Author name outside of loop?

  • Resolved Philljc

    (@philljc)


    14 years ago

    I’m trying to include the authors name at the top of the authors page, the one you come to, to see all their posts:

    <?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="contentwrap">
<div id="content">
<div class="posts">

<!--Post begins -->
<div class="post">
<div class="postcontent">
<div class="story">	

<h2><?php echo get_the_author_link(); ?></h2>

                <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h3 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php printf( __('Permalink to %s', 'shape'), the_title_attribute('echo=0') ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

</div>
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<!--Post ends -->
<?php if(function_exists('wp_paginate')) { wp_paginate(); } ?>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

    Now if I put the author name in the loop.. it will, of course, repeat it for each story it generates.

    Is there a way around this? It seems to work fine for the category page.

    Thanks

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  • Have you taken a look at twentyten’s author.php template?

    It runs a secondary little loop to spit out that info, I think you could gain a lot from that

    Thread Starter Philljc

    (@philljc)

    Actually, using the contents of that entire file from TwentyTen doesn’t even return any results, I tried already to combine the two in a way and I got the same result, nothing

    Thread Starter Philljc

    (@philljc)

    Nevermind, figured it out by myself, thanks!

    <?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="contentwrap">
<div id="content">
<div class="posts">

<?php the_post(); ?>
<div class="post">
<div class="postcontent">
<div class="story">	

<h2><?php echo get_the_author_link(); ?></h2>

<?php rewind_posts(); ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<h3 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php printf( __('Permalink to %s', 'shape'), the_title_attribute('echo=0') ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

</div>
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<!--Post ends -->
<?php if(function_exists('wp_paginate')) { wp_paginate(); } ?>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
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