Adding Author Name

  • Hi, I’m new to all of this and could use somehelp. I am running the X Blog 1.1 theme at my site – (www.gopusanj.com), and I was wondering if there was a way to add the author of the post to the area where it lists the category and comments link ?

    Thanks in advance –

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  • Here’s a good example:

    Posted <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> by <?php the_author() ?> in <?php the_category(', ') ?>

    Will result in:

    Posted (todays date) by (the author) in (the category).

    All of that information is in the index.php file already but it is not being reflected in the live site. Is there an option in the admin section that needs to be activated?

    -holsum

    No admin section…

    The WordPress 1.6 Default theme has the the_author code ‘commented’ out so it won’t display unless you delete the
    <!-- and -->

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