Different author.php depending on author ID

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1. 

   adamwork
   Member

   Similar to the way you can select which version of single.php appears, depending on the category, is there anyway to select a different author.php, depending on the author ID?

   Was thinking about using something similar to this, but adapting for author and author id...

   <?php
   $post = $wp_query->post;
   if ( in_category('X') ) {
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/single-b.php');
   } else {
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/single-a.php');
   }
   ?>

   any thoughts of how I could adapt this?

   cheers
   adam

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   Joern
   Moderator

   it's easier, similar to category-4.php you can use:
   author-{id}.php - If the author's ID were 4, WordPress would look for author-4.php

   see here:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   adamwork
   Member

   Hi joern

   thanks for getting back, i'm slightly confused though.

   What should I put in my main author.php? Currently I have:

   <?php
   if(isset($_GET['author_name'])) :
   $curauth = get_userdatabylogin($author_name);
   else :
   $curauth = get_userdata(intval($author));
   endif;
   ?>

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

   <?php $post = $posts[0]; // Hack. Set $post so that the_date() works. ?>

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   adamwork
   Member

   Sorry Joern, I've just re-read and think I understand now!! I basically just need to create different author.php files and call them:

   author-4.php and author-5.php etc etc...

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   Joern
   Moderator

   right, no switch required!

   just try it with any author ID, a copy of your original author.php and something changed to see which file wordpress takes.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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