Guest User's URL – One major question

Okay, i’ve read the read me file and know this is the code I need but where do I place it?

<?php if (function_exists('usp_author_link')) usp_author_link(); ?>

Okay, I figured out where to put it ??

Hi Michael,

That code goes in the theme template, wherever you would like to display the information. For example, if your theme has an index.php and/or single.php file, the code may be placed anywhere in the loop. To give you an idea of what to look for, many themes use the_author() or the_author_link() or something similar to display the author name and/or link.

Hey jeff, thank you for your time, just to repeat
Okay, I figured out where to put it but now what happens is when I click
the guests name as their link, it puts the link behind my own website url like

mysite.com/guestlink.com

instead of just

guestlink.com

any suggestions on what I should do?

It sounds like something is misconfigured somewhere.. do you have a link so I can take a look – feel free to send direct via https://perishablepress.com/contact/

Hey jeff, thanks for the extended help, I’m hoping to get this done on my theme’s end, as you suggested, I really appreciate you going out of your way to help. It means a lot to me!

Glad to help, Mike! Let me know if there are any further questions or concerns.

Hey jeff, how are you doing today?
Hey, my good friend D4z helped me figure this out and it was
the web address formatting, when I use just example.com
I got the error but when I use https://
the function works fine but most people really don’t bother putting in the https://
is there a way to preset this into the form?
or force the form to use https:// ?

or change plug-in validation form to validate just urls with https:// or https://

Hey Maybe something like this, I just pulled this from google but not sure how to incorporate into the form?

$url = htmlspecialchars($_POST[‘website’]);
if (!preg_match(“/^(https?:\/\/+[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/i”,$url))
{
die(“URL address not valid”);
}

That might work, but it would probably be easiest to use jQuery, something like this:

if(url.substr(0,7) != 'https://'){
    url = 'https://' + url;
}
if(url.substr(url.length-1, 1) != '/'){
    url = url + '/';
}

Source & more info: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6122372/validate-a-url-with-jquery-and-add-http-and-final-if-needed

Hey jeff, thank you for the brilliant response, now I have a dumb question, where should I place the above code?

That code is just an example, you’ll need to modify it to work as required in your theme. Once you have it dialed in, you can add it via external JavaScript file, either via the plugin (“Include external JavaScript”), or via your theme’s JavaScript file (if applicable).

Thanks Jeff! Everything you said just brought me closer to the light,I will do some studying, I’m surprised that there is not an easier method, in all regards, I’m one step closer, have an awesome day!