Comments on: Setting Your WordPress Blog Clock

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:40:24 +0000

Daylight savings time is something to worry about only once a year, so don’t worry about that, and one hour on or off isn’t a big deal. I’ve been using feature posts for years and love it.

You’ve asked two questions. One, about how WordPress sets the clock. You set the time zone manually, compared to GMT. There is a link next to the time zone feature to help you calculate that number. You may have to play with it a bit if you are in a time zone sensitive area.

The other is about future posts, which I adore. While the interface is different in the latest versions of WordPress, the instructions for using future posts can be found in Working Ahead - Future Posts with WordPress - in new versions you change it under the Publish Status Edit link.

By: Heavens

Heavens — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:48:18 +0000

I’m new to this so please be patient. Are you saying:
1. When you set up wordpress it defaults to your time zone or GMT?
2. When you write several posts and schedule the posts, the posting clock is set to your default time or GMT?

John Chow explained how he would write several posts and schedule them which I thought was a great way to stay on top of your blog. I’m trying to schedule my blogs to post at 6:30 AM EST without regard to daylight savings time. So my settings in my dashboards should be what? Then when I schedule a post, is my posting clock synchronized with my settings clock?

By: bamkuru

bamkuru — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:02:15 +0000

I have recently been introduced to blogging and am hooked.However I need help in expanding my ideas and structuring the blog. Can someone help? I have also heard of people making money through Adsense, how does this work and can a wordpress.com blog host google adverts? how do you embed the code - where? As u can see I am still very green in this field.

By: Paul Sibley

Paul Sibley — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:31:31 +0000

It’s all so much easier to calculate living in England, especially at this time of year when we’re on GMT. I can’t say as I’m too worried about the date and time of posts on my blog — the content isn’t especially time-sensitive. I don’t necessarily post every day; the main content is on a weekly schedule, so anything else is extras extras really. But I do appreciate that for some people it will be incredibly important to be able to say they broke a story first.

By: Jason Boom

Jason Boom — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:27:16 +0000

The link you have to Geek’s End no longer works, as I changed the blog to jasonboom.com shortly after opening the doors. The post still exists, just with the http://www.jasonboom.com address.

By: zobibi

zobibi — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:09:30 +0000

clock + blog + wordpress = things magnified ,
do you know the houe of madagascar please?
thanks a lot

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:06:30 +0000

@ Barkybree:

Good point. You would think that those would be monitored with WordPress template tags, too. Hmm. I don’t pay attention to stats so I didn’t notice. Might want to whine about that on the WordPress Ideas list.

By: Barkybree

Barkybree — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:38:31 +0000

What about the blog stats (”dashboard”). I find it maddening that the stats are in GMT, not EST (where I’ve set my blog). What gives?

By: Diana L Guerrero

Diana L Guerrero — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:12:20 +0000

Personally, I use a reader and don’t really concern myself on when people post. I also tend to post for my local readers versus my international readers. Recently, I added on the Fox Clocks into my browers with key times listed from cities where I tend to have participants or with whom I conduct business. Works out well, and since I have my clock set in my Word Press panel–I don’t worry about it much.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:54:45 +0000

Since the date and time can be set by humans on WordPress blogs, all things are possible.