Structured data (errors): Missing required fields (updated, author); Suits theme

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  elevu1862 · Member · May 10, 2015 at 12:23 pm

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  Greetings Everyone,

  In webmaster tools, I’m getting a slew of errors (in structured data – hatom), actually all pages are showing this:
  – Missing required field: author
  – Missing required field: updated

  There is a solution (cf. https://www.acceleratormarketing.com/trench-report/google-analytics-errors-and-structured-data/), but I can’t use it on wordpress.com (I can’t access to php files). And I want neither to be self-hosted nor to switch for wordpress.org (for now).

  I hope that wordpress team (or Suits theme team) will be able to help me resolve my issue (while bringing back these missing fields).

  Best regards.
  Have a good day.
  (Sorry about my ugly english)
  (http://taccuinu.org/)

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

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 11, 2015 at 3:03 pm

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  @elevu1862 – Thanks for the report! I’m working on reproducing this on my side. I’ll report back as soon as I have more information!

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  elevu1862 · Member · May 12, 2015 at 4:52 am

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  Thanks for this quick reaction!

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 12, 2015 at 1:10 pm

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  No problem! I’m still waiting for the Webmaster Tools to update on my site. I’ll reply back as soon as I have more information.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 14, 2015 at 4:50 pm

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  Hi!

  The Webmaster Tools data is now loading for my test site with the Suits theme. I used the Structured Data Testing Tool found here:

  https://developers.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/

  When I ran a test post, I’m only receiving one warning:

  http://d.pr/i/1bgVm

  Can you let me know how you’re testing your site when you see these errors?

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  elevu1862 · Member · May 15, 2015 at 8:23 pm

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  Hi,

  I’m testing here :
  https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/structured-data?hl=fr&siteUrl=http://taccuinu.org/
  (I know you cant get here, but it shows you where it is in the tools)
  My interface is in french, so I can’t give better explanations/translations about the navigation menu inside the tools.
  So I give you the URL.

  I have published only 20 articles and 8 pages. But tools mention 32 errors.
  – For all articles, and all tags pages (ex. : /tag/demarche/), and all categories pages (ex. : /category/aux-sources/) (and pages like /page/2/) : field updated is missing
  – For all pages : fields author and updated are missing

  If that don’t help you, tell me. I’ll try to explain in a better way.
  Thanks again for your help.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 15, 2015 at 10:41 pm

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  Thanks for providing the additional data! I’m on a similar URL:

  https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/structured-data?hl=en&siteUrl=http://callitluck.wordpress.com/

  However, when I visit that page, I see this screen:

  http://d.pr/i/125qK

  I don’t see the errors you’re describing. Perhaps the Webmaster Tools just hasn’t had enough time to report back the errors just yet.

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  elevu1862 · Member · May 16, 2015 at 6:50 am

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  Yes, I think it’s just a question of time.

  Here, you can find a screen shot a the page I see on the webmaster tools.
  Colour for each example :
  Blue – articles
  Green – pages
  Pink – tags pages, categories pages (and pages like /page/2/)

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 16, 2015 at 3:08 pm

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  Thanks! I’ll give it a bit longer for Webmaster Tools to load some errors on my side. I’ll set a reminder for three days from now!

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  elevu1862 · Member · May 16, 2015 at 6:09 pm

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  Take all the time you need.
  I can just thank you for your all efforts !

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 21, 2015 at 3:24 pm

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  Hi!

  I’m still not seeing any errors on my side. I’m not sure what is going wrong with the current Webmaster setup on my side.

  In any case, I took a look at the errors you mentioned originally:

  – Missing required field: author

  We do provide this in the Open Graph tags as shown here:

  http://d.pr/i/1a9Aw

  – Missing required field: updated

  I do not see this field in the markup. However, we do use Published and Modified, which should serve a similar purpose.

  I also ran your site through the Structured Data Testing tool here:

  https://developers.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/

  I didn’t come across any major errors. As of right now, I don’t believe these are errors you need to worry about!

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  elevu1862 · Member · May 22, 2015 at 11:35 am

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  Ok.
  I don’t understand why the webmaster Tools are angry, but I’m trust you and your work.

  In any case, thanks a lot for your attention and for the time and the efforts that you’ve spent for this issue.

  So … I won’t worry any more!