Comments on: JavaScript Code Snippet: Automatically Updating Copyright Date

By: Andrew Champ

Andrew Champ — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:56:35 +0000

Thanks, this was what I was looking for and it works great, cheers.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:17:45 +0000

Haha. Well, Ajith, you are right. I used to change the copyright manually, and it really isn’t hard to do. But it is more efficient to have an automatic solution. And if you’re someone like me who manages multiple websites, it does actually save A LOT of time.

Similarly, if a website doesn’t use a content management system, then when you change the copyright, you need to go in and change each and every page. So, in that case, it is definitely worth it.

And yes, I always use the PHP solution. I prefer it too.

By: Ajith Edassery | DollarShower

Ajith Edassery | DollarShower — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:38:12 +0000

In fact, I would do this on the server side as well and hence PHP is preferred. Also, if you really think copyright is something that changes once in a year or two. So why not just edit it manually

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:25:58 +0000

Indeed, the PHP version is way better. However, for someone who has never dealt with PHP and doesn’t know if their website runs on PHP, or how to save a file as PHP, this snippet will work… of course, assuming that their visitors have not disabled JavaScript.

Ironically, I did link to a related article which warns against using JavaScript.

By: stratosg

stratosg — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:13:40 +0000

supposing that the visitor has js enabled. i think that the php snippet you gave the other day was better and sure