How do I….list categories an author has wrote in on author.php

Hi Barry,

It may not be immediately obvious, but i’ve spotted your problem.. just here..

query_posts('cat=6&author=$curauth');

You can’t use variables inside single quotes, they get treated as literal values.

The alternatives
Concatate the string:

query_posts('cat=6&author=' . $curauth);

Switch to double quotes so you can use variables:

query_posts("cat=6&author=$curauth");

First method will be faster … but you’ll not likely notice the difference. Use whichever suits you, they’ll both essentially do the same..

Hope that helps.. ??

Hi t31os_,

I was hoping you’d reply!

Actually I figured it out. I ended up going with this:

query_posts('cat=6&author=$curauth->ID')

Also I found this “in the woods” article valuable when I was putting this project together.

thanks much!

Update:

My solution did not work after all.

t310s’s first approach threw an error

So what worked for me was his second suggestion, using double quotes.

Thanks again

Barry

Hi,

I am looking to do something along the same lines are the people here also.

In my sidebar I have author links listed as my headings.
When someone clicks the link to go to the author page, I’d like a listing to be displayed under there name in the sidebar with all the categories they’ve posted in.

I am not sure how to get that author specific category listing.