"Last updated" on articles

Hello Thorsten,

Thank you for contacting us.

Nicepage currently supports displaying the published date, but does not have a built-in option to show the last updated date.

As a possible workaround, you can manually add the "Last updated" information to your content and update it when needed.
Alternatively, if you are using Joomla, you may be able to display the modified date through your CMS settings or custom code.

We understand how important this feature is for your workflow. We will add your request to our wishlist.

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Sincerely,
George.
Nicepage Support Team

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Hello Georg,

thank you for your answer. Yes, I'm using Joomla. Can you help how me where to change CMS settings and to create custom code?
Thank you for adding my request to your wishlist. I hope you will implement it in the near future. Thank you very much.

Sincerely, Thorsten

Hello Thorsten,

In Joomla, the modified (last updated) date can be enabled using the “Show Modify Date” option in the Article or Menu Item settings.

• Go to Content >> Articles
• Open your article or the related menu item
• In the Options tab, find “Show Modify Date”
• Set it to Show

You can refer to the official documentation here:
https://docs.joomla.org/Help4.x:Articles:_Options

However, please note that Nicepage templates support only one date (published date) and do not include built-in functionality to display the modified date.

Even if this option is enabled in Joomla, it may not appear on the page because it depends on the template.

To display it dynamically, a custom Joomla template modification (PHP-level override) would be required.

As an alternative, you can manually add a “Last updated” text in your content.
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Sincerely,
George.
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Hello Georg,

thank you for your quick answer.

Yes, I know that I can set it there. On my old side I did it this way and it worked with my themler Template, which is over 10 years old. And also with artesteer before it worked. But I don't unterstand why this is not possible with nicepage.

"To display it dynamically, a custom Joomla template modification (PHP-level override) would be required."
Can you help me, how to do this.

"As an alternative, you can manually add a “Last updated” text in your content."
This is not a real alternative, because it dosn't wotk auotmaticly.

Sincerely, Thorsten

Hello Georg,

I solved it by myself.

In the file /templates/tv_husta/html/com_content/article/default.php I added after the lines
if (strlen($article->published)) {

${'metadata' . $index}['date'] = $article->publishedDateInfo($article->published);

}
the following code
if (strlen($article->modified)) {

${'metadata' . $index}['date'] = $article->modifiedDateInfo($article->modified);

}

This works fine, but every time, I update the template from the desktop nicepage app, I have to add it again. Is it possible to add this code directly in the desktop nicepage app?

Sincerely, Thorsten

Hello Thorsten,

Sorry for the delay.
Unfortunately, Nicepage does not support editing PHP template logic.

You can only add HTML and CSS to your theme project via Site Settings in the Desktop app; adding or modifying PHP code is not supported.
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Sincerely,
Anna.
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Hello Anna,

so it ist nessesary to implement this feature directly in Nicepage. This should not be much work. Thank You.

Sincerely,
Thorsten

Hello Thorsten,

Thank you for your message.

At the moment, this functionality is not supported in Nicepage, and unfortunately, we’re unable to provide a timeline for implementing it.

We will add your request to our wishlist for future consideration.

Thank you for your understanding.
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Sincerely,
George.
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