Display of publication and update dates

[Olein-jp]

This is just a request.

I often find Learn content shared on Twitter and other social networking sites, from which I discover content.

However, I cannot quickly see on the page when that content was created, published, or updated, even if it is not new.

So I am convinced that the content would be more meaningful if you included this information somewhere in the first view, if possible, as in the sample.

[jonathanbossenger]

Duplicate #1570

[jonathanbossenger]

Duplicate #1207

[kaitohm]

The team discussed the benefits of showing a publication date, and a "last edited" date, on all content on Learn. (Discussion in #1532 ) I propose we add these dates to the sidebar of content:

• Tutorials (example content): Below Subtitles and above Print View
• Lesson Plans (example content): Below WordPress Version:
• Courses (example content): Below Average days to completion

[jonathanbossenger]

Assigning this to myself, as this will be the topic of #1788

[psykrotek]

I have created a draft pull request, to start work on this issue. I have one question about the dates.

If the updated date and the published date are the same, should they both be shown?

See the example in the screenshot below (tutorials)

[jonathanbossenger]

@Olein-jp @bsanevans I think that if the published date and the updated date are the same, we should only show the published date. That way the updated date only displays if the content has been updated since it was published. This gives a clearer idea to the learner as to the status of the content.

Would you agree?

[Olein-jp]

@jonathanbossenger I agree!

[jonathanbossenger]

Thank you @Olein-jp, that was my initial thought, but I wanted to check.

I'm going to go ahead and develop it that way in the meantime.

[Olein-jp]

@jonathanbossenger The WordPress version corresponding to each tutorial is listed, so it may be possible to guess to some extent when it was created.

However, I found that this would not work for anyone other than those heavily involved with WordPress.

So I think it would be very useful if the date of posting was listed alongside the WordPress version.

Thank you for your lovely correspondence, it is much appreciated.

[jonathanbossenger]

Noting that the @psykrotek account that created the pull request is a duplicate account I own, I was using it as part of an online workshop on contributing to Learn WordPress with code.

[unprintedch]

Since the WordPress pace of update is fast I think that we need this to be merge.
And since it is almost ready! Could it be merge?

[jonathanbossenger]

@unprintedch this is something that I'd love to see merged, but I never got around to finishing.

Perhaps you'd like to create your own PR, include the changes from my original one, and include the addition I've proposed here?

[unprintedch]

I'll do!

[ironnysh]

Added some feedback to @unprintedch's PR (#2368).

[ironnysh]

Hi @jonathanbossenger, I noticed that @unprintedch's PR is closed, but the issue is still labeled high priority.

Assuming it's still relevant, I'd be happy to open a new PR with this solution.

[jonathanbossenger]

Hmm, this might be something we'd want to discuss with the rest of the team.

With the launch of the new theme and the focus on learning pathways, we don't really have Tutorials anymore. All content exists as lessons, either stand-alone or as part of a course.

I would suggest adding this as an agenda item in one of the upcoming training team meetings.

[ironnysh]

Got it. Although all the examples @kaitohm linked above are still live :-)