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[resolved] php in header out of the loop (9 posts)

  1. instructa
    Member
    Posted 8 months ago #

    I put an extra user field in the user profile called
    Field Name: Google Site Verification number
    and a
    Meta Key: google_verification .

    I'm trying to insert it like this
    <meta name="google-site-verification" content="<?php the_author_meta('google_verification');?>" /> into the header

    If i insert this in the template it outputs
    <meta name="google-site-verification" content="theInfoFromTheField" />

    If i insert this in the header it outputs
    <meta name="google-site-verification" content="" />

    Any Help?
    Thank You!

  2. brasofilo
    Member
    Posted 8 months ago #

    i just tried the function but it returns empty in the body and in the header

    if i put the UserID in the function call, it works in both cases

    the_author_meta('facebook',1);

  3. instructa
    Member
    Posted 8 months ago #

    Ah! yes. That works in the header. thank you

    Now what i want to do is take what this renders.
    <?php the_author_meta('google_verification'1);?>
    (which is a string like this, oheG_Lp3GVqp-_WY_cK03iW9rJWfpDF2ZEOSxpJAT5c)

    And Insert it here

    <head>
<meta name="google-site-verification" content="Insert it here" />
</head>

    On the fly depending in page Author.

  4. brasofilo
    Member
    Posted 8 months ago #

    for what i understand, the author's ID is only available inside the loop

    i'm not sure, but would be worth try/search if you can run a single query loop inside the header

    but that (if works) would have to contemplate the pages that list many posts (archive, category, search, index)

  5. Big Bagel
    Member
    Posted 8 months ago #

    Since the Google verification meta tag is specific to the site rather than the author, it may make more sense to store it using update_option() rather than update_usermeta(). Then you could access the information anywhere using get_option().

  6. instructa
    Member
    Posted 8 months ago #

    Yes but what I'm trying to do is allow users to verify
    b_http://mysite.com/theirPages as their own. To allow them to verify then set up adsense.

  7. instructa
    Member
    Posted 8 months ago #

    Let me try to clarify what I'm trying to do.
    I'm setting up an adsense share.
    In my users (lets call them authors) profiles I have a field where they enter their adsense publisher id. (pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) I then use this field and insert it into two ads using

    <script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "<?php the_author_meta('google_id');?>";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
google_ad_format = "468x60_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
google_ad_channel ="";
google_color_border = "F4F1E9";
google_color_bg = "F4F1E9";
google_color_link = "CC0000";
google_color_text = "000000";
google_color_url = "CC0000";
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>

    This gives them 100% ownership of these two ads.
    This is great if they already have an Adsense account. However, I would like them to be able to apply for an Adsense account thru my domain. (As opposed to say Blogger.com)

    But google wants you to have a website.

    Now to verify a site Google webmaster central gives you two options.
    1.) upload a file
    2.) Add a meta tag to the top of your page. like this,
    <meta name="google-site-verification" content="455_h5u_f2h_6sw_b21_66i_v8e_5ml_554_1k2" />

    I have a second field in the author profile called google-site-verification
    where they can enter the 455_h5u_f2h_6sw_b21_66i_v8e_5ml_554_1k2

    So what I want to do is post the user field google-site-verification
    into here in the header
    <meta name="google-site-verification" content="POSTHERE" />
    so that google will consider their profile and every page authored by them as their website.

  8. Big Bagel
    Member
    Posted 8 months ago #

    To get the author ID of a single page in the header, you can use this:

    $wp_query->post->post_author

    I believe this returns the author ID of the last queried post on non-singular pages (such as the blog page, catgory pages, etc.), so don't depend on it in those situations. This might do what you want:

    <?php
if ( is_singular() || is_author() ) {
    $google_verification = the_author_meta( 'google_verification', $wp_query->post->post_author );

    if ( isset( $google_verification ) ) {
        echo '<meta name="google-site-verification" content="' . $google_verification . '" />';
    }
}
?>

    You might have to do global $wp_query; beforehand, but I doubt it.

  9. instructa
    Member
    Posted 8 months ago #

    Thank You Big Bagelyou to brasofilo.
    Worked like a charm! I'm just an old copy n paste hack and really wish I understood more of PHP. Hats off to you!
    Thanks again!

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