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author_spotlight_contactmethods<\/code> function in your theme functions file to be able to add these URLs to the author profiles (refer the installation instructions).<\/li>\n<\/ul>","3.1":"\n- If you use version 3.0 of this plugin, you must update to 3.1 to fix some issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","3.0":"
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Author Spotlight widget displays the profile of the author(s) with Social links (example: Twitter, Facebook) and his\/her profile picture or Gravatar on any post or page that has an Author. The widget automatically detects the current author(s) of the displayed post or page; just drag and drop the widget on your sidebar and you are done.<\/p>\n\n
To display a custom photograph with the Author's Profile you may install the User Photo<\/a>. In absence of this plugin the widget will fall-back to displaying the Gravatar associated with the user. If your posts have multiple authors you may use the Co-Authors Plus<\/a>, the Author Spotlight will then display all the author profiles one below another for such post\/page.<\/p>\n\nNote that installing the User Photo or Co-Author plugin is purely optional, this widget will work fine without them as well.<\/p>\n\n
If you face any issues with the plugin or have any suggestion\/feature requests please do so at the support forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n- Download and unzip
author-profile.zip<\/code>. Then upload the folder containing author-profile.php<\/code> to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory.<\/li>\n- Alternatively, you may use the Automatic installation feature of Wordpress.<\/li>\n
- Activate the plugin through the
Plugins<\/code> menu in WordPress. For details refer this Codex page<\/a>.<\/li>\n- To display
Author Spotlight<\/code>, browse to Appearance > Widgets<\/code> and drag-and-drop the 'Author Spotlight\" widget to desired sidebar. You may configure the widget according to your needs. Save your changes and you are done.<\/li>\n- To enable the default look & feel of your widget you may copy\/paste the suggested CSS at the end of your theme CSS file (usually
style.css<\/code>). Please refer the answer to the FAQ section<\/a> for the CSS code.<\/li>\nTo add the ability to add Social URLs in the User profile, please add the following add to your Theme functions file:<\/p>\n\n
\/Add Social URLs<\/em>\/\nfunction author_spotlight_contactmethods( $contactmethods ) {\n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['twitter'] ) )\n $contactmethods['twitter'] = 'Twitter';\n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['facebook'] ) )\n $contactmethods['facebook'] = 'Facebook';\n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['linkedin'] ) )\n $contactmethods['linkedin'] = 'LinkedIn';
\n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['flickr'] ) )\n $contactmethods['flickr'] = 'Flickr';
\n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['myspace'] ) )\n $contactmethods['myspace'] = 'MySpace';
\n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['friendfeed'] ) )\n $contactmethods['friendfeed'] = 'Friendfeed';
\n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['delicious'] ) )\n $contactmethods['delicious'] = 'Delicious';
\n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['digg'] ) )\n $contactmethods['digg'] = 'Digg';
\n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['feed'] ) )\n $contactmethods['feed'] = 'XML Feed';
\n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['tumblr'] ) )\n $contactmethods['tumblr'] = 'Tumblr';
\n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['youtube'] ) )\n $contactmethods['youtube'] = 'YouTube'; \n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['blogger'] ) )\n $contactmethods['blogger'] = 'Blogger'; \n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['googleplus'] ) )\n $contactmethods['googleplus'] = 'Google+'; \n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['instagram'] ) )\n $contactmethods['instagram'] = 'Instagram'; \n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['slideshare'] ) )\n $contactmethods['slideshare'] = 'Slideshare'; \n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['stackoverflow'] ) )\n $contactmethods['stackoverflow'] = 'Stackoverflow'; \n if ( !isset( $contactmethods['posterous'] ) )\n $contactmethods['posterous'] = 'Posterous';<\/p>\n\nreturn $contactmethods;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n}<\/p>\n\n
add_filter('user_contactmethods','author_spotlight_contactmethods');<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
\n- What if I don't set any value in the widget settings?<\/dt>\n
If you don't set any values then the widget displays the profile with some default text and values. The default widget title is 'Author Spotlight', other label defaults are 'More posts by the Author ?' and 'Read Full'. The number of characters displayed in author profile is limited to 1000 characters by default. Social URLs are turned off by default.<\/p><\/dd>\n
- Does the widget only work with Single pages?<\/dt>\n
Beginning 3.0 version this plugin works with any Page, including the Single (or Post) page. Till the time this widget can detect an author, it can display the profile.<\/p><\/dd>\n
- I don't like my avatar image, can I upload my own photo?<\/dt>\n
If you wish to display a custom photograph to go with the Author's Profile you may install the User Photo<\/a>. In absence of this plugin the 'Author Spotlight\" widget will fallback to displaying the gravatar associated with the user.<\/p><\/dd>\n- The widget doesn't display my website OR my profile details are incomplete!<\/dt>\n
The widget picks details from User's Wordpress profile. Needless to say that if this information is not there the widget cannot display it. To set your own user-profile details go to Users > Your Profile<\/code>. If you are an admin of the blog the you may also edit the profile of other users and add their profile image if the User Photo<\/code> plugin is installed.<\/p><\/dd>\n- The link to the author profile page doesn't work for me!<\/dt>\n
For the link to the full profile page of the author to work you would need to ensure that your wordpress theme contains the author.php<\/code>. Refer this codex page<\/a> for details on the author templates.<\/p><\/dd>\n- My blog posts are written by multiple authors, how can I display all profiles on the post page?<\/dt>\n
Beginning 2.0 version this plugin supports the excellent Co-Authors Plus<\/a> plugin, if you have this plugin installed all author profiles would show up on the Single page without any extra configuration. This plugin lets you add multiple authors to a post. Remember that our plugin works even without the Co-Authors Plus plugin.<\/p><\/dd>\n- The plugin configuration screen shows many social icons, but where do the Authors add these URLs? The Author profile page of Wordpress only allows adding Website, AIM, Yahoo IM & Jabber \/ Google Talk.<\/dt>\n