my blog posts don't show the date…

<?php the_time(‘m/j/y’) ?>

add this before your title, inside the loop.
you also might want to add some span or something to style it.

or this:

<?php the_time(‘d.m.y’) ?>

what about displaying the full date, i.e. 2 March 2011?

<?php the_time(‘F j, Y’); ?>

or

<?php the_date(‘F j, Y’); ?>

and if you want to change order, just switch F with j
F=month

adding it before the title just makes all the other text and formatting unaligned. does anyone have a simpler/clearer solution, i.e. non-techy?

Please paste the full php page of how you changed it at https://wordpress.pastebin.com/

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solution is perfect; implement has a tiny errorrrrr

Here’s the link…

https://wordpress.pastebin.com/zR6Ptydv

Where should I insert the code?

on line 11 of course, just give it a span class or something to style it.

look at my code:

<ul id="single_noticias">            

<li><?php the_post_thumbnail('noticias-thumb');?></li>
<li><span class="red"><?php the_time('m/j/y') ?></span></li>

<li><h3><a>" ><span class="red"><?php the_title(); ?></span></a></h3></li>

<li><p><?php echo get_the_excerpt(); ?></p></li>
<li><span id="read_more"><?php echo twentyten_continue_reading_link(); ?></span></li>
            <li id="social-noticias">

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in case you haven’t noticed, i don’t have that much experience with wordpress, which is why advice like ‘just give it a span class or something to style it’ means pretty much zilch. can anyone else explain this in a way that even someone who doesn’t breathe code can figure out?

come on man, this is not kindergarten. don’t take it so personally;

try adding the time code on line 11. then add to your css -> div.date {display:inline;}
put your time code between a <span> </span>
this MIGHT work, I THINK. I am learning now also.

use firebug and test yourself styling, this is the was you will learn something.

question: why do you have this here? the_category(‘, ‘);
instead of the_category(); ??

let me know how is it going, maybe I can help.

cheers

@timduncan

question: why do you have this here? the_category(‘, ‘);
instead of the_category(); ??

i suppose, to get a comma separated list of the post’s category links.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/the_category

true, true. thank you

didn’t work but don’t worry about it. not really worth the trouble.