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1. CSPR
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi,

   I want to show a different theme for each author in my WordPress blog. I want it to work for posts as well as pages. The thing is, I can't get it to work, with one exception. I used the next code.

   <?php
   if (is_author('Rick')) {include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/rick_header.php');}
   elseif (is_author('Sabine')) {include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sabine_header.php');}
   elseif (is_author('Nicole')) {include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/nicole_header.php');}
   elseif (is_author('Paula')) {include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/paula_header.php');}
   else {include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/header.php');}
   ?>

   When I go to the archive for the Author on http://www.mysite.nl/author/authorname it shows the theme I want it to show for each user. But it doesn't work on any other page, not on single.php, not on the pages I generated, nothing. It just doesn't work.

   Does anyone know what I'm missing here? I must overlook something, because it works on the author archive page, but that's the only page it works on.

   Thanks!
   Casper

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   it works on the author archive page

   this is axactly what is_author() is supposed to do; see: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_author

   to make it work on single.php (and page.php) you would need to get the author information from the post (i.e. the author name) and compare it with your list.

3. CSPR
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Ah, fair enough. Then my next question would be: how do I get the "author name" from the post/page I'm at?

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   $author_name = get_the_author(); will get you the author name:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_author

   integrated into the if statements, this might work:

   <?php if( is_singular() || is_archive() ) :
   $author_name = get_the_author(); 
   
   if ($author_name == 'Rick' || is_author('Rick')) {include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/rick_header.php');}
   elseif ($author_name == 'Sabine' || is_author('Sabine')) {include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sabine_header.php');}
   elseif ($author_name == 'Nicole' || is_author('Nicole')) {include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/nicole_header.php');}
   elseif ($author_name == 'Paula' || is_author('Paula')) {include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/paula_header.php');}
   else {include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/header.php');}
   
   endif; ?>

5. CSPR
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks for your help, unfortunately it doesn't work like this. Should I lose the "is_author" statements for the singular pages? Or should I use the exact code from above?

6. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you could try to break it into two blocks - one for singular pages, the other for archives;

   and you could check, what $author_name = get_the_author(); returns, by adding a echo $author_name; after the line.

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