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about-the-author-advanced

About the Author Advanced

This plugin creates a sidebar widget which displays the post/page author's information.

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complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86
[Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Feature Request: About the Author on the Main Page

[Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Feature Request: About the Author on the Main Page: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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[Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Feature Request: About the Author on the Main Page Hello there!
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
social links dont display properly and css dont load

social links dont display properly and css dont load: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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social links dont display properly and css dont load Hi i cant get the social links to display inline, I tried adding this to css .ataa-widget .social span img { display: inline; } as shown here http://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-media-links-2?replies=2 but still doesn’t work also the css file for the widget doesn’t load i had to add text color to my
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
display "about author info" above of the posts on mobile devices

display "about author info" above of the posts on mobile devices: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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display "about author info" above of the posts on mobile devices Hi, I love this plugin since it just displays the info I need in a very simple way.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
No paragraph breaks

No paragraph breaks: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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No paragraph breaks As you can see in the link below, the plugin works, but it is quite crammed.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Feature Request: Author name as widget title option

Feature Request: Author name as widget title option: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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Feature Request: Author name as widget title option Hi Dan, thank you for this great plugin.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Feature Request: Disable on archive pages.

Feature Request: Disable on archive pages.: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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Feature Request: Disable on archive pages.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.72
[Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Not working after update

[Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Not working after update: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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Thanks for any help.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
Short Code

Short Code: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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http://wordpress.org/plugins/about-the-author-advanced/ I really need this feature too.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
no display

no display: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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In the Settings I enabled all options just to get something to display.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
display multiple author bio list on category pages

display multiple author bio list on category pages: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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Any help would be appreciated.

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complaint Short Code support · 2013-10-16T19:14:51+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

Short Code: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: http://wordpress.org/plugins/about-the-author-advanced/ I really need this feature too.
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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praise Hide custom fields for subscribers support · 2013-10-02T18:27:06+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

Hide custom fields for subscribers: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Love your plugin.
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint no display support · 2013-09-29T18:47:49+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

no display: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: In the Settings I enabled all options just to get something to display.
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint social links dont display properly and css dont load support · 2013-05-18T22:23:42+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

social links dont display properly and css dont load: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: social links dont display properly and css dont load Hi i cant get the social links to display inline, I tried adding this to css .ataa-widget .social span img { display: inline; } as shown here http://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-media-links-2?replies=2 but still doesn’t work also the css file for the widget doesn’t load i had to add text color to my
compatibility support content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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neutral gravatar image not displaying support · 2013-05-03T09:27:13+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

gravatar image not displaying: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: gravatar image not displaying Hi there We are having a problem in trying to pull the gravatar image. We’ve successfully created a gravatar profile and associated an image to it. Unfortunately for some reason it’s not appearing. Can you please advise. Here is a link to the post we are busy testing: http://www.bpesawesterncape.co.za/south-africa-a-bpo-destinat
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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praise great plugin (5 stars) review · 2013-04-29T08:59:43+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

great plugin: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: great plugin Again, I can finally put all the information that I want to make clear to my clients and readers for disposal as real estate agent.
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint display multiple author bio list on category pages support · 2013-04-03T17:58:47+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

display multiple author bio list on category pages: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Any help would be appreciated.
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Customize fields support · 2013-02-20T16:22:07+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

Customize fields: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Customize fields Do you have any documentation you can send me on how and where to add a new field to the About the Author Advanced widget?
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Turn off about below the post support · 2013-02-08T17:44:12+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

Turn off about below the post: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I’d like to have the plugin work for just sidebar only – is there setting I missed or a way to do it?
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint display "about author info" above of the posts on mobile devices support · 2013-02-07T03:50:47+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

display "about author info" above of the posts on mobile devices: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: display "about author info" above of the posts on mobile devices Hi, I love this plugin since it just displays the info I need in a very simple way.
compatibility missing feature easy quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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neutral social media links support · 2013-01-25T11:22:31+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

social media links: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: http://markertraining.de/monster-ball/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about-the-author-advanced/ add this rule at the end of style.css file: .ataa-widget .social span img { display: inline; } Next, clear browser cache and check the site again.
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint No paragraph breaks support · 2012-11-11T05:17:35+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

No paragraph breaks: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: No paragraph breaks As you can see in the link below, the plugin works, but it is quite crammed.
compatibility missing feature reliable value content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Feature request – wordpress profile link support · 2012-11-08T19:36:39+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

Feature request – wordpress profile link: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Feature request – wordpress profile link If it makes sense to you , could you add a social link to the users wordpress profile?
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Feature Request: Disable on archive pages. support · 2012-11-05T20:17:40+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

Feature Request: Disable on archive pages.: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Feature Request: Disable on archive pages.
compatibility missing feature content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Feature Request: Author name as widget title option support · 2012-10-27T13:05:14+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

Feature Request: Author name as widget title option: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Feature Request: Author name as widget title option Hi Dan, thank you for this great plugin.
compatibility missing feature quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint [Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Feature Request: About the Author on the Main Page support · 2012-09-27T06:54:15+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

[Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Feature Request: About the Author on the Main Page: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Feature Request: About the Author on the Main Page Hello there!
compatibility missing feature support reliable content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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mixed [Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Not working after update support · 2012-09-14T17:05:17+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

[Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Not working after update: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Thanks for any help.
bugs support value quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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neutral [Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Feature request: add link to google plus profile support · 2012-09-01T01:16:13+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

[Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Feature request: add link to google plus profile: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Feature request: add link to google plus profile Tittle says it all, but it would be nice to have an option to display a link to the author’s google plus profile along side links to twitter facebook and linked in http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about-the-author-advanced/ Tittle says it all, but it would be nice to have
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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question [Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Display with Template Tag support · 2012-08-17T18:53:33+00:00 · low severity · about the author

[Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Display with Template Tag: question conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: [Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Display with Template Tag Is there any way this plugin can be used to show with a template tag vs. as a widget? Thanks. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about-the-author-advanced/ Is there any way this plugin can be used to show with a template tag vs. as a widget? Thanks. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about-the-a
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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neutral [Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Gravitar picture not displaying support · 2012-08-14T22:46:15+00:00 · medium severity · about the author

[Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Gravitar picture not displaying: users show bugs, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: About the Author Advanced] Gravitar picture not displaying I’ve activated and configured the plug-in.
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Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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