@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ it's the same process. take a look in the extensions folder of thematic to find the right filter and function names to target. optimus203 on "How To Remove Timestamp and By..." http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-remove-timestamp-and-by#post-23865 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:58:17 +0000 optimus203 23865@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Nice one, as always! I chose the function route. And what about entry-utility? helgatheviking on "How To Remove Timestamp and By..." http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-remove-timestamp-and-by#post-23864 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:41:23 +0000 helgatheviking 23864@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ several ways to skin the cat (where did that phrase come from anyway). to completely remove the post meta you could do: <pre><code>add_filter('thematic_postheader','htv_postheader'); function htv_postheader() { $postheader = thematic_postheader_posttitle(); return $postheader; } // end postheader</code></pre> or <pre><code>add_filter('thematic_postheader','htv_postheader_postmeta'); function htv_postheader_postmeta() { //sound of one hand clapping }</code></pre> or if you wanted to go the function route you could do: <pre><code>function childtheme_override_postheader_postmeta(){ //sound of one hand clapping }</code></pre> please check out my explanation of hooks and filters: <a href="http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/need-help-understanding-actions-vs-filters-and-changing-post-meta-and-utility#post-22638" rel="nofollow">http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/need-help-understanding-actions-vs-filters-and-changing-post-meta-and-utility#post-22638</a> optimus203 on "How To Remove Timestamp and By..." http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-remove-timestamp-and-by#post-23863 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:34:22 +0000 optimus203 23863@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I would like to know how to remove this using functions, as opposed to hiding with css. How would I go about removing the meta-date and entry-utility using hooks? petergus on "How To Remove Timestamp and By..." http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-remove-timestamp-and-by#post-22865 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:22:09 +0000 petergus 22865@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I know this is old but seems like a relevant place to ask it.... how can we hide it in pages and search results, but still let it apear on post (in the 'blog')? joseluisbolos on "author email public in author's archive" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/author-email-public-in-authors-archive#post-22774 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:02:38 +0000 joseluisbolos 22774@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ All right, so the thing is that I had the line: define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); on wp-config.php as a security measure. Looks like that disable not only the editor, but the theme options too. Commented it out, disabled the "Info on Author Page" option, all it's fine and dandy now. Marking as solved. joseluisbolos on "author email public in author's archive" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/author-email-public-in-authors-archive#post-22773 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:35:47 +0000 joseluisbolos 22773@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ "The options panel can be found in Appearance > Thematic Options" Well , I have a problem then. That option doesn't exist in my installation: <a href="http://tinypic.com/r/2czacjl/7" rel="nofollow">http://tinypic.com/r/2czacjl/7</a> Regarding the email thing, I also don't like to create more files, that's why I was hoping for a simple way to disable it. But it looks like it's the only option here. Thanks for your help, really appreciate it. ScottNix on "author email public in author's archive" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/author-email-public-in-authors-archive#post-22751 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:09:45 +0000 ScottNix 22751@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ You also mentioned "There's no Theme Options panel that I know of." The options panel can be found in Appearance > Thematic Options, but you won't find any options other than "on" or "off", no real options. I have a feeling you know that though. ;) ScottNix on "author email public in author's archive" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/author-email-public-in-authors-archive#post-22750 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:07:13 +0000 ScottNix 22750@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Kathy will most likely come in and rain on my parade. I checked into the Author info, I could not find a hook for it, it looks like it is hard coded in the template, basically it is either "no author bio" or "author bio with everything". The easy way to fix this is to copy your "author.php" from the Thematic folder and drop it into your child theme. Once in your child theme folder, just go in there and wipe out that whole author-email div. <pre><code><div id="author-email"> <a class="email" title="<?php echo antispambot($authordata->user_email); ?>" href="mailto:<?php echo antispambot($authordata->user_email); ?>"><?php _e('Email ', 'thematic') ?><?php echo $authordata->first_name; ?> <?php echo $authordata->last_name; ?></a> <a class="url" style="display:none;" href="<?php bloginfo( 'url' ) ?>/"><?php bloginfo('name') ?></a> </div></code></pre> I usually try not to create more files, but I don't see any way to filter this info or override it. Not to mention this solution is ultra simple, fast and does the job. joseluisbolos on "author email public in author's archive" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/author-email-public-in-authors-archive#post-22737 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:01:36 +0000 joseluisbolos 22737@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ After a couple months using Thematic I've just realised that in the authors archive (that's "/author/username/") the email address of the author is public. I've been looking for a way to disable this behaviour but apparently there's none. I've even found <a href="http://wp-themes.com/wp-content/themes/thematic/readme.html">this snippet on wp-themes.com</a> while looking for a solution: "Thematic currently has three options that can be set from the Theme Options panel under Design: Index Insert Position, Info on Author Page and Text in Footer." but alas, there's no Theme Options panel that I know of. In the forum I've find <a href="http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/author-archive-remove-email-address-link">several people</a> with <a href="http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/email-in-vcard">the same problem</a> but no solution whatsoever. Is there any reasoning for this behaviour/"feature"? Is there any way to disable it? him on "How can I point the user/author link to their profile page?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-point-the-userauthor-link-to-their-profile-page#post-22054 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:21:53 +0000 him 22054@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I am building an Alumni section based on Thematic and Im using the Wordpress Users function along a couple of plugins to enable user registration, login, listing and search from the front-end. The only problem I'm facing is that when the Members List comes on a page, the link on the username goes to Author Archives, whereas I want it to lead to Member profile page. helgatheviking on "Beginner: Position Author Avatar in Post (Child Theme)" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/beginner-position-author-avatar-in-post-child-theme#post-21609 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:21:00 +0000 helgatheviking 21609@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ you're welcome. also, since you are 'returning' a value when using filters you don't want to simultaneously use 'echo'. echo spits it out as soon as it encounters what you are echoing... so it might be your avatar code is not being outputted in the right place. <pre><code>function child_postheader($postheader){ $postheader = get_avatar( get_the_author_email(), '37' ) . $postheader; return $postheader; } add_filter('thematic_postheader', 'child_postheader' );</code></pre> greifj on "Beginner: Position Author Avatar in Post (Child Theme)" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/beginner-position-author-avatar-in-post-child-theme#post-21608 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:21:28 +0000 greifj 21608@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Apologies...using your help, Helga, I've figured it out. Combining your function with my new-found knowledge of the css property 'clear'... I got it sorted. Thank you, Helga! greifj on "Beginner: Position Author Avatar in Post (Child Theme)" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/beginner-position-author-avatar-in-post-child-theme#post-21607 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:43:52 +0000 greifj 21607@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ So...to update... I've got the image appearing, but can't get it to line up to the left of the post title. As you can see here, it's still above... <a href="http://mediumbird.com/" rel="nofollow">http://mediumbird.com/</a> greifj on "Beginner: Position Author Avatar in Post (Child Theme)" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/beginner-position-author-avatar-in-post-child-theme#post-21606 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:19:22 +0000 greifj 21606@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hey, thank you, Helga! How did I know it would be you that would respond? :) You are everywhere. I am struggling to figure out the correct format to use when replacing 'avatar' with my avatar code: <?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_email(), '37' ); ?> Any suggestions? helgatheviking on "Beginner: Position Author Avatar in Post (Child Theme)" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/beginner-position-author-avatar-in-post-child-theme#post-21601 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:55:26 +0000 helgatheviking 21601@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ i think you could filter the postheader <pre><code>function child_postheader($postheader){ $postheader = 'avatar' . $postheader; return $postheader; } add_filter('thematic_postheader', 'child_postheader' );</code></pre> greifj on "Beginner: Position Author Avatar in Post (Child Theme)" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/beginner-position-author-avatar-in-post-child-theme#post-21598 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:12:51 +0000 greifj 21598@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I'm a designer, trying to branch into Child Themes, so bear with me... I'd like to add an Author Avatar to each post, and position it to the left of the Post Title. I've got the Avatar covered...I just don't know where to find the code to drop it into the Post in the right place. How would one modify the layout of an individual post using a Child Theme? Appreciate your time. designgirl on "Author link to archives not working correctly in Thematic" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/author-link-to-archives-not-working-correctly-in-thematic#post-19245 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:22:51 +0000 designgirl 19245@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I'm having the same difficulty as Lumiere. I want the author link on the main blog page to link to the author archive for that specific author. I'm seeing other Thematic sites that don't have this issue, so someone must have figured this out or there is a function elsewhere in the thematic template or in the WordPress backend that I need to change. Could someone who's theme author links are working correctly please post what they have in their child theme's function.php file regarding the above code? Carl on "No space between "By" and "Author" when changing language" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/no-space-between-by-and-author-when-changing-language#post-19011 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:17:33 +0000 Carl 19011@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ forgot mentioning my mail, it is carlkrull at gmail... Carl on "No space between "By" and "Author" when changing language" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/no-space-between-by-and-author-when-changing-language#post-18817 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:06:56 +0000 Carl 18817@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi Gene Please email me, that would be great!! Thanks! Best Carl em hr on "No space between "By" and "Author" when changing language" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/no-space-between-by-and-author-when-changing-language#post-18718 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:28:17 +0000 em hr 18718@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi Carl, The whitespace problem is probably caused by a typo in the translation file. There is a new Danish localization that was recently submitted. I can email it to you if you like. -Gene Carl on "No space between "By" and "Author" when changing language" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/no-space-between-by-and-author-when-changing-language#post-18699 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:24:23 +0000 Carl 18699@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi there! I'm building a child theme using thematic and I'm really enthusiastic about thematic... Thanks! My problem is occurs when the language is changed from English to danish. Now in the info under the post title I'm missing a space between "By" (in danish Af) and the authors name!! Have tried all the different things I could think of but haven't been able to figure out any solution. I would really appreciate your help! the site is: <a href="http://www.gadepressen.dk" rel="nofollow">http://www.gadepressen.dk</a> Best regards Carl claudioccm on "Need help on Author Archives" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/need-help-on-author-archives#post-18287 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:31:07 +0000 claudioccm 18287@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hello guys, this might be a dumb question, but I'm really having a hard time finding out the solution. This is the piece of code I have on my theme (which is not Thematic), to call for the posts of a given author. But it only shows the author page, and links to the posts. More from <?php the_author_posts_link('namefl'); ?>... I also have another blog, that uses Thematic, and when I click on the author link in the post, the link calls for an author archive page, that shows the excerpts of all the posts of that author. Is there a single php function to call for that archive? This is the link to the excerpts in thematic - <a href="http://www.claudiomendonca.com/author/admin/" rel="nofollow">http://www.claudiomendonca.com/author/admin/</a> Thanx in advance wprunner on "Security Threat added by Thematic to author" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/security-threat-added-by-thematic-to-author#post-18065 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 02:03:53 +0000 wprunner 18065@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi, When an Author/Admin comments on a post, Thematic puts the author username in the class of the comment. For example, if the user is "admin" , a class is added to his comment as "comment-author-admin". Many users change the name of the WordPress Admin user name from the default to something that is not easy for others to guess or crack. This adds a layer of security. Unfortunately, Thematic reveals this username in comments classes. So for example, if someone changed it to "secretadmin" the class will show as comment-author-secretadmin. I didn't see this in the class TwentyTen theme, only with Thematic. Please fix this security problem. Thanks. eilza49 on "Link to author archive page from single post "author box"" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/link-to-author-archive-page-from-single-post-author-box#post-17914 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 07:46:05 +0000 eilza49 17914@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi, I have added an author bio box to the bottom of the single post page (as here <a href="http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/customizing-author-info" rel="nofollow">http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/customizing-author-info</a>). At the end of the author bio box, I'd like to add a line of text which links to the author archive page, for example: Read more by (author). So, now, the function code looks like the one suggested in the above quoted thread by Chris: <code>function childtheme_postfooter($content) { // we want the author's bio only on a single post if (is_single()) { $content .= "\n"; $content .= "\t"; // the whole class containing everything $content .= '<div class="author_info">' . "\n"; $content .= "\t" . "\t"; // the class containing the gravatar $content .= '<div class="author_gravatar">' . "\n"; $content .= "\t" . "\t" . "\t"; $content .= str_replace( "class='avatar", "class='photo avatar", get_avatar(get_the_author_email()) ) . "\n"; $content .= "\t" . "\t"; $content .= '</div> ' . "\n"; $content .= "\t" . "\t"; // the class containing the author's name and bio $content .= '<div class="author_bio">' . "\n"; $content .= "\t" . "\t" . "\t"; // we're getting the name $content .= '' . get_the_author() . '' . "\n"; $content .= "\t" . "\t" . "\t"; // we're getting the bio $content .= get_the_author_description() . "\n"; $content .= "\t" . "\t"; $content .= '</div> ' . "\n"; $content .= "\t"; $content .= '</div> ' . "\n"; } // we need to return the postfooter content anyway return $content; } // add the filter function to the main function add_filter('thematic_postfooter', 'childtheme_postfooter');</code> How can I add the link to the author archives? Many thanks for your help. jgreenwood on "Adding multiple authors" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-multiple-authors#post-17613 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:09:02 +0000 jgreenwood 17613@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Ah, the linking and styling was easier than expected; just use the $coauthors variable to fill in the link address and title blank spots, all wrapped in the appropriate span and link css class <pre><code>// add additional authors to posts function my_post_meta_authorlink() { global $authordata, $post; $coauthor = get_post_meta ($post->ID, 'Coauthors', true); $authorlink = '' . __('By ', 'thematic') . ''; $authorlink .= ''. '<a class="url fn n" href="'; $authorlink .= get_author_posts_url($authordata->ID, $authordata->user_nicename); $authorlink .= '" title="' . __('View all posts by ', 'thematic') . get_the_author_meta( 'display_name' ) . '">'; $authorlink .= get_the_author_meta( 'display_name' ); $authorlink .= '</a>'; if ($coauthor) { $authorlink .= ' and <a class="url fn n" href="/author/' . $coauthor . '" title="View all posts by ' . $coauthor . '">' . $coauthor . '</a>'; } $authorlink .= ''; return $authorlink; } add_filter('thematic_post_meta_authorlink','my_post_meta_authorlink');</code></pre> jgreenwood on "Adding multiple authors" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-multiple-authors#post-17599 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:00:56 +0000 jgreenwood 17599@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Sweet, I've got the core functionality figured out, at least. I need to add style and also would like to make coauthors names link to their additional posts, but this keeps me publishing for yet another day and I can figure the rest out with time. NOTE this does NOT use the PLUGIN mentioned at start of this thread. This uses no plugin whatsoever, only added this inside my child theme's functions.php and use "Coauthors" as the name of the custom field in the posts. <pre><code>// add additional authors to posts where "Coauthors" is the custom field function my_post_meta_authorlink() { global $authordata, $post; $coauthor = get_post_meta ($post->ID, 'Coauthors', true); $authorlink = '' . __('By ', 'thematic') . ''; $authorlink .= ''. '<a class="url fn n" href="'; $authorlink .= get_author_posts_url($authordata->ID, $authordata->user_nicename); $authorlink .= '" title="' . __('View all posts by ', 'thematic') . get_the_author_meta( 'display_name' ) . '">'; $authorlink .= get_the_author_meta( 'display_name' ); $authorlink .= '</a>'; if ($coauthor) { $authorlink .= ', ' . $coauthor; } $authorlink .= ''; return $authorlink; } add_filter('thematic_post_meta_authorlink','my_post_meta_authorlink');</code></pre> Also please note there is likely some more efficient way of doing this; I am just a learn-as-I-go PHP guy, and this is working for me right here and now. Improvement suggestions very welcome! Cheers