IF Author Contact Field Entered, Display Link – How?

  • I found a tutorial online that shows how you can create a custom field for authors to enter, like Twitter (link). What I want to do is display a link to their Twitter account IF they entered it. If not, display a different link.

    How can I accomplish this? It seems like it is a simple task. I am really new to WordPress theme and PHP, so please be as clear as you can. Thank you very much! I really appreciate it.

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  • Try something like:

    <?php if(isset($_GET['author_name'])) $curauth = get_userdatabylogin($author_name);
else $curauth = get_userdata(intval($author));?>
<?php if( get_the_author_meta('twitter', $curauth->ID) != '') :?>
<p class="twitter"><?php _e('Twitter');?>: <span><?php the_author_meta('twitter', $curauth->ID);?></span></p>
<?php else:?>
<p class="no-twitter">blah blah</p>
<?php endif;?>
    Thread Starter Connor Crosby

    (@ccmovies)

    Excellent, I will try that out.

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