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1. 

   RedStarWeb
   Member

   I would like to add author gravatar to all my posts, but I'm having a hard time finding a way to do this. I assume I need to filter the post meta data, but I'm not sure where to start.

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   try reading the primer i just wrote for someone else on how to add things to hooks and how to filter things

   http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/need-help-understanding-actions-vs-filters-and-changing-post-meta-and-utility#post-22638

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   RedStarWeb
   Member

   Fantastic resouce, Helga. I think I'm on the right track, but I'm missing something. Here's what I've got right now:

   // Add Author Gravatar to Posts

   function author_gravatar() {
   return '$postmeta' . 'echo get_avatar($author_email, '80')';
   }
   add_filter('thematic_postheader' . 'author_gravatar');

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   RedStarWeb
   Member

   Okay, I've got it displaying now. I still need to fiddle with styling, and figure out how to keep it from displaying on pages, but if anyone's interested here's what I did:

   // Add Author Gravatar

   function author_gravatar($postmeta) {
   $author_avatar = get_avatar( get_the_author_email(), '80' );
   $postmeta .= $author_avatar;
   return $postmeta;
   }

   add_filter('thematic_postheader', 'author_gravatar');

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   glad that helped.

   to not display on pages simply wrap the insides w/ a conditional tag

   is_page() test for whether it is a page or not
   ! makes it negative.... so NOT a page.

   codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

   function bacon(){
     if(!is_page(){
       echo "sooo not a page. let's have bacon";
     }
   }
   add_action('thematic_before','bacon');

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   RedStarWeb
   Member

   Very helpful! Now I just need to find the best way to style it. Wrapping the avatar in a div seems to work, but it seems like there's probably a better way of doing it.

   Current output:

   // Add Author Gravatar to Posts

   function author_gravatar($postmeta) {
   $author_avatar = '<div class="author-avatar">'; // Trying to format the image by containing it in a div. Not sure if thats the right move.
   $author_avatar .= get_avatar( get_the_author_email(), '80' );
   $author_avatar .= '</div>';
   if(!is_page() ) {
   $postmeta .= $author_avatar;
   }
   return $postmeta;

   add_filter('thematic_postheader', 'author_gravatar');
   }

   add_filter('thematic_postheader', 'author_gravatar');

   Posted 1 year ago #

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