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Show date/time with postDateTime

Hi, I'm having trouble displaying the date and time of a post using postDateTime.

It seems that something like <perch:blog id="postDateTime" type="text" /> cannot be used on the perch/blog/post.php page. I'm also not able to use it on any of the templates that this page references, example perch/templates/blog/author.html

The only page it is working for me is in perch/templates/blog/post_in_list.html. Is there a reason why I can't use this in other templates.
Shawn North

Shawn North 0 points

  • 5 years ago
Rachel Andrew

Rachel Andrew 394 points
Perch Support

5 years ago

Can you show us your template and Diagnostics Report please?
Shawn North

Shawn North 0 points

5 years ago

Here I can use <perch:blog id="postDateTime" type="text" /> and it outputs the blog post date for each post in the blog index page.

<perch:before>
<ul class="list-inline meta-info">
    </perch:before>

        <!-- author -->
        <li>By <perch:blog id="authorGivenName" type="text" /> <perch:blog id="authorFamilyName" type="text" /></li>
        <!-- categories -->
        <li>In </li>
        <!-- post date -->
        <li>Posted <perch:blog id="postDateTime" type="text" /></li>
        <!-- comment count -->
        <li>Comments</li>

        <h2><a href="<perch:blog id="postURL" />" rel="bookmark" class="entry-title"><perch:blog id="postTitle" /></a></h2>
        <perch:if exists="image"><img src="<perch:blog id="image" type="image" width="50" height="50" crop="true" />" alt="<perch:blog id="postTitle" />" /></perch:if>
        <p class="entry-published date"><perch:blog id="postDateTime" format="%d %B %Y" /></p>
        <div class="description entry-summary">
        <perch:blog id="excerpt" type="textarea" textile="true" />
        <p>Comments: <perch:blog id="postCommentCount"/></p>
        </div>

<perch:after>
    </ul>
    <perch:if exists="paging">
        <div class="paging">
            Page <perch:blog id="current_page" /> of <perch:blog id="number_of_pages" />
            <perch:blog id="page_links" encode="false" />
            <perch:if exists="not_first_page">
                <a href="<perch:blog id="prev_url" encode="false" />">Previous</a>
            </perch:if>
            <perch:if exists="not_last_page">
                <a href="<perch:blog id="next_url" encode="false" />">Next</a>
            </perch:if>
        </div>
    </perch:if>
</perch:after>

But for the blog post page I want to include the post date in the side bar. The blog/post.php makes up this page using a number of references to files located in the perch/templates/blog folder.

Here for example I have a side bar that pulls in many of these templates. I added <perch:blog id="postDateTime" type="text" /> to the author.html template and the date does not show.

perch/templates/blog/author.html

<p><strong>Posted:</strong>
    <perch:blog id="postDateTime" type="text" />
</p>

<p><strong>Written by:</strong>
<a href="/blog/archive.php?author=<perch:blog id="authorSlug" type="text" />">
    <perch:blog id="authorGivenName" type="text" label="Given name" order="1" />  
    <perch:blog id="authorFamilyName" type="text" label="Given name" order="2" /></a>
</p>        

<perch:if exists="author_image">
    <img src="<perch:blog id="author_image" type="image" suppress="true" label="Image" width="240" height="240" crop="true" density="2" order="5" />" width="120" height="120" alt="<perch:blog id="authorGivenName" type="text" label="Given name" order="1" /> <perch:blog id="authorFamilyName" type="text" label="Given name" order="2" />" />
</perch:if>
<perch:blog id="author_biog" type="textarea" suppress="true" label="Biography" textile="true" editor="markitup" order="4" />
<perch:blog id="author_twitter" type="text" suppress="true" label="Twitter account" />
<perch:blog id="author_facebook" type="text" suppress="true" label="Facebook Profile URL" />

blog/post.php

<?php 
    include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/dev/pta/perch/runtime.php'); 
    perch_layout('global.blog-header');
?>

<hr class="hr-spacer-inv space35">
<div class="container">
    <div class="row">

        <div class="col-md-8">
            <!-- Content
            ================================================== -->
            <?php perch_blog_post(perch_get('s')); ?>





            <!-- Comments
            ================================================== -->
            <?php perch_blog_post_comments(perch_get('s')); ?>
            <?php perch_blog_post_comment_form(perch_get('s')); ?>
        </div>  

        <!-- Blog Sidebar
        ================================================== -->
        <aside id="blog-sidebar">
            <div class="col-md-3 col-md-offset-1">
                <div class="article-details">

                    <?php perch_blog_author_for_post(perch_get('s')); ?>

                    <?php perch_blog_post_categories(perch_get('s')); ?>

                    <?php perch_blog_post_tags(perch_get('s')); ?>


                </div>

                <!-- Categories
                ================================================== -->
                <div class="sidebar-section first">
                    <div class="section-header">
                        <h2>Categories</h2>
                    </div>
                    <?php perch_blog_categories(); ?>
                </div>

                <!-- Recent Articles
                ================================================== -->
                <div class="sidebar-section">
                    <div class="section-header">
                        <h2>Recent Articles</h2>
                    </div>
                    <ul>
                        <li>
                            <h3><a href="/news--events/father-and-son-night/">Father and Son Night</a></h3>
                            <p> Eisenhower Elementary PTA is inviting all Father's and Son's to enjoy a fun night out together. Glo Mini Golf, a family friendly...</p>
                        </li>
                    </ul>
                </div>

                <!-- Calendar
                ================================================== -->
                <div class="sidebar-section">
                    <div class="section-header">
                        <h2>View by Date</h2>
                    </div>
                    <?php perch_blog_date_archive_years(); ?>
                    <?php perch_blog_date_archive_months(); ?>

                </div>

                <!-- Tag Cloud
                ================================================== -->
                <div class="sidebar-section">
                    <div class="section-header">
                        <h2>View by Date</h2>
                    </div>
                    <?php perch_blog_tags(); ?>

                </div>

            </div>
        </aside>    


    </div>
</div>


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Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

5 years ago

An author doesn't have a postDateTime field.

You can always see what fields are available by using <perch:showall /> in your template.
Shawn North

Shawn North 0 points

5 years ago

How can I get postDateTime in my sidebar?

In my post.php file <?php perch_blog_post(perch_get('s')); ?> references the post.html file where the postDateTime is.

How can I use postDateTime in another template?

I also tried using this is my post.php file with a test.html template and that also does not give me the postDateTime.

<?php perch_blog_post(perch_get('s'), array(
    'template'   => 'test.html',
)); ?>

test.html

<p><strong>Posted:</strong>
    <perch:blog id="postDateTime" type="text" order="1" /> 
</p>

Thanks
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

5 years ago

Yes, you can pass content into a template: https://docs.grabaperch.com/docs/templates/passing-variables-into-templates/
Shawn North

Shawn North 0 points

5 years ago

What I was looking for....


perch_blog_custom(array(
    'filter'=>'postSlug',
    'match'=>'eq',
    'value'=>perch_get('s'),
    'template'=>'post_date_time.html',
));