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RevolutionMedia
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:11 pm 
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When I save an article, I need the Created date to automatically match the Start Publishing date the user set while writing the article. How can I go about doing this?
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simonaardpress
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:35 pm 
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I think you could do it with a plugin without hacking the core.

Otherwise just enter it manually :)
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almooj-craig
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:38 pm 
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You could just write a quick little onBeforeContentSave plugin.

Craig
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RevolutionMedia
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:43 pm 
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I have gotten both of those answers before, I need something more specific though! There are a lot of articles posted daily on the site and therefore I do not want to do it manually every day. Can you elaborate on how to write that plugin? I've read the tutorial and understand the basics but I do not know what PHP? Javascript? I would write to make the dates match
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almooj-craig
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:37 pm 
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This is how the core of the plugin could be written
Code:
class plgContentCreated_Modified extends JPlugin
{
   function plgContentCreated_Modified( &$subject, $params )
   {
      parent::__construct( $subject, $params );
   }

   function onBeforeContentSave( &$article, &$params)
   {
      //$article->created = $article->modified;
      $article->created = $article->publish_up;
   }
}


I attached a plugin so you can just download and install it.

Craig
PS Oops I used modified in the plugin, just change it to publish_up
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RevolutionMedia
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:00 pm 
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Craig, I cannot begin to thank you enough! I have been trying to figure out a solution to this problem for weeks now and although I knew what I needed to do, I just wasn't able to put it together like you did. Thank you! I really appreciate it.
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WaveJunky
PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:57 pm 
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thanks, i needed this also
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webmasterap
PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:07 pm 
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Thanks too!
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