Posted 2 years ago #
Hey,
I'm using the Elegant Grunge theme on my blog in blog.com. THEME OPTIONS gives the option of whether you want to Display Post Author or not.
No matter how many times I uncheck the box (I DON'T want the author name to be posted) and refresh the page, the box is always checked. Even the other checkbox that's found on the Theme Option page. It just reverts back to being checked.
How do I go about this? Help is much appreciated. It's driving me nuts. Thanks.
Jude
Wonder if your wp_options table needs repairing (use phpMyAdmin for that).
That option is in the wp_options table with an option_name of "show_author". When checked the option_value is set to "on" and when unchecked, the option_value is blank.
Here's the index.php code from theme that handles that:
<?php if ( get_option("show_author") ) : ?>
<div class="author"><?php the_author() ?></div>
<?php endif ;?>
Posted 2 years ago #
Hi Michael, thanks for helping. I'm afraid I'm even newer to WordPress than I imagined myself to be. I've downloaded and extracted the zip files for WordPress and the WP-phpMyAdmin plugin. I'm not sure what to do with them now. Do I need to install a mySQL program? I've read many FAQs, but couldn't find enough vital info to help. Not sure where to make all my changes.
Thanks for your patience.
phpMyAdmin is typically offered by your hosting company via your hosting control panel.
That plugin you mention should be installable from your admin panels, but review Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins just in case.
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