Pilcrow – show who's the author

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  mgib3 · Member · Apr 26, 2011 at 11:15 am

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  I just switched to the Pilcrow theme and like it for the most part, but I was wondering- “Why doesn’t the author show?” We have multiple users on the blog and we want people to know who wrote what post. Can anyone help me?

  Blog: http://everymonthmarch.wordpress.com/

  Thanks!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  airodyssey · Member · Apr 26, 2011 at 12:08 pm

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  Hi. Pilcrow does not display the name of the author, but rather their profile (from the information under Users > My profile > About you). See here for more:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/category/authors/

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  mgib3 · Member · Apr 27, 2011 at 11:24 am

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  What does it mean that it will show the authors profile when looking at a single post?

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  airodyssey · Member · Apr 27, 2011 at 11:54 am

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  It means that it will not show on the blog’s front page (where you see several posts at a time), but only when you look at a single post.

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  mgib3 · Member · Apr 28, 2011 at 11:25 am

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  Thanks for your help, but where should I be looking? I still don’t see where the author’s profile/name shows up on a single post?

  Is this something I need to enable specifically in Pilcrow?

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  airodyssey · Member · Apr 28, 2011 at 11:31 am

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  The author must fill out the information I indicated on my first reply.

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  mgib3 · Member · Apr 28, 2011 at 11:35 am

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  Yes I understand that. But you said it will show the Authors profile when looking at a single post- I have tried looking and it seems that isn’t the case.

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  airodyssey · Member · Apr 28, 2011 at 11:45 am

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  I see… I took the information from the link I gave you above. Perhaps Pilcrow no longer works that way. Sorry.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Apr 28, 2011 at 1:12 pm

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  @AO: Thanks – post updated.

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  mgib3 · Member · Apr 29, 2011 at 12:08 am

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  Appreciate your efforts. Wish we could show the author. I like Pilcrow a lot.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 29, 2011 at 12:11 am

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  There’s nothing stopping the author from typing in a byline at the top of their post. You can also set up a Category for each author so they can assign it to their posts. You can use the Authors widget and the Author’s grid widget as well in the sidebar as well.