Is there a way to print the expires on date? I think that would be pretty helpful.

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dllh commented
Assigned: Unassigned » dllh
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

The module adds attributes named "expire" and "expire_flag" to applicable nodes. So for a given node, you can check for the existence of one of these and print the date if desired. It's a datetime field, so if you have any particular date format requirements, you may need to do some extra work to get the format you need.

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blogfuse commented

Sorry, I'm a PHP noob. This is what I've put in my node.tpl.php but without any luck:

<?php if ($expire): ?><?php print $expire_flag ?><?php endif; ?>

I have no idea what I'm doing :)

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dllh commented

I think you should be able to use $node->expire and $node->expire_flag. And in your logic, switch the two ($node->expire_flag in the if condition and $node->expire printed out) or just use $node->expire in both cases.

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blogfuse commented

This may warrant another thread, but is there a way to not delete nodes that have expired, but just print "Expired" in the view? I'd like to keep them in the database as archives if possible.

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dllh commented

It doesn't delete nodes; it just sets their status to 0, unpublishing them. You should be able to get to the nodes via the admin interface and republish or use as a reference later.

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blogfuse commented

Sorry, not trying to beat a dead horse here, but what about keeping their status published, but with a printed field that said "Expired on: X"

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blogfuse commented

Sorry, can't edit posts: maybe it would be easier if the posts expire just having them unpromoted from the frontpage (if they're on it), and having a field in the node printed "Expired".

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dllh commented

That's really not what this module is designed to do. It'd be a pretty simple matter to update it (in the cron job, make it set "promoted" to 0 rather than "status" to 0), and perhaps it's something I'll add an option for at some time, but I don't see that happening in the near future. If you do this, you can also check $node->expire in your template to print whatever notice you desire if the node is in fact expired as of the display date.

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astoltz commented

This has been added to the latest version.