Author box doesn’t show?

  • R123123

    (@rwignesgmailcom)


    1 year, 3 months ago

    Is it possible to show an author box with Ocean WP? I could install a plugin but I’m wondering if I can avoid this and just use Ocean WP?

    In Blog > Single Post, under “Elements Positioning”, I see “Author Box” – I check it and it shows a checkmark – but I don’t see the author box in my article?

    My other question is – if I don’t use an author box – how do I change the link where clicking on the author name goes to. Currently, clicking on the author name goes to my homepage. How do I change this so that clicking on the author name goes to my About page?

    • This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by R123123.
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  • Shahin

    (@skalanter)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    Hello @rwignesgmailcom,

    If you enable the author box, you’ll see something like this: https://i.postimg.cc/8PTvZLfm/image.png.
    But please note that you should have content for the author under the user profile on WordPress Dashboard > Users.

    Regarding the second question; It’s not possible in the standard case in WordPress; but if you want to change it, you need to customize the theme. Since familiarity with PHP code is required for personal customization, please follow the steps below if you want to know how to customize the theme.

    To do this, first, you need to use the child theme. You can copy the meta file from the partials folder in the child theme following the same path and then do necessary changes.

    For more information about that, please follow the steps below:

    By using FTP or cPanel access (if didn’t use the localhost), Go to this directory:
    wp-content\themes\oceanwp\partials
    Find your template which you want to customize and copy that template file(in your case, for example, you need to change the date on the blog pages, so you need to use the blog template(s): https://i.postimg.cc/brv9gn9s/image.png).

    Then head over to the same path on the child theme. There isn’t an entry folder as a default on your child theme, so you need to create a new one(one time).

    Example: If you want to change the HTML tags structure in the single blog posts featured image for standard post format, all you need in this step is:

    1. Head over to your WP root > wp-content > themes > oceanwp > partials> single > media path.
    2. Then, find the “blog-single.php” file and copy this file.
    3. After that, back to the themes folder (wp root > wp-content > themes) and go to oceanwp-child-theme-master folder – I personally change the file name to the “oceanwp-child-theme”.
    4. Create a new folder into the child theme with the “partials” name.
    5. Go to the /partials/ folder and create a new folder with the “single” name.
    6. Go to the /single/ folder and create a new folder with the “media” name.
    7. Go to the /media/ folder and paste the “blog-single.php” file here.

    * Please check this screenshot: https://i.postimg.cc/sxjYTWyt/image.png.
    * Download child theme: https://docs.oceanwp.org/article/90-sample-child-theme

    Note: It’s working with the /woocommerce/ folder or root of the theme files.

    Best Regards

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