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Template Tag: Item Author

Displays the author/creator of Item. The tag can display not only the author/creator’s name but also their avatar.

This is a wrapper for calling User::get_identity_link() on the author of an Item.

Examples

Quick Template

[Item:author|before=<span class="author">|after=</span>|link_text=auto]

PHP Template

  $Item->author( array(
      'before'            => ' ',
      'after'             => ' ',
      'link_text'         => 'preferredname',
      'thumb_size'        => 'crop-top-32x32',
      'thumb_class'       => '',
      'thumb_zoomable'    => false,
      'login_mask'        => '',
      'display_bubbletip' => true,
      'nowrap'            => true,
    ) );

Parameters

Param

Default

Usage

before

' '

Displayed before the author name or avatar

after

' '

Displayed after the author name or avatar

link_text

preferredname

Possible values: auto, avatar_name, avatar_login, only_avatar, name, login, nickname, firstname, lastname, fullname, preferredname

thumb_size

crop-top-32x32

Image size of the avatar

thumb_class

''

Avatar image CSS class

thumb_zoomable

false

Do we want the avatar image to be zoomed in when clicked?

login_mask

''

display_bubbletip

true

Do we want to display a bubbletip on mouseover?

nowrap

true

Do we want to use white-space: nowrap CSS directive for the link text?

Note: This tag accepts all parameters listed in User::get_identity_link().

Return value

This tag displays content only, it does not have a return value.

Tags: 7.1.1
Created by fatimahnasra • Last edit by winskie on 2020-02-11 04:27 • •

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