Where to add "About the Author"
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Looking for the place to add/Edit "About the Author".
I see it on the page but cannot seem to find the place to add or change.
Note: Our expectation is to display articles (blogs) from different people and the we will enter details about them (The author) on their behalf (ie the "Editor" will review incoming articles, create the page and add the author details). The authors will not be registered users (they could be I guess).
Thoughts, help directions appreciated.
I see it on the page but cannot seem to find the place to add or change.
Note: Our expectation is to display articles (blogs) from different people and the we will enter details about them (The author) on their behalf (ie the "Editor" will review incoming articles, create the page and add the author details). The authors will not be registered users (they could be I guess).
Thoughts, help directions appreciated.
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Thanks
I see how I can add a user and their pic, bio etc.
But most of the "columnists" we want to use are going to be Non-Users and their articles are going to be submitted on their behalf by the web site editor.
A couple of things
- Is it possible to change the author of a article page? (Not sure if this would be Theme related or not)
- Can I supress the Author part on the article page - and just have a stack content block inserted with a standard author info. I guess I could just delete it from the page layout (code)
Workaround
I could set up each user with their bio and have the Website editor log in as Author" and everything wuld be good.
- This is probably the easiest for me but the web editor will be constanly logging in and out.
Codeing
I was thinking I could add a page attribute called Author and then have code compare and that insert/replace the author info based on the author - user info
I see how I can add a user and their pic, bio etc.
But most of the "columnists" we want to use are going to be Non-Users and their articles are going to be submitted on their behalf by the web site editor.
A couple of things
- Is it possible to change the author of a article page? (Not sure if this would be Theme related or not)
- Can I supress the Author part on the article page - and just have a stack content block inserted with a standard author info. I guess I could just delete it from the page layout (code)
Workaround
I could set up each user with their bio and have the Website editor log in as Author" and everything wuld be good.
- This is probably the easiest for me but the web editor will be constanly logging in and out.
Codeing
I was thinking I could add a page attribute called Author and then have code compare and that insert/replace the author info based on the author - user info
You're welcome!
To answer your questions:
To change the author you would just change the author of the page. So your admin could still create/write the article but then change the author of the page to the correct user.
If you wanted to do away with the way it works now (where the author has to be a user) you could remove the code within the "author-bio" div in the article.php file (theme_viewport/themes/viewport/article.php) and replace it with area code like this:
Then you could add a content block with their info to that area.
To answer your questions:
To change the author you would just change the author of the page. So your admin could still create/write the article but then change the author of the page to the correct user.
If you wanted to do away with the way it works now (where the author has to be a user) you could remove the code within the "author-bio" div in the article.php file (theme_viewport/themes/viewport/article.php) and replace it with area code like this:
<?php $a = new Area('Author Info'); $a->display($c); ?>
Then you could add a content block with their info to that area.
"To answer your questions:
To change the author you would just change the author of the page."
Where can I set / change the Author of the page - I assumed it was "Page Property "Owner" which I have changed to a different user .. who is in the user list. but the BIO and info does not appear to change - is this the right place?? Nor does the page posted by. Again, not sure if the is the right thing to change.
To change the author you would just change the author of the page."
Where can I set / change the Author of the page - I assumed it was "Page Property "Owner" which I have changed to a different user .. who is in the user list. but the BIO and info does not appear to change - is this the right place?? Nor does the page posted by. Again, not sure if the is the right thing to change.
Hmmm...that's weird. Yes, changing the page owner should be all you have to do. Maybe try clearing your site cache?
Nope - Cleared cache (Tried that route first) - the only thing I see is when I set up a new user there is a field "About the Author" which I fill in - then when I go into the the Article page properties and select user (to change to) I see "User Bio" but the info I put in for the author is there - so the info should be accessible.
The only other thing I do is say no to both - Profile Private Messages Enabled (No) - Profile Private Messages Notification Enabled (No)
No change to author - yes weird.
Note this is on the Article page not category page (assume this doesn't mean anything)
Environmental
# concrete5 Version 5.6.0.1
# concrete5 Packages ViewPort (1.0).
# concrete5 Overrides None
# Server Software Apache
# Server API cgi-fcgi
# PHP Version 5.3.13
The only other thing I do is say no to both - Profile Private Messages Enabled (No) - Profile Private Messages Notification Enabled (No)
No change to author - yes weird.
Note this is on the Article page not category page (assume this doesn't mean anything)
Environmental
# concrete5 Version 5.6.0.1
# concrete5 Packages ViewPort (1.0).
# concrete5 Overrides None
# Server Software Apache
# Server API cgi-fcgi
# PHP Version 5.3.13
Can you do me a favor. Can you try editing a line in the article.php and blog_entry.php files (located at packages/theme_viewport/themes/viewport) regarding the author stuff. Look for this line:
And change it to this:
Then clear your cache and see if you can change the page owner.
$authorID = $c->getVersionObject()->getVersionAuthorUserID();
And change it to this:
$authorID = $c->getCollectionUserID();
Then clear your cache and see if you can change the page owner.
2 Thumbs up!!
I'm using the Article page (works perfect) and not the Blog_Entry (so unable to test that - but assume it is ok)
I'm using the Article page (works perfect) and not the Blog_Entry (so unable to test that - but assume it is ok)
Awesome! I'll have to add that fix to the next version of ViewPort
Not sure if this may be related.
I'm having issue in the latest version 5.6.1.2
unable to edit comments - guestbook comment entry shows hyperlinks to "Edit, Remove and approve". (I saw another post in the forum so I don't know if this is related to the base guestbook comment functions)
The article page Property - owner is "somebody" I'm going in as "Admin"
Clicking on Edit - refreshes page but nothing happens no edit box or anything to change the comments.
Thinking it might be User related - I change page property - owner to "admin" - no change unable to edit comments.
I'm going to re-try in a basic test with basic theme
Any help, thoughts, direction would be much appreciated.
I'm having issue in the latest version 5.6.1.2
unable to edit comments - guestbook comment entry shows hyperlinks to "Edit, Remove and approve". (I saw another post in the forum so I don't know if this is related to the base guestbook comment functions)
The article page Property - owner is "somebody" I'm going in as "Admin"
Clicking on Edit - refreshes page but nothing happens no edit box or anything to change the comments.
Thinking it might be User related - I change page property - owner to "admin" - no change unable to edit comments.
I'm going to re-try in a basic test with basic theme
Any help, thoughts, direction would be much appreciated.
Let me know what you find out. Not sure about this one.
First Name
Last Name
User Bio