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#1 2020-01-07 21:35:10

code365
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Date Object associate to content to links

Hi,

Is their anyway associate a date to links, that is under content >links ? Basically I want to select a date for the article title.

Thank you

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#2 2020-01-07 22:06:00

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Re: Date Object associate to content to links

Does txp:link_date help?


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#3 2020-01-07 22:39:10

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Re: Date Object associate to content to links

@Jakob

Sorry if I was not clear. I want to be able to select the date. Not the date the link was created.

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#4 2020-01-08 06:45:17

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Re: Date Object associate to content to links

If you mean, change the creation date, in the same way we can change the creation date of articles, the only way I can think of is via phpMyAdmin.


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#5 2020-01-08 08:10:36

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Re: Date Object associate to content to links

colak wrote #320920:

If you mean, change the creation date, in the same way we can change the creation date of articles…

… there is jra_link_admin_date that adds a date edit field to the link panel. It’s an old plugin but it is still working on a site I have with txp 4.7.1, so you may be in luck.


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#6 2020-01-08 13:58:32

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Re: Date Object associate to content to links

@Jakob…YES that is what I talking about. You are awesome. Any plans to have this part of the txp?

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#7 2020-01-08 14:05:16

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Re: Date Object associate to content to links

code365 wrote #320938:

@Jakob…YES that is what I talking about. You are awesome. Any plans to have this part of the txp?

The date field is already in textpattern, as is the link_date tag to display it. The date is update to the current time when you edit and re-save the link.
All the plugin does – it’s not from me but from Jean Rajotte – is show you the fields so that you can set it to a specific time if you wish.
I have no idea whether the devs have considered adding that to textpattern as standard.


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#8 2020-01-08 14:08:54

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Re: Date Object associate to content to links

Don’t see why we can’t expose the creation date in core. We have fields for it in the DB, and for images and files too, so we could do the same there.

Can anyone see any downsides, besides the extra screen real-estate? Should we do this or is it plugin territory?


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#9 2020-01-08 14:20:32

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Re: Date Object associate to content to links

I’m torn:

  • It’s not all that common a requirement and makes the form look more complex.
  • But: there’s a tag to output it, but at present you can’t influence what it contains (except for re-saving). It’s also inconsistent with files where you can set the publish date and time.

I think the old plugin (from 2010) probably needs an update as re-saving the link bumps the time to the present, losing you your specifically-set time.


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#10 2020-01-08 14:37:20

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Re: Date Object associate to content to links

I’m not sure either. One thing we could do is think about exposing this kind of thing behind some twisty like we do on the Write panel. Not sure if that’s particularly good UX, but if it’s a not-oft used feature, we could tuck it away under a date/time area. And follow that through to Images and Files too, maybe.

It might be possible to relegate other fields too, such as sort order. If people want them, they’re available, the twisty retains its toggle state until you close it, but they don’t then clutter the panel.

The link date is shown in the List step and is sortable and has a tag, so we must have thought it holds some benefit to include it in the first place. Thinking about it in that way, it seems odd not to allow it to be altered.


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#11 2020-01-08 15:36:16

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Re: Date Object associate to content to links

Bloke wrote #320940:

Don’t see why we can’t expose the creation date in core.

Me neither (but have no time for it right now, sorry). And I hope some day articles/images/files/links will become just ‘components’ with a common interface.

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#12 2020-01-08 15:41:07

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Re: Date Object associate to content to links

No worries. I can add it today if we agree it’s the right thing to do.

EDIT: the date/time thing for links, not the unification of links/files/images!

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