How to add publish date and author to pages in Responsive theme

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  glamourgirl001 · Member · Jan 10, 2015 at 1:59 am

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  I want the publish date and author to appear at the top of each page. Right now it only displays on posts, but not on pages. I’m using the Responsive theme. How do I do this?

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Jan 10, 2015 at 3:06 am

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  Hi Kathleen,

  I’m sorry but that functionality would be determined by each blog’s theme and it appears Responsive does not display that information on static pages.

  Off-hand, I’m not sure of any themes that display authors and posted date on pages the way they do on posts. Pages are meant to be used for static content that doesn’t change very often, so the posted date is typically less relevant and author is assumed to be the administrator of the site.

  You might consider adding the date, or your authorship information, to the body of the page’s content if you feel it’s important for your readers to see it on a specific page.

  Or you might add a Gravatar Profile Widget, with your author profile in it, displayed only on static pages using visibility settings:

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  Please let me know if you’d like help setting that up.

  -Alex G.

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  glamourgirl001 · Member · Jan 10, 2015 at 5:37 pm

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  Thanks Alex.

  The real problem I’m having is with the way posts are displayed when using a custom menu. I thought that converting the posts to pages would be the solution, but in reality, that’s not the way to go. I created a custom menu using a categories. It displays properly in the menu bar, but the posts are truncated and it says Blog Archives at the top. How do I remove the Blog Archives text from appearing when using a custom menu, and how do I display the full post?

  Best regards,
  Kathleen

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Jan 10, 2015 at 6:34 pm

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  Hi Kathleen,

  Removing the “Blog Archives” text would require some Custom CSS, which needs the Premium plan. Every theme treats that text somewhat differently, sometimes it’s “Blog Archives”, sometimes it’s “Category Archives”, sometimes just :Archive:” then the category name, etc.

  But using CSS we can hide the text:

  #content-archive h6{
       visibility: hidden;
  }

  how do I display the full post?

  Again, different themes handle archive pages differently. Responsive shows a summary rather than the full post.

  Since Responsive doesn’t handle custom excerpts I’m not sure of a workaround that will display the whole post in a category archive page.

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  If the only downside you had for using Pages in your custom menu is that it doesn’t display the author and posted date, another option would be to continue adding your content as Posts, but then add the Post url as Custom Links to your menu.

  That way, when clicked, the reader will see the entirety of the post — but it won’t be a list of multiple posts.

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  glamourgirl001 · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 3:59 pm

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  Hi Alex,

  Thanks for the workarounds. Just what I need.

  All the best,
  Kathleen

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 4:30 pm

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  Hi Kathleen,

  Happy to help! Sorry some stuff is harder than others, but I appreciate your flexibility. :)

  Let me know of any other questions and I’m happy to take another look.

  -Alex G.