{"id":5456,"date":"2008-11-07T06:29:47","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T13:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=5456"},"modified":"2008-11-07T06:32:19","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T13:32:19","slug":"appendix-a-linking-to-authors-profile-in-multi-author-wordpress-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5456\/appendix-a-linking-to-authors-profile-in-multi-author-wordpress-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix A: Linking to Author’s Profile in Multi-Author WordPress Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

After setting up the author image code<\/a>, I decided my next step in creating our new multi-author company blog would be linking the author name to the author’s profile page.\u00a0 I decided on a\u00a0 profile page rather than an email link to a). initially keep the reader drilling deeper into the blogsite for more information, and b). the profile page can then present offsite links to the author’s other blogs or website as well as an email link.<\/p>\n

As Greg describes here<\/a>, the code is simple enough<\/p>\n

Posted by\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=”<?PHP the_author_url(); ?>”>
\n<?php the_author() ?><\/a> <br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But then I started scratching my head.\u00a0 Where the devil does the author URL come from?\u00a0 How does the system know what it is? Am I going to need to construct a database of author URLs?\u00a0 (People who know the answer are probably laughing out loud right now.)<\/p>\n

I Googled frantically, and finally after reading and rereading this page <\/a>in the WordPress Codex, the moment of epiphany came.<\/p>\n

The author URL is the website address from the user profile page.<\/p>\n

Click on Users in the upper right corner of the WordPress Dashboard.\u00a0 Click on the username, scroll down to the Contact Info section, and at Website, paste in the URL of the author’s about\/profile page.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After setting up the author image code, I decided my next step in creating our new multi-author company blog would be linking the author name to the author’s profile page.\u00a0 I decided on a\u00a0 profile page rather than an email link to a). initially keep the reader drilling deeper into the blogsite for more information, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3305,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3305\/project-bloodhound-speaking-in-tongues-to-whom-am-i-speaking\/","url_meta":{"origin":5456,"position":0},"title":"Project Bloodhound speaking in tongues: To whom am I speaking?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a lady phone me the other day who would rather have emailed. 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