Two small feature requests

  • slodaddy

    (@slodaddy)


    19 years, 1 month ago

    I think it would be nice to have, in the edit timestamp box, an additional option to select current date and time.

    I think it would be nice to have, in the administrator area, the option to choose the number of page titles to be displayed per page under Manage Pages. I currently have more than 100 static pages and it takes a while for all the titles to load.

    Can this be accomplished by simply editing the code somewhere?

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  • Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    I think it would be nice to have, in the edit timestamp box, an additional option to select current date and time.

    I gotta ask: why? If you don’t check the box to use the (optional) timestamp, the post will get the current date and time assigned when you click “Publish.” Or am I misunderstanding?

    Thread Starter slodaddy

    (@slodaddy)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    The reason is; I use a sticky announcement at the top of my home page and re-edit it every few days. I want the new date to show each time its edited. I currently simply change the timestamp during each edit. But a nice little tic box would eliminate at least two mouseclicks. Quite a time saver, it would be.

    I’ve got this gut feeling that I am about to be scolded.

    Pizdin Dim

    (@pizdin_dim)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    “I’ve got this gut feeling that I am about to be scolded.”

    Perhaps you’re right, but you won’t be scolded by me.

    You have a valid point but I doubt the core development group will oblige due to the “unusual” nature of the request. Fundamentally, it goes against the concept of a post “publication” date, which is what we’re talking about here.

    I have a gut feeling you’re gonna have to continue with the manual change of date each time.

    Thread Starter slodaddy

    (@slodaddy)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    I realized at the outset that it was a somewhat trivial request (thats why I expected a scolding), but hoped that it might be easily done myself. I am using the new sticky plugin and thought that it would remove the date completely, but I can’t seem to get that function. Thanks for your reply.

    Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    Nah, I sure won’t scold.

    One of the fields in the wp_posts table (where wp_ is your db prefix) is “post_modified”. Have a look at the_modified_time template tag.
    Just add that to your theme?

    Thread Starter slodaddy

    (@slodaddy)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    Thanks HandySolo! That’s the peachy keen, bee’s knees thing I was looking for.

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