Author permalink includes static text

[lonelicloud]

In multisite mode, the author permalink is NOT correct when using post permalink like /posts/%postname%/. In this case, author permalink is generated as

http://yourdomainname.tld/blog/posts/author/authorname

The base word POSTS is added to this, not like before. Should it be

http://yourdomainname.tld/blog/author/authorname

Please check it! Maybe also accur in single site mode.

It's my first ticket. I'm not sure wether it meets the requirements. But the problem is real.

[duck_]

I believe this is the expected behaviour, experiencing it back to 2.7 (not looked at older versions) and when using one of the default permalink settings (/archives/%post_id%).

[nacin]

This does make sense in the sense that you're looking at "archives" or "posts" (using the two examples) written by a certain author.

We wouldn't change the way the permalinks are created because it would break existing links. But if you're using author pages for more than just posts, such as a custom post type, then you should change the rewrites via a plugin.

[lonelicloud]

Replying to duck_:

I believe this is the expected behaviour, experiencing it back to 2.7 (not looked at older versions) and when using one of the default permalink settings (/archives/%post_id%).

OK, thank you! I began to use wordpress from version 2.8.4, so I didn't know the history.
The ticket was posted because it would cause link-not-found error when user upgrading from single site wordpress to multisite mode. Maybe we are not view this problem at the same way.

[lonelicloud]

Replying to nacin:

This does make sense in the sense that you're looking at "archives" or "posts" (using the two examples) written by a certain author.

We wouldn't change the way the permalinks are created because it would break existing links. But if you're using author pages for more than just posts, such as a custom post type, then you should change the rewrites via a plugin.

Thank you, nacin! Your explanation does make sense for me. Because WE can't provide a perfect solution, so we have to lose something for something more valuable.

[nacin]

The ticket was posted because it would cause link-not-found error when user upgrading from single site wordpress to multisite mode.

That's probably coming out of us prepending /blog to the main site's permalinks, which is why we warn the administrator about that when creating a network via Tools > Network.

[lonelicloud]

Replying to nacin:

The ticket was posted because it would cause link-not-found error when user upgrading from single site wordpress to multisite mode.

That's probably coming out of us prepending /blog to the main site's permalinks, which is why we warn the administrator about that when creating a network via Tools > Network.

Really thank you nacin! I noticed the problem and solved it on my blog site. I upgraded my blog site from version 2.9.2 to 3.0 RC1 then 3.0 RC2, and I noticed that the author permalink changed from domain.tld/author/xxx to domain.tld/blog/articles/author/xxx but not domain.tld/blog/author/xxx, where articles is my static text base for my post's permalink. Then I raised this ticket to inform you developers. It's not really a big problem for me as I can make a 301 redirection from old link to the new one. I THOUGHT it's a defect but it's NOT, it's just a necessary adjustment.
Thank you for your warmhearted concern again!

[nacin]

We hope to tackle /blog in 3.1 by implementing global permalink collision detection. That's its current purpose, to prevent the root site links from conflicting with subdirectory links. If you use subdomains, you won't see this.

There is also a plugin or two that can remove it if necessary.