How to get "by" line to show me as author instead of past title of blog?

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  johnlangenfeld · Member · May 20, 2014 at 5:34 pm

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  my new blog shows old title as by

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  johnlangenfeld · Member · May 20, 2014 at 5:37 pm

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  I had a blog named Simply Happy, which I’ve renamed The Journey of Awakening. I already published one post which went perfectly. However, when I publish my second post the line “by” shows up as “Simply Happy” instead of my name, “John Langenfeld.” How do I correct this?

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  timethief · Member · May 20, 2014 at 5:40 pm

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  Not all themes are designed to display bylines. The point of displaying an author name is to differentiate the posts on an multi-author site. Regardless of the theme, and provided the theme is designed to display a byline, bylines will only display now if there are at least two authors who both have at least one published post in the blog. There’s a single author workaround here.
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/01/03/wordpress-com-changes-bylines-for-authors/

  See author byline and author profile displayed or not (this list does not include the newer themes) > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/author-displayed-or-not/

  For some tips on Multi-Author WordPress.com Blogs see http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/03/06/multi-author-wordpress-com-blogs/

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  timethief · Member · May 20, 2014 at 5:43 pm

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  Lastly, note that Taglines are meant to be very brief, keyword rich branding messages. The third bullet point in this post http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2009/06/22/creating-an-effective-blog-tagline/ may interest you when it comes to being aware of what Google will or will not display.