<?php  $buffy ="";
                        $buffy .= '<div class="td-author-social">';
                            foreach (td_social_icons::$td_social_icons_array as $td_social_id => $td_social_name) {
                            //echo get_the_author_meta($td_social_id) . '<br>';
                            $authorMeta = get_the_author_meta($td_social_id);
                            if (!empty($authorMeta)) {

                            //the theme can use the twitter id instead of the full url. This avoids problems with yoast plugin
                            if ($td_social_id == 'twitter') {
                            if(filter_var($authorMeta, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)){

                            } else {
                            $authorMeta = str_replace('@', '', $authorMeta);
                            $authorMeta = 'http://twitter.com/' . $authorMeta;
                            }
                            }
                            $buffy .= td_social_icons::get_icon($authorMeta, $td_social_id, true);
                            }
                            }
                            $buffy .= '</div>';
                            echo  $buffy;
                                ?>