[Theforum] +1/-1 Author Info Blocks

[Michele Foster]

Hey folks ..

It's voting time again .. ;)

Please respond +1 / -1 on the following two items.  Note, this message
cross-posted to thesite and theforum, one only needs to respond in either
place.

Here's a sample page taken from teo.

http://members.evolt.org/Mishka/authorinfo.htm

We're having file permission issues on teo at the moment, so one won't see
the author's pic being displayed.  Note, I cut a lot of content from this
article and deleted 43 of the 45 comments .. wow, try beating that on weo.
;)

Anyway, on to the vote ..

(1)  Author's block of info as displayed .. photo if one exists, plus number
of articles written average rating and total number of ratings.  This block
of info is styled using the sidebar class.

(2)  Author's bio and other articles .. located at the end of the article,
before the rating bar.  Again, this info is styled using the sidebar class
of the (at this time) existing stylesheet.  This includes 5 of the author's
other articles if they exist (there's some fancy math to this, but I can't
remember what it is .. i.e. content categories will be displayed before FAQ
ones .. or something like that).  If the author has not written any other
articles, then that part is left off altogether (i.e. it doesn't say "this
author hasn't written anything else").  Same with the bio, if the author
hasn't entered one, then nothing is displayed (much better than saying,
"this author hasn't supplied a bio" ;).

Once we've ascertained the level (or not) of support for these two items,
work can continue building the backend required to accommodate them.  It's
been started, but isn't ready for use at this time.

Holler if anyone has any questions.

Michele