Automatic Copyright Year Update

Dashken · 24th Mar 2007, 05:59 PM

And err... any rude comments on my coding skills will be deleted.

Posted this sometime ago on Dashken's I-Blog.

Quote:

I've been playing with the copyright year that you can see at the bottom of this page so that I don't have to change it every year. First, I tried googling for this automatic copyright year update and found quite a few but not quite what I'm looking for. Most of them only change the year and not from the original year to the latest year which defeats the purpose when a site has been online for a couple of years.

I tried a few PHP ones but can't seem to get it to work with the Serendipity index.tpl. Well, I'm a noob in programming so you can't really blame me. But I do blame myself for taking my sweet time when I was studying my IT degree. That's one of my many regrets.

Finally, I found a JavaScript one but still, it only prints out the current year. So, I decided to modify it since it looks quite straight forward. After fine-tuning the code for a couple of minutes, I finally got what I want. Woohoo!

I love programming but lazy to relearn after a couple of years in hibernation.

Maybe this is how I should pick it up again, bit by bit. Do you know that I bought a VB.net book for RM200 ($50) 1/2 year ago but haven't even make it to Page 2? That's a lazy bum for you.

To generate the year so that it automatically change itself upon a new year, this is basically the code.

I don't know if my explaination is correct but this is what I understand. I haven't touch JAVA in 4 years already. LMAO!

First, I declare today as a new variable which takes the Date value. From there I declare thisyear to take on the current date year, which is 2007. Then I use the if argument to print 2007 if the current year is 2007. If it's not 2007, then it will print 2007-currentyear. It's as simple as that.

To check if it works, I tested it by changing the year to 2006 so that it will print out 2006-2007. haha... and it did.

Feel free to use this code snippet. Just change the three '2007' in the code to any year you want on your website. And if you are new to this... the & copy; in the full code above is actually for the copyright symbol.

That's all, easy ain't it?

Before I forget, here's the link to the code. Copyrightdate.zip (clean, NO virus)

Happy coding!

zy · 25th Mar 2007, 02:29 AM

its JavaScript .. not JAVA

Dashken · 25th Mar 2007, 05:13 PM

OOps... about the same la dude... vbscript and vb also about the same what... just minus a few things nia..

And pls don't remind me about JAVA... I hate it since uni times.

zy · 26th Mar 2007, 03:05 AM

to me its different

hyper_raider · 26th Mar 2007, 07:53 AM

No javascript is totally different from java, it is not the same thing at all.

The whole syntax is different and its not even java to begin with

Dashken · 26th Mar 2007, 09:11 AM

Aiyo... let's forget the whole Java vs Javascript thing. I know Java is by SUN Microsystems and Javascript is by Netscape. Both usage is different, bla bla bla... satisfied or not?

And I just edited Java to Javascript.

Max_87 · 26th Mar 2007, 09:13 AM

not yet satisfied

jk jk

Dashken · 26th Mar 2007, 09:16 AM

Syntax may be different. But programming structures and concepts are similar... I was wrong to say that both are the same.

KNN... don't want to post adi...

strawroot · 26th Mar 2007, 10:26 AM

i hate java

PsYkHoTiK · 26th Mar 2007, 11:54 AM

LOL Dashken! I laughed so much it hurt (coz I have a supper full stomach right now.)

25th Mar 2007, 02:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
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25th Mar 2007, 05:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 30,226 Reputation: 2352 Rep Power: 60	OOps... about the same la dude... vbscript and vb also about the same what... just minus a few things nia.. And pls don't remind me about JAVA... I hate it since uni times. __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| \| Intel C2Q Q9450 \| MSI P45 Neo3-FR \| 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold Edition \| 1 x Seagate 250GB HDD \| 2 x Seagate 750GB HDD \| 3 x Seagate 1TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT \| Cooler Master CM690 chassis \| Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W PSU \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings Last edited by Dashken : 25th Mar 2007 at 05:18 PM.

26th Mar 2007, 03:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Buffalo NY / Penang MY Posts: 13,299 Reputation: 2158 Rep Power: 41	to me its different __________________ current: E4500\|EVGA680i\|4GB-DDR2\|9800GTEE WD2500KS\|WD10EADS\|DRW-2014L1\|1860NX\|Z2300\|MP470 home (malaysia): P4C-2.6@3.1-StockHSF\|AI7\|256x2-BT-D43\|512x2-DT-D43\|A9600XT-VIVO WD1200JB\|2xWD2500KS\|DRU-800A\|DVD-E616P\|LTR-52327S\|152x\|V.S.4121\|iP1500 laptop: M1210\|T7200\|4GB-DDR667\|160GB5K160\|GO7400

26th Mar 2007, 07:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
hyper_raider shutdown -h now Join Date: 15 Aug 2003 Location: in front of my pc Posts: 6,010 Reputation: 1078 Rep Power: 23	No javascript is totally different from java, it is not the same thing at all. The whole syntax is different and its not even java to begin with __________________ "God does not play dice with the universe." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) http://edward-lim.blogspot.com

26th Mar 2007, 09:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 30,226 Reputation: 2352 Rep Power: 60	Aiyo... let's forget the whole Java vs Javascript thing. I know Java is by SUN Microsystems and Javascript is by Netscape. Both usage is different, bla bla bla... satisfied or not? And I just edited Java to Javascript. __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| \| Intel C2Q Q9450 \| MSI P45 Neo3-FR \| 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold Edition \| 1 x Seagate 250GB HDD \| 2 x Seagate 750GB HDD \| 3 x Seagate 1TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT \| Cooler Master CM690 chassis \| Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W PSU \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

26th Mar 2007, 09:13 AM	#7 (permalink)
Max_87 h@x! Join Date: 11 Aug 2003 Location: the land of bandwidth cap Posts: 11,430 Reputation: 2090 Rep Power: 38	not yet satisfied jk jk __________________ Max_87 Tech ARP http://www.techarp.com Dell Studio 15 / P7350 / 3GB DDR2 / Radeon HD 3450 / 250GB 7200RPM / 15" @ 1920x1200 E8600 @ 4.4GHz 1.36v / Asus P5E3 Deluxe / 2x2GB DDR3 / Radeon X1800 / Barracuda 7200.9 120GB / 7200.10 320GB x2 / Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS / WD6400AAKS x2 / Dell 2007FP x2 / Silverstone ST56F

26th Mar 2007, 09:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 30,226 Reputation: 2352 Rep Power: 60	Syntax may be different. But programming structures and concepts are similar... I was wrong to say that both are the same. KNN... don't want to post adi... __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| \| Intel C2Q Q9450 \| MSI P45 Neo3-FR \| 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold Edition \| 1 x Seagate 250GB HDD \| 2 x Seagate 750GB HDD \| 3 x Seagate 1TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT \| Cooler Master CM690 chassis \| Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W PSU \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

26th Mar 2007, 10:26 AM	#9 (permalink)
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26th Mar 2007, 11:54 AM	#10 (permalink)
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