When I choose the post author under a post it doesn't show up on the site. There are two authors for the site and neither of them will show up when we post.
http://www.the-egotist.com
If anyone knows anything, I would love to get to the bottom of this. It's very confusing for readers not to know which of us is posting.
thanks alot
[resolved] Author name not showing up under posts (15 posts)
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MikeBoggs
Posted 3 years ago # -
It's a theme specific question: the theme author didn't put in the proper template tag "the_author"
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags#Author_tags -
you'll need to edit several php files within your wp-content/themes/your-theme/ folder.
you'll need to add the following where you'd like the name/link to appear in each post:
<?php the_author() ?>
the files that you should edit (assuming your theme uses the "standard" filenames) are:
index.php
page.php
single.php
full.php
post.php (or posts.php)as moshu mentioned, there are a number of iterations of the_author template tag, some print just the author's name, others make the name a link to either the author's email address or a page/profile, etc. you'll just need to take a look at the codex and choose how you'd like the author's name displayed then replace
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Posted 3 years ago #okay, thanks for responding so quickly. I use fasttrack. so where do I insert
<?php the_author() ?> in the php files?
Do I have to enter
<?php the_author() ?>
for every post?
thanks alot
mike -
chradil gave you the answer before you asked :)
Just read it again (or several times, if needed) and edit the template files as instructed. -
Posted 3 years ago #ok, do I have to enter in code for every post even after I alter the php files?
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Just read again... (no code works in posts!)
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*EDITED* Sorry moshu, you beat me to it..lol. =p
I was asking if I have to enter in code for every post?
No..
If you *would read* the above information that chradil said, you'll be all set. ;) Modifying the theme files, will shoot out the "author name", automatically.. an example of it, is on my blog now.
Just please read what was given to you.. =p
spencerp
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Posted 3 years ago #oh I get it, your saying I shouldn't code the post if php is the main language because of the link issue??
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[shakes head]... Read This Please!
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/80294?replies=9#post-414159spencerp
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Posted 3 years ago #okay. you all are extremely gracious for putting up with my feeble caveman brain. I have read and re-read chradil's post and I understand most of it. I have also read and re-read
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author#Display_Author.27s_.27Public.27_Name
and what I think I understand is that when I modify the php files, it will automatically post the author name however I choose (first name, last name, etc...) <b>What I still don't understand </b> is where specifically I insert <?php the_author() ?> in the actual php files. -
I added mine right after this code:
<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"> <img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/title-icon.png" alt=""/> <?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>In the index.php file, single.php file and so on..
But! This is from my Headspace theme, your's is most likely using "less" code then that..but again, it's after the
<h2>whatever codes in between here</h2>stuff, in your files.. I hope this helps.. ;)spencerp
I also put mine within it's OWN divs, and gave it a "class" in the style.css file..
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Posted 3 years ago #thank you to everyone. After hours of screwing around and re-reading the entries I figured it all out. Thanks alot
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JaredBlake
Posted 2 years ago #I just spent the last 4 hours trying to find the toggle in site admin to turn this feature BACK ON!!!
There should have been a note on top of the download the size of an elephant stating this is the deal when upgrading to 2.2 and using the default theme.
Sorry for my frustration but this big of a change should have been red flagged 100 miles wide at the very least.
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Posted 2 years ago #Looks like for WordPress 2.2 using the default 1.6 theme you only need to remove the comment tags around this code:
<!-- by <?php the_author() ?> -->
on the index.php file only.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Regards, Jared Blake
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