Comments on: Addressing the Problem with Historical Timestamps http://www.blogherald.com/2009/04/29/using-historical-timestamps/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Beverly Carroll http://www.blogherald.com/2009/04/29/using-historical-timestamps/comment-page-1/#comment-1131434 Beverly Carroll Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:29:57 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=11966#comment-1131434 Excellent blog here! Also your web site loads up very fast! What host are you using? Can I get your affiliate link to your host? I wish my site loaded up as fast as yours lol Excellent blog here! Also your web site loads up very fast! What host are you using? Can I get your affiliate link to your host? I wish my site loaded up as fast as yours lol

]]> By: Sue Wemett http://www.blogherald.com/2009/04/29/using-historical-timestamps/comment-page-1/#comment-1093512 Sue Wemett Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:01:51 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=11966#comment-1093512 I am in the process of blogging my great-uncles letters into a historical blog, and it is such a pain not to be able to use the actual dates of the posts, and have them order by the date of the letter. The blog would be much more interesting and simplified if I could just change the dates posted to the date of the letter. These letters were written in the 1920s and 1930s. I use the date in the title of each letter but have a difficult time ordering the letters. I am in the process of blogging my great-uncles letters into a historical blog, and it is such a pain not to be able to use the actual dates of the posts, and have them order by the date of the letter. The blog would be much more interesting and simplified if I could just change the dates posted to the date of the letter. These letters were written in the 1920s and 1930s. I use the date in the title of each letter but have a difficult time ordering the letters.

]]> By: Su http://www.blogherald.com/2009/04/29/using-historical-timestamps/comment-page-1/#comment-991228 Su Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:14:22 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=11966#comment-991228 This has been possible with Movable Type from the start, as far as I'm aware. The most well-known example is probably Phil Gyford's long-running <a href="http://www.pepysdiary.com/" rel="nofollow">Pepy's Diary</a>. Bit disappointing this seems to still(?) be impossible with WordPress. Projects like the <a href="http://orwelldiaries.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Orwell Diaries</a> would work better if they could be properly dated. This has been possible with Movable Type from the start, as far as I’m aware. The most well-known example is probably Phil Gyford’s long-running Pepy’s Diary.

Bit disappointing this seems to still(?) be impossible with WordPress. Projects like the Orwell Diaries would work better if they could be properly dated.

]]> By: redwall_hp http://www.blogherald.com/2009/04/29/using-historical-timestamps/comment-page-1/#comment-990900 redwall_hp Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:48:47 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=11966#comment-990900 Historical timestamps is an interesting idea, but it would introduce some problems. 1. You wouldn't be able to schedule posts too well. 2. If you wanted your latest posts to be visible, it would be necessary to re-write your posts loops to order posts by id rather than date. An alternative would be to create a function in functions.php called display_date() or something. Have it check for a custom field with a historical date, and if it is empty use the "normal" date, then output the result. Historical timestamps is an interesting idea, but it would introduce some problems.

1. You wouldn’t be able to schedule posts too well.

2. If you wanted your latest posts to be visible, it would be necessary to re-write your posts loops to order posts by id rather than date.

An alternative would be to create a function in functions.php called display_date() or something. Have it check for a custom field with a historical date, and if it is empty use the “normal” date, then output the result.

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