Can you customize the date on the Autofocus theme site?

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  andrealawless · Member · May 27, 2015 at 4:14 am

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  Is it possible to customize the date that appears automatically on the posts in the Autofocus theme template? The date that is generated is the date that the blog post is published. However, I would love to put a different date there if possible. For instance, a date in the future.

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  thatrobyn · Member · May 27, 2015 at 5:06 pm

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  Hey Andrea,

  If you would like to change the date of a published post, it can be the present date, or one from the past. However, a future date won’t work out.

  Because you have the Premium upgrade, it might be possible to hide the date altogether, if you’d rather give that a try. Let me know and I can help out once you’ve published some posts.

  Thanks much!

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  andrealawless · Member · May 27, 2015 at 6:29 pm

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  Having an option to hide the date from some posts may be good. I am trying to figure out how best to convey my information. I was planning to use the blog to talk about classes I am going to offer in the future. So, I thought it would be neat to have the date of the class be where the date of the post is currently. I love the look of the Autofocus theme. Do you have any other suggestions that I may pursue?

  Thank you for your help!

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  thatrobyn · Member · May 27, 2015 at 8:26 pm

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  Hey Andrea,

  Having an option to hide the date from some posts may be good.

  As I mentioned, since you have the Premium upgrade, you can adjust your theme’s CSS to hide those dates. If you’d like to give this a try, go to your customizer by clicking the link below:
  https://heritagedesigndotme.wordpress.com/wp-admin/customize.php?

  Then, click CSS in your menu. In the CSS Revisions box, please paste the following underneath all existing text:

  .featured-date {
  visibility: hidden;
  }

  Then Save your changes. That should do the trick!

  For more detailed instruction on how you can make CSS adjustments on your own, take a look at these two links:

  An Intro to CSS, or How to Make Things Look Like You Like

  
  https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/css-selectors/

  So, I thought it would be neat to have the date of the class be where the date of the post is currently.

  This isn’t possible with our themes — the posts’ publish dates will always appear (unless you use the code above). Some ideas that you might consider:

  Install an events calendar widget:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/upcoming-events/

  Embed a Google Calendar into your site:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/google-calendar/

  You could also use a similar theme that allows you to create a title with a class date. I’ve found a few free themes that might serve as an example. You’ll still have to hide the publish date, but your blog post’s title will still display.
  https://tritonlitedemo.wordpress.com/
  https://cubicdemo.wordpress.com/
  https://sketchdemo.wordpress.com/

  Let me know if you have any other questions. Cheers!