Auto-updating copyright year in the footer

[zochovsky]

Hey guys,

Is there any simple way to add an auto-updating copyright year into the Laytheme’s text editor to read, ie. ”© 2020 Laytheme.com All rights reserved.”?

Thanks

[mariusjopen]

Dear @zochovsky
you could do that with jQuery and append.

Best!

Marius

[dafv]

@mariusjopen and @arminunruh
I know this is an old post, but I'm trying to do the same, however like this "© 2018—2023" in a Footer page.
I have a text box inside the footer with the following source code:

<p>© 2018—<span id="currentYear"></span></p>

And i'm adding some custom JS in "Custom HTML at bottom":

<script>
     window.laytheme.on("newpageshown", function(){
        jQuery("#currentYear").text((new Date).getFullYear() );
     });
</script>

This is working perfectly on desktop, however I can't seem to make it work on mobile. It's just shows "© 2018—".
I already tried a few things but without success. Do you have any idea how to fix this?

Here's the link if you want to check it —> https://aaltar.com/homepage-2023/

[arminunruh]

i think id's are meant to be unique maybe thats why it doesnt work

try

<p>© 2018—<span class="currentYear"></span></p>

both in your desktop layout and your custom phone layout
and then

<script>
     window.laytheme.on("newpageshown", function(){
        jQuery(".currentYear").text((new Date).getFullYear() );
     });
</script>

[dafv]

@arminunruh I tried this, however, as soon as I change the source code of the text box to 'class' and click OK, the source code changes (automatically) to '<p>© 2018—</p>'. It completely removes the span tag if there's a class instead of an id...I don't know why.

Is there another solution for this?

[arminunruh]

i think id's are meant to be unique maybe thats why it doesnt work

try

HTML:

<p class="currentYear">test</p>

JS:

<script>
     window.laytheme.on("newpageshown", function(){
        jQuery(".currentYear").text("© 2018—" + (new Date).getFullYear() );
     });
</script>

[dafv]

@arminunruh I think it was because the span tag was empty. It works now!!
Thank you so much!