Re: "insert date" command problem

I've checked the boxs that is suppoesd to refresh the page each
time it's loaded to display to show the current date.

Then you didn't read the instructions carefully. The date is only updated
each time that page is SAVED. It is not automatically updated each day.

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"sharC1120KC" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I'm using the dwmx2004 insert date command object to display the day and
date
on each page. I've checked the boxs that is suppoesd to refresh the page
each
time it's loaded to display to show the current date.

The code on the page looks like this:

!-- #BeginDate format:fcAm1 -->Friday, October 29, 2004<!-- #EndDate --


My problem is that it is only displaying the date that the page was loaded
onto the server and I cannot get it to change to the current date. It's
currently on a linux server (getting moved to a windows server). Is this
the
problem or is there another problem that I need to resolve- with code or
something else? Do I ened to code this another way to ge tthe current day
and
time to show?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

So then that's basically there only as a last modified button (ok, pretty
useless) Code would've been better written for current day/date.
So, is there a way to display the current day/date on each page (hoping that
the host server has the correct day and date)? These aren't asp pages, just
html. Is there a way to get that information to display? (a non-programmer asks)

Sure.

You put this in the head -

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
function getTheDate() {
var now = new Date();
d
=["Jan.","Feb.","Mar.","Apr.","May","June","July","A ug.","Sept.","Oct.","Nov.","Dec."][now.getMonth()]+"
";
d+=now.getDate()+", "+now.getFullYear();
return d;
}
</script>

and then this on the page -

<script language="JavaScript"
type="text/javascript">document.write(getTheDate());</script>

wherever you want the date to appear.

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"sharC1120KC" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

So then that's basically there only as a last modified button (ok, pretty
useless) Code would've been better written for current day/date.
So, is there a way to display the current day/date on each page (hoping
that
the host server has the correct day and date)? These aren't asp pages,
just
html. Is there a way to get that information to display? (a non-programmer
asks)

Thanks, I'll give it a try tonight.

sharC1120KC wrote:

Thanks, I'll give it a try tonight.

By the way, these date scripts get the date from the local system, not
the server. I think you would need a language other than JavaScript to
get the server time. But you probably don't want that anyway.

I have to say it: I think that page elements that inform the viewer of
the date and time are a waste of page area and code. No one goes to a
web site just to see what the date is, and most of the systems that I
have seen have this information readily available from the menubar,
desktop, start bar or whatever apparatus the OS puts on the screen by
default.

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On 11/1/04 6:07 PM, in article cm6fjq$3g2$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com, "James
Shook" <jshook (AT) dont_mail (DOT) com> wrote:

I have to say it: I think that page elements that inform the viewer of
the date and time are a waste of page area and code. No one goes to a
web site just to see what the date is, and most of the systems that I
have seen have this information readily available from the menubar,
desktop, start bar or whatever apparatus the OS puts on the screen by
default.

I've had people ask to be notified when I add toons to my site, but I don't
care to maintain a mailing list. A 'last updated date' placed on my index
page might be a quick and simple way for them to check.
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