AIB - Author Info Box Pro
AIB displays information about the authors above or underneath the articles Enhance your articles with the Author Info Box plugin, a dynamic feature that allows you to display essential information about the author either above or below an article. This plugin conveniently presents details such as the author's name, avatar image, website, email address, and brief biography.
The plugin's flexibility allows you to customize which information to display, with the ability to source data from various profiles, including the default Joomla! User-Profile plugin, JomSocial, Kunena, and the Author List profile. Depending on your preference, the author's image can be retrieved from the Gravatar service (gravatar.com) or the profiles mentioned above.
Furthermore, this plugin allows you to link directly to the author's JomSocial, Kunena, or Author List profiles, enriching the reader's ability to explore more about the author.
You have full control over when and where the Author Info Box is displayed. Its appearance can be limited to the article view and manipulated via four different ID assignments (author ID, article ID, category ID, and item ID).
The visual output is entirely driven by an included CSS file, allowing you to easily tailor the look of the box to match your existing website template. With this plugin, you can provide a more immersive, informative reading experience by showcasing your authors in an elegant, personalized manner.
Features
- Author Info Box - show information about the authors
- All fields are optional
- Individual titles for the box and the description text of the author
- Data are loaded from: Author Info Box Profile Plugin, Joomla! Profile Plugin, Joomla! Contact Component, JomSocial, Kunena, Author List and Gravatar
- Name - real name or username
- Set a link to the Joomla! Contact Component, JomSocial, Kunena or Author List profiles of the authors
- Email Address - protected with the cloak functionality of Joomla! or in plain text
- Description - short text about the author - is loaded from the "User - Profile" plugin or the JomSocial, Kunena or Author List profile
- Website - is loaded from the "User - Profile" Plugin or the JomSocial / Kunena profile
- Image of the author - Avatar - is loaded from Gravatar (free registration at gravatar.com needed) or the JomSocial, Kunena or Author List profile
- Info box positon - before or after the articles
- Article view - authorbox can be limited to the article view
- The triggering of the plugin can be controlled by IDs of the articles
- List with links to other articles of the loaded author
- Languages: English and German
