How to show who posted event?

[persyst]

How do I include the username of the user that posts an event in the event page?

[Casey D]

Hello persyst,

Thanks for contacting us! Every event is a custom post type, so you can use standard template tags to get this information.

If you check out our Themer’s Guide, you could probably make a template override to display what you want.

I believe for your request, you’ll have to override single-event.php, then add <?php the_author(); ?> where applicable.

Does this make sense? Let me know if this doesn’t work for you.

Cheers!

– Casey Driscoll

[persyst]

Hi Casey,
I added this:
<p>Posted by: <?php the_author(); ?></p>
to the cypherspot.com/wp-content/themes/make/tribe-events/single-event.php

but only “Posted by” shows up on the event page, no author.

For example, on this page:
http://cypherspot.com/event/end-of-the-weak-open-mic/2014-08-17/

Please help. Thanks

[Casey D]

Hello persyst,

This might be confusing, but there are two answers to this question.

Before ‘the_post()’, you’ll need this code or something similar:

<p>Posted by: <?php the_author_meta( ‘user_nicename’, get_post( $event_id )->post_author ); ?></p>

If it is after ‘the_post()’, then you can simply use:

<?php echo ‘Posted by: ‘ . the_author(); ?>

Does this make sense? Let me know if this doesn’t work for you.

Cheers!

– Casey Driscoll

PS: Make sure your apostrophes are correct! HTML can mess up the code above.

[persyst]

Hi Casey,
That worked! Now how can I have the Author name be an active link to the Author’s profile page or a page that lists all event posted by the author?

[Casey D]

Hello persyst,

That will take quite a bit more customization than I can assist with, sorry!

It should be easy to implement in the same area, just create a url to the authors page or use more template tags.

Hope that helps!

– Casey Driscoll

[Brook]

Howdy,

Since this thread has gone for a while without any response, I am going to archive it. If you are still in need of assistance please open a new thread, we will be happy to help. Thanks!

– Brook

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