Change the way the news looks and how to change date format

[JohnDubya]

How can you format how the news on the front page looks? I can't find a .tpl file that has that information.

Also, how can I change the date/time format that shows up to describe when an article or news piece was written? I don't want 24 hr. time.

Thanks in advance!

[Thorsten]

Hi,

How can you format how the news on the front page looks? I can't find a .tpl file that has that information.

you can change that in the style.css file.

Also, how can I change the date/time format that shows up to describe when an article or news piece was written? I don't want 24 hr. time.

hm, which format do you want?

bye
Thorsten

[JohnDubya]

I checked in the style.css file, but I couldn't find formatting options in there.

I would like to have the time listed in 12 hr. time (8am shows as 8:00 am and 6pm shows as 6:00 pm instead of 18:00).

Thanks for your help!

[matteo]

Hi,

I checked in the style.css file, but I couldn't find formatting options in there.

I'm not a CSS expert but I'm not sure that there are CSS attributes for doing L10N.

I would like to have the time listed in 12 hr. time (8am shows as 8:00 am and 6pm shows as 6:00 pm instead of 18:00).

You need to hack the makeDate function: please locate, open and backup the file [PATH_TO_PMFINSTALL]/inc/functions.php, locate the makeDate function and replace this line:

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    return date("Y-m-d H:i", $timestamp);
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with this one below:

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    return date("Y-m-d g:ia", $timestamp);
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See PHP date format string for futhers details.

[Thorsten]

Hi,

a news entry looks like the following:

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<h3><a name="news_1">phpMyFAQ 1.6.0 beta Released!</a></h3><div class="block">The first beta release of phpMyFAQ adds some new features.
</div><div class="date">2006-03-05 07:19</div>

Just take the CSS classes and set the attributes in style.css.

bye
Thorsten