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Chris Hogan
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5 years 9 months ago #168579 by Chris Hogan

Author alias - seems links back to homepage..... was created by Chris Hogan

Hi there,

I have a quick question in regard to the way the Author alias' works/links whilst browsing in an 'K2 Category view'

At the moment the the Authors name is clickable but it sends me back to the homepage? Is there a way to send these links to a page on the Author perhaps, or I have I missed setting this up correctly...

Thanks in advance

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5 years 9 months ago #168583 by Krikor Boghossian

Replied by Krikor Boghossian on topic Author alias - seems links back to homepage.....

Hello,

If you are using an alias, then there is no link generated.
You can also check the last setting displayed here -> jmp.sh/6bZi0p6 which is located in K2's advanced settings.

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5 years 9 months ago #168609 by Chris Hogan

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It seems to be clickable (linking back to the homepage) and no way to disabled as far as I can see?

Please see attachment for example....

Thanks

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5 years 8 months ago #168611 by Krikor Boghossian

Replied by Krikor Boghossian on topic Author alias - seems links back to homepage.....

I will need a live link for this.
Are K2 Profiles enabled for users with no items?
You can verify this in K2's settings.

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5 years 8 months ago - 5 years 8 months ago #168629 by Chris Hogan

Replied by Chris Hogan on topic Author alias - seems links back to homepage.....

Ok I found the 'K2 Profiles enabled for users with no items' option, and have now switched it on!?

Please do note; that I do not have any profiles and I only use the Author alias' to have a 'written by'........underneath the title so people know who the article is written by....

Live site is www.ourdogsinternational.com/

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5 years 8 months ago #168646 by Chris Hogan

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Any ideas now I've added the live site?

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5 years 8 months ago - 5 years 8 months ago #168647 by Nadal Kumar

Replied by Nadal Kumar on topic Author alias - seems links back to homepage.....

It seems the problem may be with your site's template. It runs into a fatal error when 404 is determined. I clicked ourdogsinternational.com/info-pages/kennel-clubs and the below error returned.

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Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/home/ourdogsi/public_html/libraries/joomla/document/html/renderer/head.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php56/pear') in /home/ourdogsi/public_html/templates/cloudbase3/error.php on line 78

Try switching to the Joomla Protostar template and run some tests.

It may also be as Krikor suggested previously, that you may be using author aliases so there will be no destination. The author link for posts by Administrator works fine ourdogsinternational.com/show-reports/east-europe/montenegro/author/62-administrator.

The default K2 template does not link an alias so it may be that you are using an override which has removed the conditional statement.

Last edit: 5 years 8 months ago by Nadal Kumar. Reason: saw that admin author link worked

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5 years 8 months ago #168651 by Chris Hogan

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ok thanks that page had been 'trashed' somehow and wasn't the page I wanted to link by thanks for pointing out.

As for the Administrator Alias I see that works ok, as I have an actually user account setup, so I may just look at doing that for all my other Alias's (that I'm uploading for) or I might try, but I might find the override to stop the link for now.

thanks for the advice!!!

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5 years 8 months ago - 5 years 8 months ago #168653 by Nadal Kumar

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The conditional statements should look like the following

category_item.php

<?php if($this->item->params->get('catItemAuthor')): ?>
		<!-- Item Author -->
		<span class="catItemAuthor">
			<?php echo K2HelperUtilities::writtenBy($this->item->author->profile->gender); ?>
			<?php if(isset($this->item->author->link) && $this->item->author->link): ?>
			<a rel="author" href="<?php echo $this->item->author->link; ?>"><?php echo $this->item->author->name; ?></a>
			<?php else: ?>
			<?php echo $this->item->author->name; ?>
			<?php endif; ?>
		</span>
		<?php endif; ?>

item.php

<?php if($this->item->params->get('itemAuthor')): ?>
	<!-- Item Author -->
	<span class="itemAuthor">
		<?php echo K2HelperUtilities::writtenBy($this->item->author->profile->gender); ?>
		<?php if(empty($this->item->created_by_alias)): ?>
		<a rel="author" href="<?php echo $this->item->author->link; ?>"><?php echo $this->item->author->name; ?></a>
		<?php else: ?>
		<?php echo $this->item->author->name; ?>
		<?php endif; ?>
	</span>
	<?php endif; ?>

It's not only about that single missing page. Any 404 missing page returns the fatal error. You should still check the template's error.php to correct the reported fatal error as it will affect your search status and build a sizeable error log file over time. If you can't define the problem, delete the file error.php and Joomla will default to the file in the system folder.

Last edit: 5 years 8 months ago by Nadal Kumar. Reason: additional

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