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1. hannahl
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   how do i add an image to the authors page? there is a place holder for the image but no image and I can't find anywhere on the admin 'users' page to add an image.

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   This will be theme specific, so a link to your site might help. Or try placing a copy of your theme's author.php file into the WordPress pastebin and post the pastebin url here. Perhaps someone will be able to spot the problem and suggest a solution.

3. Christine
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I installed the user photo plugin and activated it.
   I uploaded a photo for the author under their profile and in my author's template I added this line of code:

   <img src="http://www.yourdomainname.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/userphoto/<?php echo $curauth->userphoto_image_file;?>" alt="<?php echo $curauth->first_name; ?> <?php echo $curauth->last_name; ?>" class="alignright" />

   That allowed me to display the author photo.

4. hannahl
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   here is the link to my site so that you can see the example of the image that is missing...

   http://proconnection.servicemagic.com/author/seymour-t/

5. Christine
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Looks like you're trying to pull an image from gravatar.com. Have you uploaded your photo on there?

6. hannahl
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   thanks! I've sent an email to all of our authors asking them to upload an image. we'll see what happens!

7. Paul Whitener Jr.
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I've used this plugin to add an author image:

   http://www.semiologic.com/software/author-image/

   This allows you to add the image in Dashboard and call to the image using <?php the_author_image();?> in your template. Along with WordPress's "built-in" <?php the_author();?> and <?php the_author_description();?> you can build a nice author page or include the author bio at the bottom of a post.

8. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   For bonus points, you can implement your own default gravatar.
   

   // THIS ADDS CUSTOM DEFAULT GRAVATAR
   if ( !function_exists('fb_addgravatar') ) {
       function fb_addgravatar( $avatar_defaults ) {
       $myavatar = get_bloginfo('template_directory').'/images/icon.png';
       //default avatar
       $avatar_defaults[$myavatar] = 'The Voodoo Empire';
       return $avatar_defaults;
       }
    add_filter( 'avatar_defaults', 'fb_addgravatar' );
   }

   in your themes functions.php ('/images/icon.png') will need to be edited to your image (which will need to be uploaded to the images folder in your theme)

   Then under settings->discussion your new icon will show up. You can select it, and then when people don't have a gravatar set up, it will use the icon you uploaded

   Dunno if this interests you, but I just discovered how to do it.....and I think its cool, so figgered Id share

9. hannahl
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   okay, so one of the authors just uploaded a gravatar image but it still doesn't appear in his author page on the blog. should i be able to see something immediately? i am still baffled by the fact that one of the other author's gravatar images appears on his author page, yet i didn't do anything at all to make it appear. i am such a novice at this stuff!

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