Do Structured Data Errors Hurt Your Rankings
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Thank you so much! You're amazing!
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Ok, this should fix your problem. Just add the "updated" that is bolded below. That portion of the code will look like this:
%3$s
/**
- Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
- @since Twenty Ten 1.0
*/
function twentyten_posted_on() {
printf( ( 'Posted on %2$s by %3$s', 'twentyten' ),
'meta-prep meta-prep-author',
sprintf( '%3$s',
get_permalink(),
esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
get_the_date()
),
sprintf( '%3$s',
get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ),
sprintf( esc_attr( 'View all posts by %s', 'twentyten' ), get_the_author() ),
get_the_author()
)
);
}
endif;
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I found the functions.php file, but not the content.php. I didn't see the code mentioned in the functions.php file, but could it be under another name in here?
Thanks,
Ruben
// See more at: http://techstudio.co/wordpress/loading-the-latest-version-of-jquery-in-wordpress#sthash.UWbVtIec.dpuf
// This theme uses wp_nav_menu() in one location.
register_nav_menus( array(
'primary' => __( 'Primary Navigation', 'twentyten' ),
) );
// This theme uses post thumbnails
add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
// resize images
function mf_resize($c,$w="",$h="") {
echo "/wp-content/plugins/magic-fields/thirdparty/phpthumbail/phpThumb.php?src=$c&w=$w&h=$h&zc=1";
//echo bloginfo('url')."/wp-content/plugins/magic-fields/thirdparty/phpthumb/phpThumb.php?src=$c&w=$w&h=$h&zc=1";
}
// insert meta data
function insert_meta($id,$meta=array(),$panel_id=0) {
if($panel_id>0) {
$meta2=array('_mf_write_panel_id' => $panel_id,'_edit_lock' => "1289904643",'_edit_last' => 1);
$meta=array_merge($meta,$meta2);
}
foreach($meta as $key=>$m) {
update_post_meta($id,$key,$m);/echo $id." ".$key." ".$m."
";/
}
}
// widget ready
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
register_sidebar();
// remove html valid. error
add_action('init', 'remheadlink');
function remheadlink() {
remove_action('wp_head', 'rsd_link');
remove_action('wp_head', 'wlwmanifest_link');
}
/* Exclude Category from Main Page and RSS Feeds. 5 6 - categs ; 4 - posts array */
function myFilter($query) {
if ($query->is_feed || $query->is_home) {
//$query->set('cat','-5,-6');
//$query->set('post__not_in',array(4));
}return $query;
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts','myFilter');if ( ! function_exists( 'twentyten_posted_on' ) ) :
/**- Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
- @since Twenty Ten 1.0
*/
function twentyten_posted_on() {
printf( ( 'Posted on %2$s by %3$s', 'twentyten' ),
'meta-prep meta-prep-author',
sprintf( '%3$s',
get_permalink(),
esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
get_the_date()
),
sprintf( '%3$s',
get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ),
sprintf( esc_attr( 'View all posts by %s', 'twentyten' ), get_the_author() ),
get_the_author()
)
);
}
endif;
/**
- Get Grandparent ID Of Current Page
- @author Bainternet
- @reference http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/11665/identify-that-a-page-is-a-grandchild-page
- @param $page_id
- @return bool
*/
function get_grandpapa($page_id){
$current_page = get_page( $page_id );
if ($current_page->post_parent > 0){
//has at least a parent
$parent_page = get_page($current_page->post_parent);
if ($parent_page->post_parent > 0){
return $parent_page->post_parent;
}else{
return false;
}
}
return false;
}remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_print_scripts');
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_print_head_scripts', 9);
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 1);
add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_print_scripts', 5);
add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 5);
add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_print_head_scripts', 5); -
It's probably in content.php or functions.php which are located in the theme folder of your wordpress installation and are probably only accessible via ftp.
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It is a wordpress site, and I get the fix. However, how do I replace it? I included a screenshot of all the different choices under editor, but I'm having trouble finding it. I thought it would be under post.php, but it's not there. Any ideas?
Thanks so much for the help!
- Ruben
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Yeah, I actually just noticed that I had this issue as well. You just need to add "updated" as a class so the html for the date on your http://www.kempruge.com/suv-driving-tips/ blog should end up as:
June 19, 2014
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I assume your site is running Wordpress Ruben? This is quite common - you should be able to find your fix here. Snippets do cause a lot of problems, especially when plugins are in use. See how you get on with that.
This error occur when Google Snippet cannot find date it was published or last updated.To solve this find,**
<span < code="">
class=
"post_date">`'j F,Y'
); ?></span <>`**
and replace it with<span < code="">
class=
"post_date date updated">`'j F,Y'
); ?>``</span <>```-Andy
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