author list

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I would like to list author pages in a list.
https://coinchoice.net/author/

How can I arrange them like the above sites?

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Hi,

There is an element in the composer that are created specifically for this task
https://www.screencast.com/t/v7rEnDZJes
Or maybe even the team member element could be useful
https://www.screencast.com/t/v7T0a52i0wG

Thanks

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Hi Simion

thanks
Author box would imply a manually bulding of the page, correct?
Does Authors box work with more than one column?

I cannot find the team-member function. Where do I have to look for it?

Cheers
Hansjörg

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Hi,

The authors box can be used on pages built with the composer, or as a widget in sidebars for example.
The team member is one of the many multi-purpose elements introduced in the 8.5 theme update. The multi-purpose plugin was made available, to be used together with the tagDiv composer. It ads many items and functionality to the builder
https://www.screencast.com/t/mx9RDI5pckCr

Thanks

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Hi Simion
thanks. I found now the team-member function. But it is still unclear to me, how I can insert all active authors via this function in the page.

Also my question is still open, if authors box can automatically placed in more than on column.

Cheers
Hansjörg

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The authors box can be placed on any row layout you want, it will look like this example
https://www.screencast.com/t/vddhS7Lo4Lt
This element is created specifically for this task.
The team member element I suggested because it is somewhat similar to the one you mentioned. This does not have specific options to display user roles like the authors box. An image must be set manually, socials and a description text as well.

Thanks

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Hi Simion

Thanks. How can I Change Settings of the authors box? E.g. showing the author Information, social Networks, or not Show comments and article Count?

Cheers
Hansjörg

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All the settings can be seen when configuring the box
https://www.screencast.com/t/bOTMLbcko
It will show the user avatar, name, post and comment number and website link. That would all it can display.
If you require more settings and capabilities you could as well try an author box plugin, such as these maybe
http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/7-best-free-author-bio-box-plugins-for-wordpress/
https://www.shoutmeloud.com/author-box-wordpress-plugin.html

Thanks

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Hi

I am happy with the theme’s author box. All I want is to Show the Content of the normal author box using the authors box function on an Author’s page. Other themes provide this functions automatically, so I wonder if such a sophisticated theme as newspaper does not have such an Option…

Cheers
Hansjörg

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Hi,

Unfortunately that will not be possible with the current authors box element capabilities. This together with the single author box are currently all the elements in the matter
https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/author-box/
Maybe these elements will get a redesign, or an additional element will be added in a theme update. That is a possibility.

Thanks

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Hopefully a nice looking automated authors page will be integrated in the next update. As I said, I wonder, that is not part of this great theme already.

But back to my question: How can I integrate the authors bio in the authors box?

Cheers

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That would require modifications to the authors box. By default it does not display the bio. Copy the code from the author box which displays the bio
https://www.screencast.com/t/HLjvdq1e
Paste it in the authors box like this
https://www.screencast.com/t/wwP5UWRb
Now with a small height adjustment the authors box will display the bio for each author
https://www.screencast.com/t/06qdsfZmmmj0

.td_top_authors .item-details {
height: 100px;
}

Thanks

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Hi Simion

thanks that works great.

How can I

Hide the comment-numbers?
Show the social Networks of the author there as well?

cheers
Hansjörg

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Hi,

Hide the comment number either by removing it from the code in the file shown, or with CSS
https://www.screencast.com/t/bXYNF5wBb

.td_block_authors .td-author-comments-count {
display:none;
}

Showing the socials for each user would require major modifications to this element, you could try to integrate the socials in but that may not be easy, to get and display the socials for each author would probably take a lot of work and testing.

Thanks

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