Adding author to imported posts

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  stirboo · Member · Dec 23, 2007 at 5:08 pm

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  I’ve checked the FAQs and forums but haven’t seen an answer for my predicament.

  I imported posts (from Blogger) to the default theme, at which time (I thought) I assigned the author. The posts show the correct author in the dashboard. Later I changed to a theme that supports authors, but all the current postings show “Posted [date] by” without displaying the author.

  How can I get the author’s name to display?

  Thanks in advance,
  Richard

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 23, 2007 at 5:24 pm

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  Richard, try opening one of the post for edit and the saving it again and see if the author shows up. If it does, that is one way, but depending on the number of posts, that may be a pain.

  Unless someone else has another idea, it might be best to contact support and see if they can do anything on the backend to help you out with this problem.

  Support holiday hours: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=19355&page&replies=1

  http://wordpress.com/contact-support/ (Mon-Fri 8am-4pm Pacific time) or using the “support” button in the upper right of your dashboard.

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  stirboo · Member · Dec 23, 2007 at 6:53 pm

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  Thanks, but the edit/save approach didn’t work. The “author” field on Manage > Posts has the correct author; it just doesn’t display.

  I suppose it could be a bug in the template. Has anyone else implemented authors on Sapphire?

  R.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 23, 2007 at 7:08 pm

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  I just switched my test blog to Sapphire and it shows me as the author, so it’s something with the import and I think you will need staff’s help with it.

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  boojan · Member · Dec 23, 2007 at 7:27 pm

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  I am new user so I need help….

  How can I provide to somebody to write his post on my blog site (something similar with forums)?

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  timethief · Member · Dec 23, 2007 at 7:30 pm

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  @boojan
  http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/17/how-do-i-add-more-authors-users-to-my-blog/

  What are the different roles?

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  timethief · Member · Dec 23, 2007 at 7:31 pm

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  And, if you want a private blog then this link will be helpful http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/can-i-password-protect-my-whole-blog/

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  stirboo · Member · Dec 23, 2007 at 7:38 pm

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  Resolved — turns out I didn’t fill in the First Name or Last Name field in the user profile. Inserting a name there caused it to show up in the author space (although the Author field was filled in under Manage > Posts).

  Thanks for the assistance,
  R.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 23, 2007 at 7:54 pm

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  You’re welcome from me, and I’m glad you posted that here as I had not thought of it. Now duly noted for the future.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 23, 2007 at 7:54 pm

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  @stirboo
  The solution was in this thread https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=7691&page&replies=5#post-135850
  Happy Blogging and have a Merry Christmas too. :)

  P.S. The option to mark this thread “resolved” is found in your original post.