Getting the following message from a reader was definitely one of those “Uh Oh” moments.
Hi. Just to let you know that your homepage of 101date.com says “What's hot in 2006“. I'm sure 2006 was a very hot year, but what's the temperature going to be like in 2009? – that's what I want to know.
I'm half way through your affiliate book – Fan-Bloody-Tastic, I cannot put it down.
Anyway, must fly, it's been a pleasure.
Ian.
Thank goodness for readers like Ian!!!
Placing dates on your site is a VERY effective technique for improving sales conversions, unless those dates happen to be very, VERY old.
So, I corrected the faux pas immediately, and made it look like this:
Of course, that will be all well and good until 2010 rolls along and I forget again to update the text.
There is a fix however. Embed a date script, just as you would use in the footers of your sites to create the Copyright © (current year) text.
Here's the script:
<script language=”JavaScript”><!– Begin
var time=new Date();
var year=time.getYear();
if ((navigator.appName == “Microsoft Internet Explorer”) && (year < 2000))
year=”19″ + year;
if (navigator.appName == “Netscape”)
year=1900 + year;
document.write(year + “</left>”);
// End –>
</script>
So, there… now you can plan to party hearty on New Year's Eve without having to worry about changing all those dates at midnight. 🙂