Now that Google+ is rolling out custom URLs to users, finding your ProfileID is almost impossible. Google Authorship works with the custom URL, so it makes sense to modify the input validation to allow users to save their custom url rather than a profile ID.

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Search for oid="" in the source. One of them will have the 21 digit you're looking for. Damn awkward though. This might be Google's problem.

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scott.whittaker commented

Wouldn't it be simpler to change the profile ID field to a string and remove the current restrictive validation?

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@scott.whittaker

I'd rather not let anyone post whatever link they want in there. Ideally, users would be able to either enter their custom url or their id. I'm considering how I want to validate that before writing a change. Ideas/patches are welcome ;)

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I was excited when I found this module — easy authorship integration. Of course, I have a custom URL, so now I'm not so excited....

"I'd rather not let anyone post whatever link they want in there. Ideally, users would be able to either enter their custom url or their id."

You don't have to let anyone post whatever link they want. Custom URLs simply replace the 21-digit number with a "+" followed by an arbitrary number of alphanumeric characters.

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Priority: Normal » Major

Bumping the priority on this.

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