Sunday, April 10, 2016
WordPress Argh
I'm not able to put much time into it but I am making a sabbaticalog. Trouble is I need to post-date posts and the theme I chose apparently doesn't allow it. Any experts know how I can make a post written today look like it was published a previous day? It ought to be super simple but nope.
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Yes.
At least, using my custom installation, but maybe your wordpress.com version is similar.
On the right of the "Add New Post" (or your editor) screen I have several boxes, one of which is a "Publish" box. In that, I can save as draft, I can preview, and I can publish. It also has things like "Status: Draft" and a link that says "edit" and "Visibility: Public" and I can change that too and finally Publish immediately (edit). That last one is the one where I can backdate a post.
When I edit that little item, I can choose the date and time -- forward or backward.
I did that for my Burning Man journal that I keep in a super secret location. I back dated each entry to match the day I wrote it in the little notebook, even though I transcribed it all much later.
Oh, wait! I have a fake WordPress.com blog! I can try things!
Okay. Here's what I see on the Edit screen of fauxlizard.wordpress.com ...
There's a blue "Publish" button and a little calendar icon next to it, in a darker shade of blue. If I click the little calendar button, I can set the date and time.
https://wordpress.com/post/fauxlizard.wordpress.com/162
Or . . . OOORRR . . . you could take your laptop into the Busy Bee ...
It was weird. When I select All Posts from one screen and then edit it, I see a box full of capabilities that include setting the date. But from another screen, the one I was using, there is no such box. I'm not figuring it out at this time so long as it works. Will share the address soon enough.
Thank you!
I noticed (and was annoyed by) two different GUI styles. There's a "simplified" main one, and then there's the classic WordPress Admin style. The latter is like my first comment describes. The former is like my second comment describes.
I can see why someone might find WP to be annoying, though.
For some bizarro reason the little calendar icon doesn't always show while a post is in freshly typed form. I sometimes have to save it as a draft, and then go into my admin thingie and pull up all posts and then click on drafts. THEN I see the calendar. And I can manipulate the date howsoever I please in there, forward or back.
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