How to add the time in blog view?

Hello everyone,

So i am trying to add the time of which the posts were made in the topic preview within the category. The problem is that the categories are blogs and the date is there but the time is not. If possible, i would like the time to be displayed in the topics preview within the blog category and in the blog posts and comments as well.

Forum Version: Phpbb3
Forum link: will be sent if needed.

Thanks a lot in advance!

Hi,

By default, the date is not shown in the blog posts. The only option to show the date would be to add the date to the post when posting it. Basically if you post a topic with this content:

Code:

Content

and it's 08:35, then, just before you post the topic, my code would transform the post content to something like this:

Code:

Content<ddated>08:35</ddated>

The

Code: <ddated>08:35</ddated>

would be hidden when someone looks at the topic. The script would get the data and insert it in the blog list. Also note that the old topics would not have the date in them and there's nothing anyone can do about it(maybe hack FM's database and get the date from there. Just kidding ). If this sounds good to you, let me know and I'll start working on the code.

Also there is a current time button in the editor.

SLGray wrote:Also there is a current time button in the editor.

Good to know. I'll be using JS's Date() for the code, so no need for that button.

@Wolfuryo yes please that would be amazing thank you.
@SLGray, i know that but i cannot make it show the time someone posted using that button because members have to press it before posting.. But thanks a lot.

Bump.

@Luffy, I'm on vacation with my family for about a week so I won't be able to assist you with this till next week. Please bump this topic from time to time so I won't forget about it and it won't be garbaged.

Wolfuryo wrote:@Luffy, I'm on vacation with my family for about a week so I won't be able to assist you with this till next week. Please bump this topic from time to time so I won't forget about it and it won't be garbaged.

Okay @Wolfuryo, will do so! Thanks a lot and enjoy your vacation.

Bump.

Hello @Luffy,
Have you check if there is a php variable in the default template? You can identify php variable from symbols {} i.e php variables looks like this {BLOG_POST_TIME}. Please check in this template topics_blog_box if there are the date fields code:

Code:


         <div class="blog_cal-border">
            <div class="blog_cal-content">
               <span class="blog_cal-{topics_blog_box.row.FIRST_POST_DMY_CLASS0}">{topics_blog_box.row.FIRST_POST_DMY_VALUE0}</span>
               <span class="blog_cal-{topics_blog_box.row.FIRST_POST_DMY_CLASS1}">{topics_blog_box.row.FIRST_POST_DMY_VALUE1}</span>
               <span class="blog_cal-{topics_blog_box.row.FIRST_POST_DMY_CLASS2}">{topics_blog_box.row.FIRST_POST_DMY_VALUE2}</span>
            </div>
         </div>


I already tried all possible ways for that to work but they don't work. They should have the time displaying there..

Hello @Luffy,
Yes as I was investigated last night this issue but I didn't find any php variables related with time displaying, also I didn't find the similar template like viewtopic_body for blog posts. I dont know if it is the same template with posts or if the blogs using different template for blog posts and is not accessible to us. It is better to ask someone from tech team about this.

Bump

Hi,

@Luffy, the code was placed on your forum. I'm not going to put the code here because it will only work on Luffy's forum.

@Wolfuryo this code only displays the time on your post and the post below your post.
I changed the after to before i there so i can style the time where i want it to be.

We have to see what's going on because this doesn't appear on every blog topic.

Ηello @Luffy,
Have you setup all blogs exactly with the same configuration?

Yes i have..

Very strange that means your code is not working correct, have you check your Js if it uses a random/randomize functions? Normally it mustn't shows different settings per blog. Have you setup your code to work on pre-selected blog-categories? Can you post your code here to check it?

@Wolfuryo made the code. He didn't want to share the code because it only works on my forum.. I am not sure what to do.. :O

Hi,

@Luffy, the code only works for topics that are made after the code was installed. It's not possible to show the time everywhere, because there is no place on the forum where you can see that time.

@Van-Helsing, this is the code that deals with getting the time and placing it where it's supposed to be:

Code:

$(document).ready(function(){
 
  /*Code by Wolfuryo. Usage of this code without this notice will result in the destruction of the website using the code*/
 
  var reg = /f\d+/;
  var pth = location.pathname;
 
  if( !reg.test(pth) || !$(".blog").length ) return;
    var ddata = $("ddata"),
        len = ddata.length,
        i = 0,
        bl_day = $(".blog_cal-year");
 
  for(i;i<len;i++){
    bl_day.eq(i+1).after('<span class="timeTime" id="bl_time"> - ' + ddata.eq(i).text() + '</span>');
  }
});

On Luffy's forum, there is a custom page that deals with topic posting in blogs. I have edited it a bit as well to add the date at the beginning of every blog topic..

Hello @Luffy,
Can you post your forum link to try debug your javascript?

My forum link is https://inforumgr.com

@Wolfuryo the code does not work for /f71-forum
I thought the code would word as you said so i checked some new topics on that category but it doesn't display the time anywhere..

Hi,

I have made edits to the page that you use for blog posting(https://www.inforumgr.com/h4-page). When I checked, the edits were not there. I don't know why that happened, but it should be solved now.

@Wolfuryo thanks a lot. One last thing. If for example it's 1 o'clock and 3 minutes the display time shows as 1:3 instead of 01:03. Can we fix that please. I am seeing an example now that says 21:1 instead of 21:01. http://prntscr.com/g16tl5

It should be solved now, @Luffy.

@Wolfuryo, the edits you did for /h4-page is now the problem because now we cannot make any new posts now..

Hi again,

The problem should be fixed now.

@Wolfuryo this is not solved yet as my members tell me that they try to make some posts and some times it's ok and some other it shows the issue again.

All of the topics in blogs are posted through /h4-page? If so, there shouldn't be any problem.

No for each page we have different blog. I had:
/h4-page which is for Greece News, /h5-page which is for World News, /h6-page for Sport News and so on. All the hmtl pages starting from /h4 and up are all new topic forms. Now though i have them all directing to /h1-page to avoid all those pages.