Having A Bio On My Author Page?

Discussion in 'Blogging' started by Dean_Saliba, Oct 5, 2008.

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    I would like to have a page for each author on my football blog.

    I found a code on here that makes the link url show up as http://www.footballreloaded.com/author/admin/ (this would be my page) but it just shows the posts I have posted.

    Is there something I can do to actually have a bio show up? (Preferably the one I added in the User section on the admin panel)
     
    Dean_Saliba, Oct 5, 2008 IP
  2. craiger22

    craiger22 Well-Known Member

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    Sure! All you need to do is edit your template.

    Simply open author.php and add the following codeat the very top right after <?php get_header(); ?>

    <?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;
?>
    Code (markup):
    Then insert the following code where you want your bio to be displayed.

    <?php echo $curauth->description; ?>
    Code (markup):
     
    craiger22, Oct 5, 2008 IP