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#1 2006-09-07 15:17:48

alittle116
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From: Brooklyn
Registered: 2005-09-14
Posts: 72
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Displaying "About the Author" form at the end of the article

Here’s what i want to do… At the end of an article, I want to have a small area about the article’s author. I have created an “AboutTheAuthor” section and form so the author can create their bio the same way they create an article.

Here is where I am stuck… getting the right author to show up with the right article.

Ideally, I would like to put a tag like this in the article’s form: <code><txp:output_form form=“aboutTheAuthor” title=”<txp:author/>” /></code>… But I just made up that ‘title’ bit… is it possible to do something like this???

Or this another way to do this?

THANKS!

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#2 2006-09-07 16:24:59

Zanza
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Registered: 2005-08-18
Posts: 699
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Re: Displaying "About the Author" form at the end of the article

Use chh_related_articles (or similar) to call the bio from section “AboutTheAuthor” and relation “Author”, with form “aboutTheAuthor” below the article tag.

Bye

Z

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#3 2006-09-07 16:29:49

alittle116
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From: Brooklyn
Registered: 2005-09-14
Posts: 72
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Re: Displaying "About the Author" form at the end of the article

I dont know what “chh_related_articles” is. and what do you mean by “relation AUthor”? Could you elaborate some?

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#4 2006-09-07 17:12:33

squaredeye
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From: Greenville, SC
Registered: 2005-07-31
Posts: 1,495
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Re: Displaying "About the Author" form at the end of the article

a little 116,
Its time to go do your homework :)

Check out chh_article_custom at the resources site, and start readin :)


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#5 2006-09-07 19:47:32

alittle116
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From: Brooklyn
Registered: 2005-09-14
Posts: 72
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Re: Displaying "About the Author" form at the end of the article

ive looked at the chh plugin but i still dont understand how to generate a specific article using the “Author” form/section based on the article using the “Article” form/section

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#6 2006-09-07 21:21:31

alittle116
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From: Brooklyn
Registered: 2005-09-14
Posts: 72
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Re: Displaying "About the Author" form at the end of the article

nevermind, i got this working with a different method

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#7 2006-09-07 23:16:29

jm
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From: Missoula, MT
Registered: 2005-11-27
Posts: 1,746
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Re: Displaying "About the Author" form at the end of the article

rss_author_info works great, by the way. Super easy to use and edit.

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