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# Eric Mann

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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Author profile page – no posts – permalinks…?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-profile-page-no-posts-permalinks/)
 *  [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-profile-page-no-posts-permalinks/#post-883048)
 * bonanza9-
    I had a similar need with a site and handled it with the code below:
 *     ```
       <?php
       if(isset($_GET['author_name'])) :
       $curauth = get_userdatabylogin($author_name); // NOTE: 2.0 bug requires get_userdatabylogin(get_the_author_login());
       else :
       $curauth = get_userdata(intval($author));
       endif;
       ?>
   
       <?php if ($curauth->nickname=='author1') { ?>
       <h2>About: <?php echo $curauth->display_name; ?></h2>
       <div class="post-content"><p>Description/biography</p>
       <p>Author 1 can be reached at: <a href="mailto:author1@domain.com">Author1@domain.com</a></p></div>
       <h2>Posts by <?php echo $curauth->display_name; ?>:</h2>
   
       <?php } elseif ($curauth->nickname=='author2') { ?>
       <h2>About: <?php echo $curauth->display_name; ?></h2>
       <div class="post-content"><p>Description/biography</p>
       <p>Author 2<a href="mailto:author2@domain.com">Author2@domain.com</a></p></div>
       <h2>Posts by <?php echo $curauth->display_name; ?>:</h2>
   
       <?php } elseif ($curauth->nickname=='author3') { ?>
       <h2>About: <?php echo $curauth->display_name; ?></h2>
       <div class="post-content"><p>Description/biography</p>
       <p>Author 3 can be reached at: <a href="mailto:author3@domain.com">Author3@domain.com</a></p></div>
       <h2>Posts by <?php echo $curauth->display_name; ?>:</h2>
   
       <?php } ?>
       ```
   
 * After this, I have the standard if(have_posts) loop that displays out any posts
   created by that particular author.
 * What’s most important is that I use the ‘month and name’ permalink settings and
   this code works without any problems at all.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [No sidebar in ie](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-sidebar-in-ie-1/)
 *  [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-sidebar-in-ie-1/#post-883046)
 * I ran the site in both FF and IE and didn’t see any issues with the sidebar …
   Can you check again and send more details?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [unable to edit posts w/ embedded videos](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-edit-posts-w-embedded-videos/)
 *  [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-edit-posts-w-embedded-videos/#post-883471)
 * I haven’t used WP 2.0.11, so I don’t know whether or not this will apply …
 * If you turn off the visual editor, WP won’t kill your embed code. However, the
   visual editor actually tries to interpret the embed code as something useful 
   for the post editing screen. Edit the post in HTML only and you shouldn’t have
   a problem.
 * However, I will still recommend upgrading to a newer version of WP. This problem
   has been all but eliminated in the more recent releases.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Multiple Registration Screens?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-registration-screens/)
 *  [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-registration-screens/#post-863191)
 * KNorman-
 * I definitely think that is possible. But you’d need to add a few additional plugins,
   too.
 * I’d recommend using the WP_Publications_Archive plugin to store your PDF. You
   can set up the download page to be visible to only logged-in users.
 * I’d also suggesting using the Role Manager plugin to create a specific user role
   for this. Maybe add a PDF user role that can both “read” and “read private pages.”
   That way, once people are registered, they can log in and read the WP_Publications_Archive
   page.
 * RegLevel will let you set a specific registration screen for this new user type,
   so you don’t need to worry about them interfering with other users on the site.
 * If you have any problems with the plugin, just drop a line in here and let me
   know. There is one bug that interferes with a few themes and plugins at the moment
   that I have a patch for, but no one’s needed it yet (It will be included in the
   next release).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Sidemenu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidemenu/)
 *  Thread Starter [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidemenu/#post-875626)
 * MichaelH-
    Thanks for the advice, but that’s not quite what I’m looking for. 
   The hooks in that section of the codex will help me create top-level menus and
   submenus. It won’t help me create the kind of top level menu I want.
 * On the WP dashboard, there are two sets of top menus: On the left-hand side we
   have Write, Manage, Design, and Comments. On the right-hand side we have Settings,
   Plugins, and Users. The right-hand side menus are smaller and less intrusive.
   I want to add a top-level menu on that side, but the hooks in the Codex will 
   only let me add submenus to the existing options.
 * I did try the following, just to see if it would work:
 *     ```
       add_action('sidemenu', 'rl_add_pages');
       function rl_add_pages() {
           add_menu_page('RLPlugin Options', 'RLPlugin', 8, __FILE__, 'rl_options_page');
       }
       ```
   
 * Unfortunately, it didn’t add any pages at all. So far, I’ve only been able to
   add a top-level menu to the left hand side. The only way I can add anything to
   the right hand side is with the code I specified last time:
 *     ```
       function rl_add_pages() {
       	echo '<li><a href="admin.php?page=rlplugin/rlplugin.php">RLPlugin</a></li>';
       }
       add_action('sidemenu', 'rl_add_pages');
       ```
   
 * Like I said, though, this doesn’t really add a menu, just a link to the plugin
   file.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Multiple Registration Screens?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-registration-screens/)
 *  [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-registration-screens/#post-863176)
 * Just so you know, I just released an update for the plugin that allows as many
   different registration screens as you want/need. It’s not showing up yet in the
   plugin repository (version 0.2), but you can still access it on the Jumping Duck
   Media webpage at [](http://www.jumping-duck.com/wordpress)
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Blogger Importer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blogger-importer-1/)
 *  Thread Starter [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blogger-importer-1/#post-870747)
 * OK, I think I’ve got a bit of it figured out!
 * From the looks of things, it’s mostly a Blogger-side problem. If you turn off“
   post pages” (as most tutorials tell you to do), then you are only importing the
   blog archives. If things are set to “daily archives” and you post more than once
   per day, you’ll only import the first post for each day (which is why a 900 post
   blog stopped after 500 posts).
 * Likewise, if you select “monthly archive,” which is the Blogger default, you’ll
   only import the first post from each month! “No archives” will only let you import
   1 post (the first post you ever published).
 * I can’t explain why the importer seems to stall mid-import, but this explains
   why it stops importing and jumps to the “Set Authors” button prematurely.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[ask]Plugin 4 registration?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/askplugin-4-registration/)
 *  [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/askplugin-4-registration/#post-863135)
 * hardinal,
 * Do the students need access to the PDF after it’s uploaded, or are they just 
   sending it to you through the website? If you need them to just upload a PDF,
   I recommend the cforms plugin ([http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cforms/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cforms/)).
   With this plugin, you can create an upload form that records students’ names,
   email addresses, and allows for PDF uploads. It will store the PDFs on WP and
   also email them to you.
 * If this isn’t what you’re looking for, could you please provide some more information
   about exactly what you’re trying to do? Maybe explain the process a student will
   go through in the registration and upload setups.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Multiple Registration Screens?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-registration-screens/)
 *  [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-registration-screens/#post-863058)
 * I actually just finished building a plugin that will give you 2 (only at this
   point) separate registration screens. Well, in reality they’re the same registration
   screen, but people will have different user levels based on how they register.
 * For example, people going to the typical [http://blogname/wp-login.php?action=register](http://blogname/wp-login.php?action=register)
   screen will be registered with the default user level you have set up in WP. 
   You can add a second page, like [http://blogname/classifieds](http://blogname/classifieds)
   that will redirect people to the registration screen but set them up with a different
   userlevel that you specify in the plugin. Would this work for you?
 * You can download the plugin here: [http://www.jumping-duck.com/wordpress/](http://www.jumping-duck.com/wordpress/).
   I’m still working to get it hosted on the WP site.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Premium Content](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/premium-content/)
 *  Thread Starter [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/premium-content/#post-745730)
 * I’ve decided to take this one step further. Hacking the WP source is fine if 
   you want to do it every time you upgrade … but I’m a bit lazy. So instead I built
   a plugin that does this all for me!
 * What you do is install the plugin, build a new page ([http://blog.com/premium](http://blog.com/premium))
   or something along those lines, and place the shortcode ‘[reglevel]’ on the new
   page. When prospective users go to the new page, they are redirected to the registration
   screen and WP changes the user level to whatever you have set up in the Options»
   RegLevels settings.
 * You can download the plugin here: [http://www.jumping-duck.com/wordpress/](http://www.jumping-duck.com/wordpress/).
   I’m still working to get it hosted on the WP site.
 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [Different User Levels on Registration](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-user-levels-on-registration/)
 *  Thread Starter [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-user-levels-on-registration/#post-790983)
 * I’ve decided to take this one step further. Hacking the WP source is fine if 
   you want to do it every time you upgrade … but I’m a bit lazy. So instead I built
   a plugin that does this all for me!
 * What you do is install the plugin, build a new page ([http://blog.com/premium](http://blog.com/premium))
   or something along those lines, and place the shortcode ‘[reglevel]’ on the new
   page. When prospective users go to the new page, they are redirected to the registration
   screen and WP changes the user level to whatever you have set up in the Options»
   RegLevels settings.
 * You can download the plugin here: [http://www.jumping-duck.com/wordpress/](http://www.jumping-duck.com/wordpress/).
   I’m still working to get it hosted on the WP site.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Author Archives no longer working!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-archives-no-longer-working/)
 *  Thread Starter [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-archives-no-longer-working/#post-841610)
 * That was it! I just upgraded the Robots Meta plugin and, on closer inspection,
   it lost ALL of my personalized settings. Now I need to dig deeper and make sure
   it doesn’t happen again!
 * Thanks for your help!!!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Twitter Comments](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-comments/)
 *  Thread Starter [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-comments/#post-792924)
 * I found a great plugin called TwitterComments that does exactly this!
 * [http://adromag.net/twittercomments/](http://adromag.net/twittercomments/)
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Author Archives no longer working!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-archives-no-longer-working/)
 *  Thread Starter [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-archives-no-longer-working/#post-841591)
 * I have both author.php and archive.php. Like I said before, everything was working
   just fine up until I upgraded to 2.6.1.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Author Archives no longer working!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-archives-no-longer-working/)
 *  Thread Starter [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-archives-no-longer-working/#post-841564)
 * I have. My permalink structure is set to “/%postname%/”, which is the way things
   were set before the upgrade as well. To double check, I just reset it again, 
   but still without any change in the author-based archive functionality.

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