22Rich Snippets Code for Thesis Theme

In response to a query by Darko Kovan­cives on my pre­vi­ous art­icle about[int­link id=“1520” type=“post”]fixing Rich Snip­pets code for the Mys­tique theme[/intlink] we have resolved the same issues with the Thes­is theme. Details of the changes required are below.

Before the file edits you need to carry out vari­ous oth­er changes and tasks

1. Get a google pro­file (i.e. a google+ account)
2. Add the address of your site (e.g. https://diymediahome.org) to your google+ pro­file, as a pub­lic link
3. Get your google plus ID and use it in place of mine in file edit num­ber 5 below
4. Change a Thes­is set­ting for show­ing author on teas­ers in the options — Thes­is: Design Options: Teas­ers: Teas­er Dis­play Options: Tick “author name”
5. Change a Thes­is set­ting for link­ing author in options — Thes­is: Design Options: Dis­play Options: Bylines: “Link author names to archives”

Now do the file edits as follows

1. Edit line 151 in content.php to nest the fn span inside a vcard span

from

[php htmlscript=“1”]echo __(‘by’, ‘thes­is’) . ” <span class=\“author vcard$fn\”>$author</span>”;[/php]

to

[php htmlscript=“1”]echo __(‘by’, ‘thes­is’) . ” <span class=\“vcard\”><span class=\“author $fn\”>$author</span></span>”;[/php]

2. Edit line 114 in content.php to provide updated date as well as pub­lished date

from

[php htmlscript=“1”]if ($date)
echo ‘<abbr class=“published” title=“ ‘ . get_the_time(‘Y‑m-d’) . ’ ”>’ . get_the_time(get_option(‘date_format’)) . ‘</abbr>’;[/php]

to

[php htmlscript=“1”]if ($date){
if(get_the_date()!=get_the_modified_date()){
echo ‘<abbr class=“published” title=“ ‘ . get_the_time(‘Y‑m-d’) . ’ ”>’ . get_the_time(get_option(‘date_format’)) . ‘</abbr>. Updated <abbr class=“updated” title=“ ‘ . get_the_modified_time(‘Y‑m-d’) . ’ ”>’ . get_the_modified_time(get_option(‘date_format’)) . ‘</abbr>’;
}
else{
echo ‘<abbr class=“published updated” title=“ ‘ . get_the_time(‘Y‑m-d’) . ’ ”>’ . get_the_time(get_option(‘date_format’)) . ‘</abbr>’;
}
}[/php]

3. Edit line 81 in teasers.php to include updated date

from

[php htmlscript=“1”]echo ‘<abbr class=“teaser_date pub­lished” title=“ ‘ . get_the_time(‘Y‑m-d’) . ’ ”>’ . get_the_time($use_format) . “</abbr>\n”;[/php]

to

[php htmlscript=“1”]if(get_the_date()!=get_the_modified_date()) echo ‘<abbr class=“teaser_date pub­lished” title=“ ‘ . get_the_time(‘Y‑m-d’) . ’ ”>’ . get_the_time($use_format) . ‘</abbr><abbr class=“teaser_date updated” title=“ ‘ . get_the_modified_time(‘Y‑m-d’) . ’ ”><span class=“value-title” title=“ ‘.get_the_modified_time($use_format).’ ”></span></abbr>’.”\n”;
else echo ‘<abbr class=“teaser_date pub­lished updated” title=“ ‘ . get_the_time(‘Y‑m-d’) . ’ ”>’ . get_the_time($use_format) . “</abbr>\n”;[/php]

4. Edit the author href code on line 144 of content.php to add rel=“me”

from

[php htmlscript=“1”]$author = ‘<a href=“ ‘ . get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_ID()) . ’ ” class=“url fn“ ‘ . $nofol­low .’>’ . get_the_author() . ‘</a>’;[/php]

to

[php htmlscript=“1”]$author = ‘<a rel=“me” href=“ ‘ . get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_ID()) . ’ ” class=“url fn“ ‘ . $nofol­low .’>’ . get_the_author() . ‘</a>’;[/php]

5. Edit line 308 in content.php to insert google account link

from

[php htmlscript=“1”]$output .= “$tab\t<h1>” . apply_filters(‘thesis_archive_intro_headline’, get_author_name($wp_query->query_vars[‘author’])) . “</h1>\n”; #wp[/php]

to

[php htmlscript=“1”]$output .= “$tab\t<h1><a rel=\“me\” href=\“https://plus.google.com/104657888470728381512/\”>” . apply_filters(‘thesis_archive_intro_headline’, get_author_name($wp_query->query_vars[‘author’])) . “</a></h1>\n”; #wp[/php]