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1. bonanza9
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   hi,
   i'm trying to get some author profile pages up, and have copied and edited the wp_list_authors() function to create the links to the corresponding pages.

   in author.php, i have:
   

   <?php
   if(get_query_var('author_name')) :
   $curauth = get_userdatabylogin(get_query_var('author_name'));
   else :
   $curauth = get_userdata(get_query_var('author'));
   endif;
   ?>

   to create $curauth. this is then used to display some simple stuff like the user name and description.

   this system works fine, when i use the default permalinks settings; however when i use the 'month and name' permalinks setting, it only seems to link to users who have posts.

   i have looked at this thread, but it doesn't really solve the problem (unless i'm missing something!?)

   any help greatly appreciated,

   b9

2. Eric Mann
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   bonanza9-
   I had a similar need with a site and handled it with the code below:
   

   <?php
   if(isset($_GET['author_name'])) :
   $curauth = get_userdatabylogin($author_name); // NOTE: 2.0 bug requires get_userdatabylogin(get_the_author_login());
   else :
   $curauth = get_userdata(intval($author));
   endif;
   ?>
   
   <?php if ($curauth->nickname=='author1') { ?>
   <h2>About: <?php echo $curauth->display_name; ?></h2>
   <div class="post-content"><p>Description/biography</p>
   <p>Author 1 can be reached at: <a href="mailto:author1@domain.com">Author1@domain.com</a></p></div>
   <h2>Posts by <?php echo $curauth->display_name; ?>:</h2>
   
   <?php } elseif ($curauth->nickname=='author2') { ?>
   <h2>About: <?php echo $curauth->display_name; ?></h2>
   <div class="post-content"><p>Description/biography</p>
   <p>Author 2<a href="mailto:author2@domain.com">Author2@domain.com</a></p></div>
   <h2>Posts by <?php echo $curauth->display_name; ?>:</h2>
   
   <?php } elseif ($curauth->nickname=='author3') { ?>
   <h2>About: <?php echo $curauth->display_name; ?></h2>
   <div class="post-content"><p>Description/biography</p>
   <p>Author 3 can be reached at: <a href="mailto:author3@domain.com">Author3@domain.com</a></p></div>
   <h2>Posts by <?php echo $curauth->display_name; ?>:</h2>
   
   <?php } ?>

   After this, I have the standard if(have_posts) loop that displays out any posts created by that particular author.

   What's most important is that I use the 'month and name' permalink settings and this code works without any problems at all.

3. bonanza9
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   hey, thanks.

   in the end, i decided to have all the authors on a single page:

   <?php
   // display user profiles
   function show_user_profiles() {
   	global $wpdb;
   	$users = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_login <> 'admin' ORDER BY user_url");
   	foreach($users as $user) {
   	$user = get_userdata($user);
   
   	echo '<li id="' . $user->first_name . '"><h3>' . $user->first_name . ' ' . $user->last_name . '</h3>';
   
   $image_url = get_cimyFieldValue($user->ID, 'PROFILE_PIC');
   if(!empty($image_url)) {
   	echo '<img class="float_left" src="' . $image_url . '" />';
   }
   else {
   	echo '<img class="no_profile_pic float_left" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/2955717038_233f4b54bc_o.gif" alt="No profile picture" />';
   }// close get image if
   
   if(!empty($user->description)) {
   	echo '<p>' . $user->description;
   }
   else {
   	echo '<p>This person does not yet have a biography';
   }
   echo '<br /><strong>Email: </strong><a href="mailto:' . antispambot($user->user_email, 1) . '">' . antispambot($user->user_email) . '</a><p/>';
   
   echo '</li>';}// close foreach
   }// close show_user_profiles function
   ?>

   thanks for your answer - i'll check it out

   b9

4. powtac
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Hi bonanza9,
   I created a plugin which prevents the 404 at the authors page when no posts where written by this author, perhaps it fits your problem?

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/show-authors-without-posts/

5. martentiman
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   brilliant! Exactly what I was looking for, thnx powtac!

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