Last Updated Date

[GiftedLlama]

Hello,

I am trying to show the 'Last Updated Date' on my product pages. (& todays date on the home page?)

I am using the following info from the Actinic FAQ section which says to place the following code into Act_ProductBody.html.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" TYPE="text/javascript">
<!-Begin
var dateObj = new Date(document.lastModified)
document.write("Last Updated: " + dateObj.toLocaleString());
// End -->
</SCRIPT>

However it doesn't matter where I put this code within Act_ProductBody.html - it doesn't seem to work.

Can any code breakers/Java/Actinic experts out there tell me if I'm doing something wrong..?

Thanks
Jackie

[I-CC]

Have you tried the Act_Primary template as this is the main template for all pages of the site unless you state different primary templates in the Layouts option.

[DaveT]

Jscript

Hello

You may have a problem with the second line:

<!-BEGIN

Try that as:

<!-- begin.

Also try this script:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
lastmod = document.lastModified // get string of last modified date
lastmoddate = Date.parse(lastmod) // convert modified string to date
if (lastmoddate == 0) { // unknown date (browser bug fix)
document.writeln("Last Modified: Unknown")
} else {
document.writeln("Last Modified: " + lastmod)
}
// -->
</script>

This worked for me today when I had the same problem.

Hope this helps.

[GiftedLlama]

Thanks to both of you for replying.

I'll try your suggestions.

[GiftedLlama]

Dave,

I have tried your suggested script but I can't make it work.

Which template did you put it in & where abouts? I have put it in Act_ProductBody & in Act_Primary (near the bottom) but it makes no difference..

Thanks
Jackie

[DaveT]

Last Modified

Hello

If you go to www.mr-fothergills.co.uk/source/faq.html you will see your FAQ page minus a few images.

In the top right hand corner you'll see the date last modified. Apparnetly thie ability of the document.lastmodified javascript property to be displayed properly is somewhat dependent on the server sending the correct header. I'm no server expert so if someone wants to correct me please do.

I have placed the script in comments so if you view source and type Ctrl F and search for "<!-- FOLLOWING IS USEd FOR PAGE LAST MODIFIED SCRIPT -->" you'll see where the script is in the page.

In your Act_primary.html template you would need to put it just under the NETQUOTVAR:LOGO tag inside a <TD> tag. I don't have an original Act_primary.html to hand but if you wanted to contact me through the website above I'll help you further.

Hope this helps.

Dave.

[GiftedLlama]

Wow - You're really good!

Thks - I'll work on that.

Jackie