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Link author

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Syntax

<txp:link_author />

The link_author tag is a single tag that Textpattern will replace with the author’s name associated with the current link in a linklist. It can only be used inside <txp:linklist />.

Attributes

Tag will accept the following attributes (case-sensitive) as well as the global attributes :

link="link type (boolean)"
Whether to hyperlink the author or not.
Values: 0 (no) or 1 (yes).
Default: 0.
section="section name"
Direct any linked author name to the nominated section instead of to the default (front) page.
Default: unset.
this_section="boolean"
If set to 1, the linked author name will direct users to an author list in the current section, otherwise author list from all sections is displayed.
Values: 0 (no, all sections) or 1 (yes, this section only).
Default: 0.
title="boolean"
Whether to display the author’s real name or login name.
Values: 0 (login name) or 1 (real name).
Default: 1.

Common presentational attributes

These attributes, which affect presentation, are shared by many tags. Note that default values can vary among tags.

class="class name"
HTML class to apply to the wraptag attribute value.
Default: unset (see class cross-reference).
wraptag="tag"
HTML tag to wrap around the author name, specified without brackets (e.g. wraptag="p").
Default: unset (but see wraptag cross-reference for exceptions).

Examples

<p>
    <txp:link />
    <br />
    <txp:link_author />
</p>

Other tags used: link.

Genealogy

Version 4.3.0

Tag support added.

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