Displaying author profiles

[isle2isle 0]

Hi again, For some reason I am unable to publicly view an author profile on my site. Everything just defaults to a list of posts by the author. There is no description or avatar. Do I have to install BuddyPress to display profiles? Or maybe, in all my mucking about I've removed something important??? I had BuddyPress installed at one point but have de-activated it. and have been experimenting with various plugins... (a little knowledge is a dangerous thing!!) Example author page: http://fish-recipes.net/author/mauimike/ Thanks again,

[bryan-hadaway 3]

You may get your hands dirty: http://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates Or go with something a little easier: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=author+profile Thanks, Bryan

[isle2isle 0]

Thanks, but where do I find the author.php files for PlatformPro?

[catrina 103]

There is actually no author.php file included in PlatformPro, but there is a way to add it yourself. Check out this tutorial on how to create an authors profile/page: http://wpsplash.com/how-to-create-a-wordpress-authors-page/

[isle2isle 0]

Thanks Catrina, but that still is not quite what I am looking for. When I try and view a contributor's individual profile all I see is a username followed by the post excerpts. I do not see where a user's profile info (full name, URL, description, etc) is publicly displayed other than in a sidebar widget I have installed. I would like for that personal info to be displayed immediately above the post excerpts, but I don't know how to do that. Sorry to be such a newbie!!

[catrina 103]

Ah, I see. By "above the post excerpts", do you mean that you want the info to be displayed between the post title and excerpt text? Also, would you like to remove the "by *AUTHOR NAME*" text or leave it there?

[isle2isle 0]

That doesn't bother me so much. Is it possible to modify an author.php template from, say, twentyten, and drop it somewhere in the file structure and have it work? (But I don't know where I'd put it).

[catrina 103]

It might be possible. Have you seen any example of you want on any other blog?