[natedawgParticipant]

Hello,

I’m having trouble moving ‘x_renew_entry_meta’ to the landmark_header. I’ve successfully created a large background featured image for single posts in the header, and I’d like the title to float over it (as shown in the screen grab). I placed the ‘x_renew_entry_meta’ underneath the title, but I can’t get the post author to show. Everything else (date/categories/comment count) shows, but the post author doesn’t.

Here’s what I have now in the functions.php:

if ( ! function_exists( ‘x_renew_entry_meta’ ) ) :
function x_icon_entry_meta() {

$author = sprintf(‘<span class=”show-date”>%2$s</span>’,
get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( ‘ID’ ) ),
get_the_author()
);

$date = sprintf( ‘<span><time class=”entry-date” datetime=”%1$s”>%2$s</time></span>’,
esc_attr( get_the_date( ‘c’ ) ),
esc_html( get_the_date( ‘m.d.Y’ ) )
);

$post_type = get_post_type();
$post_type_post = $post_type == ‘post’;
$post_type_portfolio = $post_type == ‘x-portfolio’;
$no_post_meta = x_get_option( ‘x_blog_enable_post_meta’ ) == 0;
$no_portfolio_meta = x_get_option( ‘x_portfolio_enable_post_meta’ ) == 0;

if ( $post_type_post && $no_post_meta || $post_type_portfolio && $no_portfolio_meta ) {
return;
} else {
printf( ‘<p class=”p-meta”>%s|%s</p>’,
$author,
$date
);
}

}
endif;

Thanks!

[Rue NelModerator]

Hello There,

Thanks for writing in! The code should have been this:

if ( ! function_exists( 'x_renew_entry_meta' ) ) :
function x_renew_entry_meta() {

	$author = sprintf('<span class="show-date">%2$s</span>',
	  get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ),
	  get_the_author()
	);

	$date = sprintf( '<span><time class="entry-date" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time></span>',
	  esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
	  esc_html( get_the_date( 'm.d.Y' ) )
	);

	$post_type = get_post_type();
	$post_type_post = $post_type == 'post';
	$post_type_portfolio = $post_type == 'x-portfolio';
	$no_post_meta = x_get_option( 'x_blog_enable_post_meta' ) == 0;
	$no_portfolio_meta = x_get_option( 'x_portfolio_enable_post_meta' ) == 0;

	if ( $post_type_post && $no_post_meta || $post_type_portfolio && $no_portfolio_meta ) {
	 return;
	} else {
	  printf( '<p class="p-meta">%s|%s</p>',
	    $author,
	    $date
	  );
	}

}
endif;

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[natedawgParticipant]

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[RadModerator]

Hi there,

Please try this one

if ( ! function_exists( 'x_renew_entry_meta' ) ) :
function x_renew_entry_meta() {

	$author = sprintf('<span class="show-author"><a href="%1$s">%2$s</a></span>',
	  get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ),
	  get_the_author()
	);

	$date = sprintf( '<span><time class="entry-date" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time></span>',
	  esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
	  esc_html( get_the_date( 'm.d.Y' ) )
	);

	$post_type = get_post_type();
	$post_type_post = $post_type == 'post';
	$post_type_portfolio = $post_type == 'x-portfolio';
	$no_post_meta = x_get_option( 'x_blog_enable_post_meta' ) == 0;
	$no_portfolio_meta = x_get_option( 'x_portfolio_enable_post_meta' ) == 0;

	if ( $post_type_post && $no_post_meta || $post_type_portfolio && $no_portfolio_meta ) {
	 return;
	} else {
	  printf( '<p class="p-meta">%1$s|%2$s</p>',
	    $author,
	    $date
	  );
	}

}
endif;

Hope this helps.

[natedawgParticipant]

Thanks. This doesn’t work, either. I’ve tried similar calls multiple times. It seems to have something to do with it being outside the actual entry.

Is there a way to call the entry within this function so that

'get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ), get_the_author()

retrieves the author successfully? I’m able to pull the author’s URL, but the name doesn’t show up.

Thanks,
Nate

[Paul RModerator]

Hi Nate,

Can you provide us your ftp login so we can properly edit the code.

Thanks

[natedawgParticipant]

I can’t provide an FTP login, but if you tell me which files to edit I can do it. Possible? Is there a way to call the current single post from the landmark_header?

I know this is outside the scope of support, so I really appreciate the assistance!!

Thanks

[RadModerator]

Hi there,

Unfortunately, I’m not sure why it’s not working on your end either so can’t tell which files needs fixing, it’s best to check it directly. Post meta code are within the entry post since it’s within post loop or global post.

Thanks!

[natedawgParticipant]

Everything else – date, category, comments – are working. Does anything come to mind that could cause `get_author

specifically not to work?

Thanks!

[Rue NelModerator]

Hello There,

Thanks for updating in! After several tries, it turns out that you will need this code:

$author = sprintf( '<span>by %1$s %2$s</span>',
        esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( 'first_name', get_current_user_id() ) ),
        esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( 'last_name', get_current_user_id() ) )
    );

If you need anything else, please let us know.

[natedawgParticipant]

Awesome. Thanks! I should be able to tweak this to make the name link, etc.

Thank you so much!!

[ThaiModerator]

You’re most welcome 🙂

[natedawgParticipant]

One more question: I’m also trying to call the author avatar in this string, but I’m coming up with the generic avatar. Same issue I suppose. Here’s what I tried:

$avatar = sprintf( '<span>by <a href="%1$s">%2$s</a></span>',
 get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ),
 get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ), 32 )
 );

The generic avatar is being added, so I know this is again an issue with calling the specific post author. I’ve been digging through the theme files trying to find the attributes, but I’m not having any luck. Could you you show me how to fix the above?

[natedawgParticipant]

I figured it out! This is what worked for me, in case anyone else is curious:

$avatar = sprintf( '<span>by <a href="%1$s">%2$s</a></span>',
	get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID', get_current_user_id() ) ),
	get_avatar( get_the_author_meta('user_email', get_current_user_id() ), 32 )
    );

[Rue NelModerator]

Hello Again,

We are just glad that you have figured it out a way to correct the said issue.
Thanks for letting us know!

Best Regards.

[Author]

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