How do I/can I change the date that a page is published

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The community member is new to Webstudio and is trying to figure out how to specify the creation date of a page, similar to what they could do in WordPress with Elementor. They've searched for information but haven't found anything specific to Webstudio pages (as opposed to CMS integrations).

The comments suggest that for blog-type pages, the best method is to use CMS integrations and output the updated time in the sitemap. For Webstudio pages, the time the site was published is used as the lastmod. The community members discuss whether specifying the creation date is necessary for their use case.

There is no explicitly marked answer in the comments, but the community members provide some suggestions on where to look for the date information (meta, sitemap) and that dates in Google are typically for article-type content, so this is best managed in a CMS.

EEsme

I'm about a week into Webstudio, so I'm super new and apologize if this is a really simple question: I'm coming from WP (+ Elementor, no-judgment please, I'm trying to leave!) and in that, I can specify the date that a page was created (even if it's before today).

Can I do the same thing in Webstudio, and if so, could some point me in the direction of a handy help section please? I've searched (here, Google, Git) and I can't seem to find anything that's not relating to a CMS (which I'm not talking about, I'm talking about actual pages not a CMS integration).

I'm wondering if it has something to do with the "Custom Metadata" section in the page settings, but I don't have a clue how to set this in the body or page so that I can pick it up in the Custom Metadata.

Like I said, I'm super new and still finding my feet!

5 comments

OOleg Isonen

What user facing problem are you trying to solve?

EEsme

Ooo, good question! I guess this, but now you've posed the question this way, I'm not sure I even need it!

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EEsme

I guess for the background version (actually building it in Webstudio) I can just drag the pages into the right order. I think it was more ease of sorting, but now you've put the question that way, I'm not sure that it's necessary!

OOleg Isonen

In case you want to figure this out, search where Google is taking that date. Maybe meta, maybe sitemap and then put it there 😉

JJohn Siciliano

For blog-type pages, best method is to use CMS integrations and output the updated time in the sitemap. For Webstudio pages, the time the site was published is used as the lastmod.

Typically dates in Google are for article type content so this is best managed in a CMS

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