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Laughing Cat on "[bbpress 2 plugin] - Freshness displays only days, not years, months"

Laughing Cat — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:45:22 +0000

Any news?

Laughing Cat on "[bbpress 2 plugin] - Freshness displays only days, not years, months"

Laughing Cat — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:37:48 +0000

jaredatch,

since you say this might be a known bug could you please direct me to the issue in trac where this bug was originally traced? perhaps I can give some feedback there, being a rare one, and hopefully help somehow fixing it

thanks

Laughing Cat on "[bbpress 2 plugin] - Freshness displays only days, not years, months"

Laughing Cat — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:43:22 +0000

I hope so

anyway as an alternative solution I wouldn't mind know how to display the simple date of publishing, it's fine

jaredatch on "[bbpress 2 plugin] - Freshness displays only days, not years, months"

jaredatch — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:17:08 +0000

I'm pretty sure this is an extremely rare but known bug. Let me see if I can get jjj's 2 cents on this. Stand by!

Laughing Cat on "[bbpress 2 plugin] - Freshness displays only days, not years, months"

Laughing Cat — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:18:42 +0000

I have recently transfered old bbpress 1.x standalone forums to the new bbpress 2.1 plugin platform

The moving was fine and I got back all my old forums.

However there's something odd concerning the "freshness" of forums and discussions.

Normally freshness would display things like

Posted $years ago, or $months ago, or $days ago... and if very recent, hours, minutes, etc.

In my case, very old posts appear in the format "posted 674 days ago" or "posted 374 days ago" which is really not nice way to display

I'd like to display freshness as it was with 1.x forums. "Posted 1 year ago", "posted 2 years ago", that is. Alternatively I wouldn't mind to get rid of freshness and replace it with standard last updated time (last updated on 2nd December 2009)

I'm running a localised version of WordPress (IT_it), however other dates are fine with other post types.

engin1984 on "get_topic_start_time customization"

engin1984 — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:08:21 +0000

i solved it by ....topic_start_time....
thanks.
maybe get_topic_start_time doesn't work

chrishajer on "get_topic_start_time customization"

chrishajer — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:14:21 +0000

Try this in your template's topic.php:
<li><?php printf(__('Started %1$s by %2$s'), bb_datetime_format_i18n(get_topic_start_time(array('format' => 'timestamp'))), get_topic_author()) ?></li>

You can use "timestamp" but then you need to convert it from a Unix timestamp using bb_datetime_format_i18n.

Hope that helps.
Chris

engin1984 on "get_topic_start_time customization"

engin1984 — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:53:50 +0000

How to customize get_topic_start_time();

i want to display full time (13 June 2011 - 18:50)
not 5 minutes ago.

format > datetime didn't work.

thanks

wendyleigh on "Change freshness to date after 24 hours"

wendyleigh — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:47:43 +0000

Is it possible to do this? I want to have this '5 min ago' to change to the date eg. 7th June 2011 after say, 24 hours?

answerthink on "How do you change the Freshness of post date format?"

answerthink — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:46:15 +0000

To expand a bit on my above post...

1. This gives me the correct time in topic.php: <?php topic_time("D M j, Y g:i a"); ?>

2. This gives me the wrong time (+4hrs) in post.php: <?php echo date("D M j, Y g:i a", (strtotime($bb_post->post_time))); ?>

3. This gives me a static date of Wed Dec 31, 1969 in front page.php: <td class="num"><?php echo date("D M j, Y", bb_offset_time(strtotime($bb_forum->forum_time))); ?></td>

If anybody knows how I can correct the final two, I would be grateful.

Thanks.

answerthink on "How do you change the Freshness of post date format?"

answerthink — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:59:01 +0000

I installed _ck_'s Forum Last Poster plugin to show FRESHNESS for my forums, but I am trying to convert it to the exact time/date.

I have tried various permutations with no luck.

The following code doesn't work:
<td class="num"><?php forum_time("D M j, Y"); ?></td>

The following code just gives a static date of Wed Dec 31, 1969:
<td class="num"><?php echo date("D M j, Y", bb_offset_time(strtotime($bb_forum->forum_time))); ?></td>

Any ideas how I can do this?

Thanks.

MatasLTU on "Show exact date of post? (not freshness)"

MatasLTU — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:05:33 +0000

Sorry for my very poor english

I can't believe that in bbpress forum there is no such a fundamental thing as post and topic date! I thing 80% of forum users need exact post date, not its freshness.

I spend a lot of time on this issue and finally fixed it!

All you need is to use both "Accurate Post Time" AND "User Timezones" plugins. First is for showing date and second is for setting it correctly.

It works fine for me!

hanachristina on "Show exact date of post? (not freshness)"

hanachristina — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:26:10 +0000

I use Accurate Post Time plugin, to changing the date format. It's so easy.

iftomkins on "Show exact date of post? (not freshness)"

iftomkins — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:32:29 +0000

Thanks @fel64! Even a few years later it's still fresh and delicious--works like a dream.

nichart on "How to localize timestamp/date?"

nichart — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:27:13 +0000

Hi, I have the same problem - how do I add those lines to po-file. I have POedit, but I have no clue how to add lines that are not in the POT file!

ppmujica on "How to localize timestamp/date?"

ppmujica — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:40:34 +0000

I had the same problem with spanish translation, which is quite incomplete. This did the trick! Thanks!

ChristopherM on "How to localize timestamp/date?"

ChristopherM — Wed, 12 May 2010 09:56:37 +0000

The following lines are probably missing in the danish .po-file (these are in Swedish, you have to change them to Danish):

#: bb-includes/functions.bb-core.php:385
#, php-format
msgid "%d year"
msgid_plural "%d years"
msgstr[0] "%d år"
msgstr[1] "%d år"

#: bb-includes/functions.bb-core.php:386
#, php-format
msgid "%d month"
msgid_plural "%d months"
msgstr[0] "%d månad"
msgstr[1] "%d månader"

#: bb-includes/functions.bb-core.php:387
#, php-format
msgid "%d week"
msgid_plural "%d weeks"
msgstr[0] "%d vecka"
msgstr[1] "%d veckor"

#: bb-includes/functions.bb-core.php:388
#, php-format
msgid "%d day"
msgid_plural "%d days"
msgstr[0] "%d dag"
msgstr[1] "%d dagar"

#: bb-includes/functions.bb-core.php:389
#, php-format
msgid "%d hour"
msgid_plural "%d hours"
msgstr[0] "%d timme"
msgstr[1] "%d timmar"

#: bb-includes/functions.bb-core.php:390
#, php-format
msgid "%d minute"
msgid_plural "%d minutes"
msgstr[0] "%d minut"
msgstr[1] "%d minuter"

#: bb-includes/functions.bb-core.php:391
#, php-format
msgid "%d second"
msgid_plural "%d seconds"
msgstr[0] "%d sekund"
msgstr[1] "%d sekunder"

gerikg on "Timezone support"

gerikg — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:49:51 +0000

<?php echo date("D M j Y G:i:s", strtotime($topic->topic_time)); ?>

http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

sona on "Timezone support"

sona — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:22:44 +0000

Is there a way to get post dates in the support forums (or any bbPress forum) to show the time in my time zone?

DanielJuhl on "How to localize timestamp/date?"

DanielJuhl — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:39:57 +0000

I've localized bbPress to Danish, but how can I be able to localize timestamp/date?

plrk on "Swedish translation completed (bbPress 1.0 RC-3)"

plrk — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:08:10 +0000

Dukessa: unfortunately, _e() (and __()) attempts to translate the string it is given - which means that if you try to call "_e(topic_time())", it will be interpreted as "_e("August 12, 2009")" (or whatever topic_time() outputs). The solution is to put translation functions inside the topic_time() function. Note however, that that would indeed translate "August" into "Augusti", but it won't fix the order (it'll still go "month day, year") nor the capitalization (in Swedish, months are spelled with lowercase first letter unless in the beginning of a sentence). In WordPress, the order problem is solved by an admin setting for the date format, but the capitalization issue remains.

I hope that explains it. If I have the time some day, I'll try to submit a patch for it to be fixed in the next version.

Jany @ Shambix on "Swedish translation completed (bbPress 1.0 RC-3)"

Jany @ Shambix — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:30:18 +0000

Hello, I have a working translation for bbPress 1.0.2, and Im having the topic_time() issue too.
It doesnt translate into my local language, even though months, days etc, are translated in the lang file.
When I use _e('something to translate') everything is fine, but calling directly topic_time() doesnt translate anything.

How do I wrap topic_time() into _e() ? or... what is the correct way to translate time?

Göran on "Swedish translation completed (bbPress 1.0 RC-3)"

Göran — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:50:09 +0000

I took Tommies file and changed "position" to "plats". The mo and po files with this change can be found at http://www.enkelwebbplats.se/bbPress-my-languages/sv_SE.mo.zip and http://www.enkelwebbplats.se/bbPress-my-languages/sv_SE.po.zip

bedbugger on "How do you change the Freshness of post date format?"

bedbugger — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:27:30 +0000

Thanks for this, _ck_, dragunoff and all!

piedpiper21 on "How do you change the Freshness of post date format?"

piedpiper21 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:46:43 +0000

Great, I misunderstood how it works. When you said mouse over, I thought the text should change to show the date. Sorry, for the misunderstanding. Thanks again.

_ck_ on "How do you change the Freshness of post date format?"

_ck_ — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:26:39 +0000

Just to be certain, you understand how titles work right? You mouse over it to see it.
Maybe try doing a "view source" to make sure it's there.
You've already proved that the code will output the date, all we've done is just move it into the hidden, mouse-over title.

Show me the view source part just for what it outputs.

piedpiper21 on "How do you change the Freshness of post date format?"

piedpiper21 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:48:22 +0000

I don't think it's a problem using <? as I was able to change it to a timestamp format with that.

I tried the simplified code, still the same problem. Only the regular freshness, no title.

_ck_ on "How do you change the Freshness of post date format?"

_ck_ — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:31:23 +0000

Based on what you showed me that is working, mine should work fine.
Here is a simplified version:

<td class="num"><a href="<?php topic_last_post_link(); ?>"  title="<?php echo date("r",strtotime($topic->topic_time)); ?>"><?php topic_time(); ?></a></td>

I think the problem with the old example is I used a php shortcode (<?) instead of the full <?php and some servers have a problem with it, maybe yours. I've now edited all examples on this page to use the full <?php to prevent confusion by future viewers.

piedpiper21 on "How do you change the Freshness of post date format?"

piedpiper21 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:26:45 +0000

<td class="num"><a href="<?php topic_last_post_link(); ?>"><span class=timetitle title="<?php echo date("r",strtotime($topic->topic_time)); ?>"><?php topic_time(); ?></span></a></td>

I was referring to the title in this line.
And I'm trying to implement the code you gave above.
I want the regular text to read the freshness and the title to hold the exact date.

_ck_ on "How do you change the Freshness of post date format?"

_ck_ — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:09:33 +0000

You don't have title anywhere in there.
And I don't understand what you are trying to do.
Do you want the regular text to read the "days ago" part or the title to hold it?