Post Picture Attribution Section

Hello,

I’m writing to find out if this theme supports post picture credit/attribution.

In other words, say I write an article and I use a picture from Wikipedia or Getty Images, where I have to give credit to the picture source, usually in small text under the picture to the left or right of it. Does this them support that feature?

Here is an example: https://www.screencast.com/t/znXFXTz7D

If the theme doesn’t support this feature, can you recommend a good plugin for that feature?

Thanks!

Simion,

Thanks for the reply.

Your suggestion is spot on for pictures inside of a post.

I should have been a little more specific, I’m looking for a solution for credit/attribution for Featured Images that get displayed in posts at the top of the post (the main image/video), not images embedded in a post among text.

Does that make sense?

Thanks!

Simion,

Thank you for the response.

What you are suggesting is practical, however its not a fit for our application.

We need to be able to provide credit to the featured image to show where the image was sourced from. The credit is usually in small lettered displayed to the left, centered or right of the featured image but only visible on a post.

Here is the perfect example: https://www.screencast.com/t/Khg2ulfB9fI0

Thats small text can only been seen when someone reads the article, its not displayed if the article if featured on the home page or anywhere else on a website.

In the US, for legal reasons, one has to cite the picture/video to give credit to the originator.

I’m guessing what I’m asking for is not a native function to the theme, but would you happen to know of any plugins that provide that credit/attribution filed to be included with the featured image, but only displayed on the post?

Also, I see that you are using screencast.com, hope you like it 🙂

Thanks!

Simion,

I checked out some plug-ins and they all seem to be outdated, in other words they haven’t had updates in a long time. If I install, they may compromise the security of the site, unless you think it wont cause any issues.

But, yes, I agree with you that having that option available and native to the theme would be great and would make the theme more competitive for news like sites that need to cite picture sources or provide picture attribution in the USA.

Looking forward to that update.

Thanks for your help!

Want to add my request for this feature. A separate field, that could be formatted differently via CSS, would be idea. I’m using the Caption field, which is okay, but it leads to some weird issues, especially in galleries.

Simion,

I saw that lakersnation.com, a big blog here in Los Angeles, and they use the Newspaper theme Version: 2.3.4 (rara) and I see that in their posts, they have a featured image credit/attribution section:

See example here: https://www.screencast.com/t/ORNNfVuugN

Article: https://www.lakersnation.com/lakers-news-enes-kanter-details-big-problem-with-lebron-james/2018/08/27/

Code snippet: data-caption=”Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports”

Is that a plugin or do you think its custom code?

Thanks!

Catalin,

That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

Have a good one!

Yes, I know how to add a caption, and for now, that is what I do.

BUT, there are two problems:
– On a regular image, there is not a way to customize the attribution differently from the caption (as far as I know). The caption is already italic, which would be the normal attribution treatment.
– And, on the tagdiv gallery, there is no way to separate the caption from the attribution either. On the gallery, especially, it would be very nice to have the caption larger, and the attribution separate and smaller. As it is, I have to put the attribution inside the caption, which really looks ugly.

So, I’m back to asking for a separate field that could be used in both regular image inserts AND in the gallery. Thanks!

@BruceInLouisville

Thank you for explaining your challenge it in detail. Yes, I understand where you are coming from now. And yes, your recommendation makes sense; I’m with it as well.

Here are my thoughts…Perhaps the italics can be removed from the current caption field while making the font color black. The credit/attribution can be a font smaller, italicized and gray color and assign right indent so caption inherits the left indent.

That way there will be separation in the text and readers will easily identify the distinction between the caption and the credit/attribution.

Thanks!