Just a reminder: If you have used copyright notices (©2021) on your sites, change them to ©2022.

If you don’t want to update manually you can write © <script>document.write(new Date().getFullYear())</script> I found this working on most servers

[image] MiDoe: I found this working on most servers That is Javascript and has nothing to do with the server, but requires the user to have JavaScript enabled on their browser. That shouldn’t be an issue for over 99% of users. Everyone should remember that there are no “Copyright Police” at …

Perhaps if Realmac added a %current_year% variable, this could be handled automatically? @dan Something for RW9?

[image] jacksona: Perhaps if Realmac added a %current_year% variable, this could be handled automatically? @dan Something for RW9? that would be perfect! …not only for of the “copyright year”…also quite useful for other use cases

Keep in mind that these types of template variables are only evaluated when the site is published. You’d still need to publish all pages where this is used for it to update them.

You can add this PHP / JS code snip into the General settings > Footer Copyright © <?php $copyYear = 1998; $curYear = date('Y'); echo $copyYear . (($copyYear != $curYear) ? '-' . $curYear : ''); ?> Your name You’ll never need to worry about this again.

[image] daviddelmonte: add this PHP / JS code snip into the General settings > Footer This only work if all pages are PHP pages.

I’ve held copyrights for almost 40 years now, both for written work (including software) and for photographs. There is a massive amount of incorrect information on copyright floating around on “the font of all wisdom” and some of it is here. Read it for yourself: Circulars | U.S. Copyright Office …

Thank you, Michael :slight_smile: … and a question as I’m a non-coder: Where in RW do I have to insert the line of code you submitted? Thanks and a Happy New Year to all!

I’m with the group that updates every year simply to assure my visitors that the site is maintained and updated. By the way, here in the USA, nine of the top ten Fortune 500 update their copyright: 5 use only the current year 4 use a range of years 1 doesn’t have anything at all in their footer- …

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joeworkman (Joe Workman) January 6, 2022, 4:25am 22

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Reminder: Change Copyright Year to 2022