[Plugin: Big Bio Box] Puts in the big box but does not send info to Author.php

Hi

Can you let me know what theme you are using and if you’ve made a custom author.php or using the default one.

I’ll try and replicate the issue and fix it

thanks
Kevin

Kevin, It’s a custom theme made with Artisteer.

The custom author.php code is as follows:

<?php

/**
 *
 * archive.php
 *
 * The archive template. Used when a category, author, or date is queried.
 * Note that this template will be overridden by category.php, author.php, and date.php for their respective query types.
 *
 * More detailed information about templates hierarchy: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Hierarchy
 *
 */

get_header(); ?>
<div class="bhw-layout-wrapper">
    <div class="bhw-content-layout">
        <div class="bhw-content-layout-row">
            <div class="bhw-layout-cell bhw-sidebar1">
              <?php get_sidebar('default'); ?>
              <div class="cleared"></div>
            </div>
            <div class="bhw-layout-cell bhw-content">
	   <?php get_sidebar('top'); ?>

<!-- This sets the $curauth variable -->

    <?php
    $curauth = (isset($_GET['author_name'])) ? get_user_by('slug', $author_name) : get_userdata(intval($author));
    ?>

    <h2>About: <?php echo $curauth->nickname; ?></h2>
<br /><br />
<?php userphoto($wp_query->get_queried_object()) ?>
<br /><br />
    <dl>
        <dt><strong>Website</strong></dt>
        <dd><a href="<?php echo $curauth->user_url; ?>"><?php echo $curauth->user_url; ?></a></dd>
<br /><br />
        <dt><strong>Profile</strong></dt>
<br /><br />
        <dd><?php echo $curauth->user_description; ?></dd>
    </dl>
<br /><br />
    <h2>Posts by <?php echo $curauth->nickname; ?>:</h2>

    <ul>
<!-- The Loop -->

    <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
        <li>
            <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>">
            <?php the_title(); ?></a>,
            <?php the_time('d M Y'); ?> in <?php the_category('&');?>
        </li>

    <?php endwhile; else: ?>
        <p><?php _e('No posts by this author.'); ?></p>

    <?php endif; ?>

<!-- End Loop -->
<br /><br />
    </ul>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

That would be so awesome if it would work!

Debbie

Hi Debbie

Thanks for the information.

Quickly looking at the code it appears that the theme is calling the user_description directly rather than calling the_author_meta() which is the correct way of doing it – as I understand it.

Calling the_author_meta() is the way that author details are called in the default wordpress 2010 theme which is what I base and test all my plugins and themes on.

As a qucik fix what you could try is replacing

<dd><?php echo $curauth->user_description; ?></dd>

with

<dd><?php echo $curauth->bigbiobox; ?></dd>

If it doesn’t work let me know and I’ll take a closer look, but it’s going to be after Easter now because I’ve got a project to finish on a deadline.

Hope it helps though.

thanks
Kevin

You are awesome! It works!!!! Thank you soooooooooooo much!!!

Contribution on it’s way by the end of this week!
Debbie

Hi Debbie,

thanks glad I could help

kevin

Changed my rating just now and donated too. Thank you so much Kevin! I wish every plugin developer was as awesome as you! Keep up the good work!

Hi Debbie

thanks for the new rating and the donation ??

Kevin