Genesis Custom Sidebar with Custom User Profile Fields

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<?php
    // ref link: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/access-author-data-outside-loop-in-sidebar
    // ref link: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-singlephp-for-specific-author
    // ref link: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_author_meta
    // ref link: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_category
    // ref link: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_category#Get_the_Post_Categories_From_Outside_the_Loop
    // ref link: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-tags-outside-the-loop
    genesis_structural_wrap( 'sidebar' );
    global $post;
    $thePostID = $posts[0]->ID;
    $thePostCat = get_the_category($thePostID);
    $posttags = get_the_tags($thePostID);
    $authorID = $posts[0]->post_author;
    $artist = get_the_author_meta('display_name',$authorID);
    $artistWebSite = get_the_author_meta('url',$authorID);
    $artistWebSite2 = get_the_author_meta('website2',$authorID);
    $artistBio = get_the_author_meta('description',$authorID);
    $artistBioWYSIWYG = get_the_author_meta('intro_text',$authorID);
    $artistPhone = get_the_author_meta('business_phone',$authorID);
    $artistCompany = get_the_author_meta('business_name',$authorID);
    $artistAddress = get_the_author_meta('business_address',$authorID);
    $artistLat = get_the_author_meta('business_latitude',$authorID);
    $artistLong = get_the_author_meta('business_longitude',$authorID);
    $artistTownship = get_the_author_meta('business_township',$authorID);
    $artistGplus = get_the_author_meta('googleplus',$authorID);
    $artistFacebook = get_the_author_meta('facebook',$authorID);
    $artistTwitter = get_the_author_meta('twitter',$authorID);
    $artistPinterest = get_the_author_meta('pinterest',$authorID);
    $artistInstagram = get_the_author_meta('instagram',$authorID);
    $artistYoutube = get_the_author_meta('youtube',$authorID);
    $artistEmail = get_the_author_meta('user_email',$authorID);
    do_action( 'genesis_before_sidebar_widget_area' );
        echo '<div class="widget-wrap">';
        //echo '<p>Author ID: '.$authorID.'</p>';
        //echo '<p>Post ID: '.$thePostID.'</p>';
        //echo '<p>Post Category: '.$thePostCat.'</p>';
        //echo '<p>Post Category Name: '.$thePostCatName.'</p>';
        //echo '<p>see what is what: '.var_dump($thePostCat).'</p>';
        echo '<h4 class="widget-title widgettitle">'.$artist.'</h4>';
        echo 'Category: <a href="'.get_category_link($thePostCat[0]->term_id ).'">'.$thePostCat[0]->cat_name.'</a>';
        if ($posttags) {
            echo '<p>Post Tags: <br>';
            foreach($posttags as $tag) {
                echo '<p><a href="'.get_tag_link($tag->term_id).'">'.$tag->name.'</a></p>';
            }
        }
        echo ( wpautop($artistBio) );
        //echo ( wpautop($artistBioWYSIWYG) );
        echo '<p>'.$artistPhone.'</p>';
        echo '<p><a rel="nofollow" href="'.$artistWebSite.'">'.$artistWebSite.'</a></p>';
        echo '<p><a rel="nofollow" href="'.$artistWebSite2.'">'.$artistWebSite2.'</a></p>';
        echo '<ul id=cpt-connections>';
        if (!empty($artistGplus)) {
            echo '<li class="cpt-googleplus"><a rel="nofollow" href="'.$artistGplus.'">'.$artistGplus.'</a></li>';
        }
        if (!empty($artistFacebook)) {
            echo '<li class="cpt-facebook"><a rel="nofollow" href="'.$artistFacebook.'">'.$artistFacebook.'</a></li>';
        }
        if (!empty($artistTwitter)) {
            echo '<li class="cpt-twitter"><a rel="nofollow" href="'.$artistTwitter.'">'.$artistTwitter.'</a></li>';
        }
        if (!empty($artistPinterest)) {
            echo '<li class="cpt-pinterest"><a rel="nofollow" href="'.$artistPinterest.'">'.$artistPinterest.'</a></li>';
        }
        if (!empty($artistInstagram)) {
            echo '<li class="cpt-instagram"><a rel="nofollow" href="'.$artistInstagram.'">'.$artistInstagram.'</a></li>';
        }
        if (!empty($artistYoutube)) {
            echo '<li class="cpt-youtube"><a rel="nofollow" href="'.$artistYoutube.'">'.$artistYoutube.'</a></li>';
        }
        if (!empty($artistEmail)) {
            echo '<li class="cpt-email"><a href="mailto:'.$artistEmail.'">'.$artistEmail.'</a></li>';
        }
        echo '</ul>';
        echo '<p>'.$artistCompany.'</p>';
        echo '<p>'.$artistTownship.'</p>';
        echo '<p>'.$artistAddress.'</p>';
        echo '</div>';
    do_action( 'genesis_after_sidebar_widget_area' );
    genesis_structural_wrap( 'sidebar', 'close' );
?>
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