The code actually reads:
This article written by <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?>
The link it attempts is http://www.improvethequality.com/author/jason/ but it then goes to the front page.
See if updating your permalink structure resolves the problem.
I tried it with the default and it didn’t help. Do suggest a particular structure?
Not necessarily another structure, but do “Saving Changes” with your existing default structure. Note that with the default structure I would expect your link to be something like:
http://www.improvethequality.com/?author=1
When I changed it to the default the link was “http://www.improvethequality.com/?author=2” but the same result of going back to the home page in stead of an author page.
I put it back to my custom structure after that and saved again. So, it is back to the way it started.
Guessing either something in your .htaccess or a conflict from a plugin (or theme).
That is what I thought as well, I have deactivated all the plugins I thought could affect it one at a time. The theme works on my dev site. In fact this whole thing works on my local dev site. (it isn’t a perfect copy of my real site) I just can’t find out the difference.
I will look into the .htaccess file.
It turned out to be the Robots meta Plugin.
I wouldn’t have guessed that one.
