Hiding Date/Time Stamp on posts

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  davidd1229 · Member · Mar 18, 2010 at 12:06 pm

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  I set up a word press page for person who is not really an advanced user. They would like the date/time stamp to be hidden on all their posts going forward. How exactly would I go about hiding the date/time stamp and Is there a way to do this as a one time action or does the code need to be manipulated each time they post?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  hanni · Member · Mar 18, 2010 at 12:13 pm

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  The best thing to do is to hide them via CSS using the Custom CSS Upgrade:

  Custom CSS

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Mar 18, 2010 at 1:20 pm

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  Try this:

  Eliminating the time stamp

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  davidd1229 · Member · Mar 20, 2010 at 1:29 pm

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  Thanks Hanni, I have the custom CSS upgrade, but I’m having trouble finding the code for the date/time in the style sheet. How does it appear and how do I change it?

  Thanks for the responses.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 20, 2010 at 7:05 pm

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  It’s all controlled from “small” including the categories. If you don’t mind having all the top metadata disappear (date, author, categories and probably tags if you use them) then add the following to your CSS:

  small {
  display: none;
  }

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  davidd1229 · Member · Mar 20, 2010 at 9:16 pm

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  Thanks thesacredpath. That worked. Just wondering, is there anyway to preserve the categories and tags?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 20, 2010 at 11:08 pm

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  No. I’m sorry but that’s exactly what thesacredpath was expressing above.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 20, 2010 at 11:54 pm

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  Not with that theme. The date/time is not controlled separately, so you cannot control just that element. It’s all or nothing with the theme you are using. Some themes have the time/date styled separately although you would just have to poke around the CSS on different themes to see which do and which do not.

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  davidd1229 · Member · Mar 21, 2010 at 12:00 am

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  ah okay perfect, thanks to everyone for chiming in.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 21, 2010 at 12:19 am

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  You’re welcome.

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  hallluke · Member · Mar 22, 2010 at 2:14 am

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  If the blog in question is the one linked from your account then you should be able to hide the date but still view the other tags if you instead change the visibility.

  small {display:block; visibility:hidden; line-height:0;}
  small strong, small a {visibility:visible;}

  Let me know if this causes problems/doesn’t work at all.

  lh

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  designsimply · Member · Mar 22, 2010 at 6:14 pm

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  @hallluke That’s so cool! I tried it and it worked in my test. Neat CSS hack. :)