Topic: Show published date if never updated

melonbird
November 15, 2023 at 11:44 am

I’m using the Post Meta block element to display the date and author under post titles. I have it set to show the last modified date, with a text block that says “Updated:” before it. But when a post is first published, it just shows “Updated:” and then the author’s name. No date.

Is there a way to have it show “Published: [date]” on posts that have never been updated, and updated on those that have been?
David
November 15, 2023 at 3:17 pm

Hi there,

if you set the Date to show the Published date, there is an option to display the Updated date if there is one.
melonbird
November 16, 2023 at 5:57 am

I’m not seeing that option. This is what I see, and how I set it. What settings should I have to show either/or date?
David
November 16, 2023 at 3:23 pm

Thats the core Date Block.
Don’t use that.
Replace it with a GenerateBlocks Headline Block, and in the block settings ( sidebar ) activate the Dynamic Data and set the Content Source to Date.There you will see the options.
melonbird
November 17, 2023 at 5:45 am

Thank you! That got the date working. This is probably a long shot, but is there any way to have the word “Published” or “Updated” before the date, depending which it is? If not, I may just remove that word altogether.

David

November 17, 2023 at 6:10 am

A simple method would be to add the label using CSS:


.entry-date.published:before {
    content: "Published: "
}
.entry-date.updated-date:before {
    content: "Updated: "
}

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