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Cannot change date format inside the template

vasantheb
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Feb 20, 2007, 7:18 AM

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Hello

I have following code in one template.

!-- template insert : $article_list$ -->


$art_name$ 
$global_updated$
$art_summary$
<a href="$detail_link$">Read More</a>


etc...

How can I write the code to change the format into this template? I only need to change the format on this page ?
New format is format(dd MMM yyyy). For this I write the code
$global_updated.date:format(dd MMM yyyy)$
Where I insert this code, if this is correct ?
Can you pls help me ?

Regards
Aniesh Joseph

(This post was edited by aniesh82 on Feb 20, 2007, 7:37 AM)

ross
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Feb 20, 2007, 3:39 PM

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Re: [aniesh82] Cannot change date format inside the template [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi Aniesh.

Thanks for posting!

With Article Manager 1, you can adjust the date format in the /config.ini file. Log onto your server and you'll find it in the /exec folder. Once you have it, open it up and look for these three lines:

date_format = %b %e, %Y
time_format = %H:%M
datetime_format = %b %o, %Y - %H:%M:%S

That's the different date and time formats. For an overview of the different options you have here, check out the big table towards the bottom of this page in our docs:

http://www.interactivetools.com/docs/doc.cgi?/articlemanager/admin/doc_page36.html

That will show you what each of the characters mean and what you can change them all to. Have a look and let me know how you make out with it Smile

.

Also, I am going to move your post into the Article Manager 1 forum.
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vasantheb
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Feb 20, 2007, 11:00 PM

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Hello

Thanks for your reply.

I just want to change the date format in only one page. I already pasted the code in the first post.

Can you please write the code to change the date format ?

Regards
Aniesh Joseph

ross
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Feb 21, 2007, 11:40 AM

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Re: [aniesh82] Cannot change date format inside the template [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi Aniesh

Thanks for the update!

I am not quite sure how you can change the date format for just that one page. The system is actually setup for global settings.

I would imagine you could use some JavaScript to reformat it but I am not really an expert when it comes to JavaScript so I don't quite know what that would look like.

Does anyone else have an idea on the JavaScript for this?
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Cheers,
Ross Fairbairn - Product Specialist
support@interactivetools.com

vasantheb
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Feb 22, 2007, 7:55 AM

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Re: [ross] Cannot change date format inside the template [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hello

Thanks for your reply.

I saw a reply posted by Donna(moderator).

if you want to change it for just one template, you can add "modifiers" to the $article.date$ placeholder. Take a look here for more information on how to do that:

http://www.interactivetools.com/docs/doc.cgi?/articlemanager2/templates/modifiers_format.html

I formatted the date like $global_updated.date:format(dd MMM yyyy)$ . But I donot know where to insert this formatted date.

Can someone help me ?

Regards
Aniesh Joseph

Donna
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Feb 23, 2007, 10:25 AM

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Re: [aniesh82] Cannot change date format inside the template [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi Aniesh,

That would be what you would enter in the the template directly where you want the date to display -- it's a placeholder. However, that will only work in Article Manager 2, not Article Manager 1. Can you verify what version you're using?

Donna

ChetW
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Feb 23, 2007, 10:28 AM

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Re: [aniesh82] Cannot change date format inside the template [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi Aniesh82,

Thanks for the follow-up!

The placeholder modifiers that your refering to are part of Article Manager2, these modfiers won't work for you in Article Manager1. :)

If this is something that you'd like to use I'd suggest upgrading to Article Manager2.
Cheers,
Chet Woodside - Product Specialist
support@interactivetools.com

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