=== Author Spotlight (Widget) === Contributors: debashish Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=P65K7JVX4EXP6&lc=IN&item_name=Wordpress%20Plugin&item_number=iframe%2dwidget¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_SM%2egif%3aNonHosted Tags: author,profile,author profile,author bio,bio Requires at least: 2.7 Tested up to: 2.8 Stable tag: 1.0 A Sidebar widget to display the Author profile for the post being read. Profile is only shown on the Single page. == Description == Author Spotlight widget displays the profile of the author width the author website link and author profile photo on the Post (Single) page. The widget automatically detects the current author of the displayed Post, just drag and drop the widget on your Single page sidebar and you are done. You may see the plugin in action [here](Example web page: http://www.samayiki.com/2009/01/living_with_the_streisand_effect "Samayiki - Hindi Webzine"). If you wish to display a custom photograph to go with the Author's Profile you may install the [User Photo](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-photo/ "User Photo Wordpress plugin"). In absence of this plugin the 'Author Spotlight" widget will fallback to displaying the gravatar associated with the user. If you face any issues with the plugin or have any suggestion/feature requests please do submit there [at this place](http://wordpress.org/tags/author-profile "Author Spotlight plugin support forum"). == Installation == 1. Download and unzip `author-profile.zip` 1. Upload the folder containing `author-profile.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 1. Activate the plugin through the `Plugins` menu in WordPress 1. To display `Author Spotlight` on Single page, browse to `Design > Widgets` and drag-and-drop the 'Author Spotlight" widget to desired sidebar. You may configure the Title and the text labels. By default the widget will truncate the Profile text to 1000 characters, you may change this limit. Save your changes and you are done. == Frequently Asked Questions == = What if I don't set any value in the widget settings? = If you don't set any values then widget displays the profile with some default text and values. The default widget title is 'Author Spotlight', other label defaults are `More posts by the Author »`, `Read Full` and `Website:`. The number of characters displayed in author profile is limited to 1000 characters by default. = I added the widget on home page and it doesn't work! = The Widget will only work on the Post (or Single) page since it is meant to display the profile of the author of the post. If you drop the widget on any other page, that doesn't have an associated author, the widget won't display anything. = I don't like my avatar image, can I upload my own photo? = If you wish to display a custom photograph to go with the Author's Profile you may install the [User Photo](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-photo/ "User Photo Wordpress plugin"). In absence of this plugin the 'Author Spotlight" widget will fallback to displaying the gravatar associated with the user. = The widget doesn't display my website OR my profile details are incomplete! = The widget picks details from User's wordpress profile. Needless to say that if this information is not there the widget cannot display it. To set your own user-profile details go to `Users > Your Profile`. If you are an admin of the blog the you may also edit the profile of other users and add their profile image if the `User Photo` plugin is installed. = The link to the author profile page doesn't work for me! = For the link to the full profile page of the author to work you would need to ensure that your wordpress theme contains the `author.php`. [Refer this codex page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates "Author Templates") for details on the author templates. == Screenshots == 1. This image show how you may configure the widget. 2. This is how the widget looks like on the single-page sidebar after configuration. == Changelog == * **1.0**: Initial public release.