alexwaddell
alexwaddell

@macgenie Is there a way to change the date on a micro.blog post? I've got a couple of old ghost blog posts that I wanted to bring over however I can't work out how to set the date to some time in the past…

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jean
jean

@alexwaddell That's a @manton question, and I'm pretty sure he can sort that out for you.

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manton
manton

@alexwaddell @macgenie There's not a web UI for changing dates yet, but apps like MarsEdit on the Mac can do it. If you're interested in trying that, check out this help page.

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alexwaddell
alexwaddell

@manton I tried mars edit earlier today and couldn’t change the date or time, no place to do it - perhaps not configured correctly. Any tips @danielpunkass ?

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manton
manton

@alexwaddell @danielpunkass If you open an existing post, there should be a menu option: Post → "Edit Date…"

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danielpunkass
danielpunkass

@manton @alexwaddell Yes, that should do the trick. The date UI is not visible in the main post editor window. Bear in mind after changing the date you need to "Send to Blog" again to update the published post.

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alexwaddell
alexwaddell

@danielpunkass thanks both! That worked a treat!

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jasraj
jasraj

@alexwaddell @manton I'm a Windows PC user (with iPhone).

Is there anything else that will let me back-date posts? I have a couple of old bits to upload.

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manton
manton

@jasraj Quill is available on the web and another good option for setting the date before a post is created. (You can also edit posts in Micro.blog on the web, but it doesn't update the date in the URL, so setting the date right first is best for now.)

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amit
amit

@manton I've been wanting to ask this for some time now, are you planning an option to customize the URL format? Or will that work if I customize my theme config?

Actually my old simple URLs got complicated when I migrated to m.b.

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manton
manton

@amit Yes, I am planning it. The import feature automatically redirects old blog URLs and that needs to be expanded and editable.

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jasraj
jasraj

@manton ok great, thank you :)

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