Hi,

Forgive my ignorance, but my understanding is that Author Pane is able to be displayed next to each post, like here:
http://www.webmaster-forums.net/webmasters-corner/apaddedcell-article-go...

I'm only able to get the block to display and I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong. I have copied the files into the root of the theme directory. I assume there's a very obvious answer, like I'm missing turning on a check box on a menu somewhere.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Tal.
www.riseandruin.com

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michelle
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What are you using to display it? Advanced Forum? Or did you embed the theme function manually?

Michelle

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Taliesan commented

We are not using Advanced Forum.

I copied the indicated files into the root of our theme directory. Do I need to change something in the files to reference our theme name?

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michelle
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If you're not using Advanced Forum, then you need to put the call to the theme function wherever it is you are wanting the Author Pane to appear.

Michelle

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Taliesan commented

Ok - I'll try that.

Thanks!

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Taliesan commented

I've dropped the PHP code into the content template for Forum Topic. All I'm getting is 'Anon' at the start of each post. I assume this is because my theme isn't tied into the variables called on by Author Pane directly?

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michelle
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It sounds like you aren't passing the theme function a fully loaded user object. Can you paste the code you are using?

Michelle

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Taliesan commented

I used the code straight out of your development documentation. I tried several variants on the theme() function call, changing the values I thought could have data, but none of them did.

How can we access the fully loaded user object for a user that's replying to the current comment?

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michelle
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Ok, that's the problem, then. Only the second two paramaters are optional. You must pass it a user object or it doesn't know what user to make the author pane for.

I'm not 100% sure but I think the variable is $comment->uid. So you'd want:

$account = user_load(array('uid' => $comment->uid));

Michelle

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Taliesan commented

Worked!

Many thanks. =)

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michelle
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Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Fixed

Great!

Michelle

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.