Multiple headers for authors

  • ianjeffery

    (@ianjeffery)


    12 years ago

    Hi guys,

    Quick question…is it possible to assign a different header image for 4 different authors. So…what i want to achieve is each author will have a different header image to differentiate them from the other authors.

    Not sure if this is possible, any advice would be fab ??

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    You should be able to do this in single Posts and Pages using something like:

    <?php $header_image =  'header-default.jpg';
if( is_singular() ) :
$author_id = $post->post_author;switch ($author_id ) {
	case x:
	$header_image =  'header-a.jpg';

	case y:
	$header_image =  'header-b.jpg';
}
endif;
?>
<img src="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory();?>/images/headers/<?php echo $header_image;?>" width="xx" height="yy" alt="" />

    where $author_id holds the id of the Post/Page author.

    Thread Starter ianjeffery

    (@ianjeffery)

    Ah great, will this automatically assign a certain image every time a certain author posts, or does it have to be done individually for each post?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    It should automatically assign a certain image every time a certain author posts.

    Thread Starter ianjeffery

    (@ianjeffery)

    That’s fabulous, where do I paste this code?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    At a guess, I’d say in your theme’s header.php template file. You need to look through the theme and establish where/how it’s outputting the current header image and add the (adapted?) code accordingly.

    Thread Starter ianjeffery

    (@ianjeffery)

    Wicked, thanks for that, much appretiated ??

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    Glad I could help. If you have any problems adding the code to the relevant template file, drop a copy of the file into the WordPress pastebin and post the pastebin url here. Either myself or someone else should be able to give you a hand.

    Thread Starter ianjeffery

    (@ianjeffery)

    Wow, great, thanks again, will definitely keep that in mind ??

    Thread Starter ianjeffery

    (@ianjeffery)

    Just coming back to this, my header.php file under my theme looks like the below, do you know where i should paste the above code? Also, where in the code do i input the author name and how should it be inputed in?

    <?php

/**

 * @package WordPress

 * @subpackage Yoko

 */

?><!DOCTYPE html>

<html <?php language_attributes(); ?>>

<head>

<meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>" />

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0">

<title><?php

	/*

	 * Print the <title> tag based on what is being viewed.

	 */

	global $page, $paged;

	wp_title( '|', true, 'right' );

	bloginfo( 'name' );

	$site_description = get_bloginfo( 'description', 'display' );

	if ( $site_description && ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) )

		echo " | $site_description";

	if ( $paged >= 2 || $page >= 2 )

		echo ' | ' . sprintf( __( 'Page %s', 'yoko' ), max( $paged, $page ) );

?></title>

<link rel="profile" href="https://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="<?php bloginfo( 'stylesheet_url' ); ?>" />

<?php if ( is_singular() && get_option( 'thread_comments' ) ) wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' ); ?>

<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo( 'pingback_url' ); ?>" />

<!--[if lt IE 9]>

<script src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/js/html5.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<![endif]-->

<?php wp_head(); ?>

</head>

<body <?php body_class(); ?>>

<div id="page" class="clearfix">

	<header id="branding">

		<nav id="mainnav" class="clearfix">

			<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'primary' ) ); ?>

		</nav><!-- end mainnav -->

		<?php global $yoko_options;

		$yoko_settings = get_option( 'yoko_options', $yoko_options ); ?>

		<hgroup id="site-title">

		<?php if( $yoko_settings['custom_logo'] ) : ?>

			<a href="<?php echo home_url( '/' ); ?>" class="logo"><img src="<?php echo $yoko_settings['custom_logo']; ?>" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" /></a>

		<?php else : ?>

			<h1><a href="<?php echo home_url( '/' ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>

				<h2 id="site-description"><?php bloginfo( 'description' ); ?></h2>

		<?php endif; ?>

		</hgroup><!-- end site-title -->

        <?php

		// The header image

		// Check if this is a post or page, if it has a thumbnail, and if it's a big one

			if ( is_singular() &&

				current_theme_supports( 'post-thumbnails' ) &&

				has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) &&

				( /* $src, $width, $height */ $image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'post-thumbnail' ) ) &&

				$image[1] >= HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH ) :

				// Houston, we have a new header image!

						echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID , array(1102,350), array('class' => 'headerimage'));

						elseif ( get_header_image() ) : ?>

						<img src="<?php header_image(); ?>" class="headerimage" width="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH; ?>" height="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT; ?>" alt="" /><!-- end headerimage -->

					<?php endif; ?>

					<div class="clear"></div>

		<nav id="subnav">

			<?php

			if (is_nav_menu( 'Sub Menu' ) ) {

			wp_nav_menu( array('menu' => 'Sub Menu' ));} ?>

		</nav><!-- end subnav -->	

</header><!-- end header -->
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