How to add an image link to a specific authors posts?

[lwharris]

I am using Genesis Sample theme.

I want to have an author of the week & include their website logo on all of their posts. I've created the widget below, but it doesn't display the author's logo. I can get the logo to display on everyone's posts, or on no one's posts, but not just on Sam Smith's posts.

This is my code attempt:

//My attempt at inserting a widget at the end of a post_info    
	//if the author is Sam Smith
//* Register a widget area called 'author-logo'
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'            => 'author-logo',
	'name'          => __( 'Author Logo Widget', 'sample' ),
	'description'   => __( 'Author-of-the-Month logo.', 'sample' ),
) );

if ( 'post_author' == 'Sam Smith) {
add_action( 'genesis_entry_footer', 'add_author_logo' );
	function add_author_logo() {	
		genesis_widget_area( 'author-logo', array(
			'before' => '<div class="author-logo widget-area">',
			'after' => '</div>',
		) );
	}
}

What am I doing wrong above & is there a better way?

[Brad Dalton]

Add the conditional tag after the function and populate the widget with the Genesis Users profile widget.

I doubt this will work:

if ( 'post_author' == 'Sam Smith) {

You'll need to find the conditional for authors

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[lwharris]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Here is the code that worked.

//Inserting author logo widget at the end of a post_info 
	//if the author is Sam Smith
//* Register a widget area called 'author-logo'
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'            => 'author-logo',
	'name'          => __( 'Author Logo Widget', 'sample' ),
	'description'   => __( 'Author-of-the-Month logo.', 'sample' ),
) );

add_action( 'genesis_entry_footer', 'add_author_logo' );
	function add_author_logo() {
		$author = get_the_author(); 	
		if ( $author == 'Sam Smith') {     
		genesis_widget_area( 'author-logo', array(
			'before' => '<div class="author-logo widget-area">',
			'after' => '</div>',
		) );
	}
}

🙂

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