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1. pcolonna
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I don't particularly like having to use a contact form for my WP Italian blog, so I'm trying to use an old-skool trick and insert a little text image (GIF) in my header with my blog's address, to fool harvesters.

   I added a mailto link to my text image, using the the WP function to disguise email adresses from spammers, like this (in my header.php file):

   <a href="mailto:<?php echo antispambot(get_the_author_email()); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/mailto.gif" alt="..." /></a>

   Unfortunately the link opens a new message window in my e-mail application as it should, but no address is displayed.

   I checked, and the address is correctly listed in my admin profile.
   What am I doing wrong? :-(
   Any help appreciated.

2. pcolonna
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Bah. I posted this in the wrong section, it should be in "troubleshooting", obviously. :-(
   Sorry.

3. Berhune
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I have this problem also..

   the_author_email() doesn't seem to work in a link attached to an image.

4. pnaw10
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Are you sure you're using this within The Loop??

   According to http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_email you can only use <?php the_author_email(); ?> (or any modification of such) within The Loop.

   If you're using it in a widget, header, footer, etc., it will not work.

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