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From Textpattern CMS User Documentation

<txp:author />

The author tag is a single tag that is used to return the name of the author of the currently displayed article.

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Attributes

Tag will accept the following attributes (case-sensitive):

link="boolean"
Make text a link to the author's posts.
Values: 0 (no) or 1 (yes).
Default: 0.
section="section name"
Only link to articles from the named section.
Default: unset.
this_section="boolean"
Only link to other articles from the same section as the current article.
Values: 0 (no) or 1 (yes).
Default: 0.
title="boolean"
Whether to display the author's real name (1) or login name (0).
Default: 1.

Examples

Example 1: Link to list of author's articles

The author's name in this article form is a hyperlink to a list of articles by this author.

<h1><txp:title /></h1>

<txp:body />

<p class="author-date">
Posted By: <txp:author link="1" /> @ <txp:posted />
</p>

Other tags used: posted, title, body

Example 2: Author landing page

Display the author's name above a list of articles by that author when visiting site.com/author/Author+Name URLs.

<txp:if_author>
   <h1>Articles by author: <txp:author /></h1>
   <txp:article form="article_listing" limit="5" />
</txp:if_author>

Other tags used: if_author, article

Genealogy

Version 4.5.0

  • Permitted the tag to be used on author list landing pages

Version 4.3.0

  • Added the title attribute.

Version 4.0.4

  • section, this_section added.
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