Comments on: Automatic Copyright Date

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:29:44 +0000

Just make sure, if you are going to use this, that you have new content for 2008 (or whatever the year might be). It would be improper to claim a copyright into 2008 if all you are doing is hosting art created in 2007 or earlier. This is always something that comes up with clients I do sites for, and I remind them that if the site hasn’t changed since 2007 when it first goes up, then there is no copyright to claim, so I tend to keep the date manual unless its a site that updates frequently.

By: Griffin

Griffin — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:13:19 +0000

I actually really like this idea. Theoretically it could also save you a legal headache for not declaring your copyright for every year, but that would depend more on your location. If something like that happened, it would waste a lot more than one minute.

I actually use this code for WP themes:

This is of course just the year portion. ^_^

~Griffin

PS: You can usually find where to add this under Presentation >> Theme Editor >> Footer.

By: Danny Burleson

Danny Burleson — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:06:59 +0000

Wow! That’s handy! I now have saved 1 extra minute per year, so with the 2-4 hours it takes me to finish a comic, in 200+ years I’ll be ahead.

But seriously, thanks for the code. I’d forget until like March.

By: Les McClaine

Les McClaine — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:29:22 +0000

Shoot, the code disappeared. I used print(date(Y)) inside the php framework.

By: Les McClaine

Les McClaine — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:28:28 +0000

I did the same thing with

By: Chad T

Chad T — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:01:24 +0000

Michael Just goto the “Download” section and read the “documentation”. do this only after you have wordpress up and running. It does get a bit confusing if you are not used to doing this stuff, but work your way through it and don’t be afraid to blow things up. how else will you learn?

Also if you need help, goto the forum and ask questions there.

By: Michael Buckley

Michael Buckley — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:02:17 +0000

I’m sorry…but I’ve only just installed WP for the first time. I’d like to try this, but I’m not sure where to add it?

in the function.php file?

By: Albone

Albone — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:31:29 +0000

Did it, love it. Thanks a lot for the great tip and for all that you do.

By: Chad T

Chad T — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:27:56 +0000

Woot….added this to the code. these little tips you put here make building a site fun for me again, thank you. Could you please post topics on adding ads and banners to a site?

Anyway someday soon I will launch my comic site. take care.