I have hundreds of nodes that are single author only, but only a few I'm interested in allowing multiple authorship. If I enable this module, all the authors in the bylines disappear unless I were to manually go back and fix all the nodes. Is there any way to just leave the old byline unless authors are specified? And is it possible to not only control the layout of the timestamp, but also the entire byline? I like to have the authors listed first and then the date. I do this right now by editing my theme.inc but I think it would be useful to have built in the module.

Thanks.

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hansamurai’s picture

hansamurai CreditAttribution: hansamurai commented

Let me provide a little more context if that would help, I was a little out of it last night.

I use user 1 to submit all content on the site, whether it's written by me or one of my co-writers. Basically they send me their writings and I send it through my publishing software and then assign the correct Author under Authoring Information when publishing.

So nothing actually appears to be written by user 1, the byline always points to user 2 or 15 or whatever.

When I tried this module, first all authorship disappeared from the byline, I understand why that happened. But when I clicked the checkbox that said to automatically add the real author to the taxonomy, it added user 1 instead of user 2 or 15, etc.

Basically I never want user 1 to appear on the byline, it seems I can manage this by not checking the auto-promote checkbox, but then I would need to go through each and every node and add the taxonomy. Is there any way to tie the taxonomy to the designated Author set in the Authored By field?

I really just want multiple authors for a few nodes, and don't want to retroactively fix everything just for them. If anyone has any advice or tricks, let me know.

Todd Nienkerk’s picture

Todd Nienkerk CreditAttribution: Todd Nienkerk commented

hansamurai: This is a fairly specific use case, so I'm not inclined to add it to the module until some other users request the same thing.

That said, there are many ways to do what you're doing. First, however, never hack core (e.g., modifying theme.inc). You can always override theme functions in your theme. Hacking core is a sure-fire way to make upgrading your site very frustrating and painful.

Before I try and support your request, there's something you said in your follow-up comment that raises a big, red flag:

Is there any way to tie the taxonomy to the designated Author set in the Authored By field?

The answer to that question is: Yes. This is exactly what Author Taxonomy does. This module lets you choose a vocabulary -- "Authored By," "Authors," "Writers," "Names," whatever -- and simply grants it a special status to override the byline (or not -- it's an option you can disable) with serialized names.

Additionally, this module is not necessarily used to list multiple authors. In fact, it's specifically designed to do exactly what you want: Manage content as an admin or editor (in your case, user #1) while attributing it to completely different people. You simply select one name in the taxonomy field.

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mattwmc CreditAttribution: mattwmc commented

I'm running into a similar problem.

I enabled the module and all content that doesn't have the author tag, now doesn't display an author - but does display a timestamp.

It doesn't seem to override - but replace. If nothing is there nothing shows.

Did I configure something wrong?

Thanks, I love the mod as I need to show two authors; also any way to get this to work with Real Name? (don't want fuzzy01 to show when it should be John Doe, Editor lol).