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1. hami
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   I'm hoping someone can help me here. I want to put the the_author_login in the header of my site. I just can't work out how to start the loop in there. This is the code i'm using:

   
<?php if (is_home()) : ?>
Welcome: <?php the_author_login(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>


   I'm sure the if clause is bad, but I couldn't think of anything else to use. It shows the 'Welcome:' bit but not the_author_login - so I guess the loop isn't working.

   Any ideas what I've done wrong?

   thanks in advance

   Hami

2. lynk
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   Try this:

   Welcome:
   <?php
   if (have_posts()){
   the_post();
   the_author_login();
   }
   ?>

3. TechGnome
   Moderator
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   From the codex: Displays the login name for the author of a post.

   So..... how can it be in the header? It's going to need to go with the posts that the author wrote....

   -tg`

4. hami
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   Thanks Lynx,

   That code breaks the posts and replaces it with 'No Posts Found', but does put what I wanted in the header.

   But TechGnome is right I shouldn't be using the_author_login, it's the wrong tag. What I want to do is put the current logged in user's name in the header - Welcome: Username

   Do you know if this can be done?

   thanks

   Hami

5. lynk
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   http://codex.wordpress.org/get_currentuserinfo

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