Published Time

Adds a new timestamp to a node for when the node became published.

Many publishing systems are more concerned about the time a node was published than when it was created. I have seen a few solutions to this issue posted which simply modify the nodes 'created' time once the node transitions to the published state; but our application requires maintaining the nodes created time so a new field was required.

The module has a single admin setting to set whether the 'published' time will only be the first time a node becomes published or whether it will reset if the node goes from published to unpublished and then back to published again.

It also allows a user with sufficient privileges to set the 'published' time to what ever they choose.

Views handlers are provided to display and sort by this field.

This project was designed by LiquidCMS and funded by ConsumerSearch, a NY Times Company.

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