the_author not working

  • satoshi

    (@satoshi)


    21 years, 3 months ago

    ‘<h3><?php the_author(‘nickname’, TRUE); ?></h3>
    Name: <?php the_author(‘namefl’); ?>
    E-Mail: <?php the_author_email(); ?>
    ICQ: <?php the_author_icq(); ?>
    AIM: <?php the_author_aim(); ?>
    <?php the_author(); ?> has written <?php mdv_post_count(); ?> posts.
    ‘

    This is the code for my about page template. None of the author data shows up. Infact, the only php that does work is the mdv_post_count(), probably because it’s a 3rd party plugin. If I copy all of this code, however, into a WordPress page and tell it to evaluate the php (via another plugin), it works fine. I would like to go the template route, however, as I am working on a new theme and having a template for the about page just kind of makes it all work better (though, apparently not, in my case).

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  • Ryan Boren

    (@ryan)

    21 years, 3 months ago

    the_author() must be called within the post loop.

    Thread Starter satoshi

    (@satoshi)

    21 years, 3 months ago

    Ah, thanks. That actually makes sense… So calling the loop on a page without any posts isn’t bad?

    Kafkaesqui

    (@kafkaesqui)

    21 years, 3 months ago

    the_author(), as well as all the_author_*() only work when used in The Loop in regards to posts. To get at the profile information of a specific author outside The Loop, you’ll either need to use a plugin/script:

    http://jfoucher.info/2004/10/03/author-page-wordpress-plugin/
    http://guff.szub.net/get-author-profile

    Or you’ll need to call the internal function get_userdata() in a manner similar to:

    <?php $my_author = get_userdata(USER_ID); ?>

    replacing USER_ID with the numeric ID for the author profile you want to access. Once you call it, you can display the elements of the author’s profile, like this:

    <?php $my_author = get_userdata(2); ?>

    <h3><?php echo $my_author->user_nickname; ?></h3>
    Name: <?php echo $my_author->user_firstname . " " . $my_author->user_lastname; ?>
    E-Mail: <?php echo $my_author->user_email; ?>
    ICQ: <?php echo $my_author->user_icq; ?>
    AIM: <?php echo $my_author->user_aim; ?>
    <?php echo $my_author->user_nickname; ?> has written <?php mdv_post_count(); ?> posts.

    EDIT: Corrected “nickname”.

    Thread Starter satoshi

    (@satoshi)

    21 years, 3 months ago

    Awesome! Thanks a lot!

    I noticed that you used ‘nickname’. This returned nothing. Changing it to ‘user_nickname’, however, worked.

    Thank you very much!

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