[support] avoid displaying start-end dates in announcements module

[Todd]

You could try using the module String Overrides, if you just want to quickly
change what's on the front page without worrying about coding anything. I'm
not familiar with the Announcements module, however, so I don't know exactly
how it works.

http://drupal.org/project/stringoverrides

On 29 January 2011 13:48, Ryan LeTulle <bayousoft at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK.  I'm not familiar with Pocket IE at all.  Sounds kinda scary if it
> doesn't support CSS. ;)
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> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Luke (Drupical) <
> drupal at lists.tacticus.com> wrote:
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>> I like - Very simple.:) The only real problem with it, are browsers such
>> as Pocket IE, that don't do well with CSS. I've tried hiding divs before
>> (although I didn't think of it here), and those weird little browsers have
>> alwayse been problematic.
>>
>> I do have mobile users (myself included), so I try to cover that case when
>> I can.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Luke
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>> From: Ryan LeTulle <bayousoft at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:00
>> To: support at drupal.org
>> Subject: Re: [support] avoid displaying start-end dates in announcements
>> module
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>> Hide the div in CSS?
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>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Luke <drupal at lists.tacticus.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I'm using the announcements module in D6.
>>>
>>> I have a homepage view which is basically the default frontpage sample
>>> view, which displays new posts to the site much like the default
>>> homepage.
>>>
>>> Announcements posted through the announcements content type show up like
>>> this on that view:
>>>
>>>
>>> Announcing 2011 Domain Pricing
>>> Sat, 01/01/2011 - 00:30 -- admin
>>> Starting January 1, 2011 - Ending December 31, 2011
>>> We are continuing our better-than-the-competition domain pricing from the
>>> 4th quarter of 2010. INCLUDES OUR THREE PERCENT DISCOUNT ON ALL DOMAIN
>>> TRANSFERS!
>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to make the "starting...- Ending..." line go away.
>>>
>>> I have tried changing the various abstract functions in the module, to
>>> preg_replace that line out of existence, but it seems to be ineffective.
>>> I'm guessing that the reason is that the view is pulling this content
>>> directly from the node body in the DB.
>>>
>>> I do not much object to the starting-ending dates being shown on full
>>> announcement nodes, but I don't want them showing up on the frontpage.
>>>
>>> What might be the most effective way to cause these lines to vanish?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Luke
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