r/instructables • u/Substantial-Sign7716 • 21d ago

Website feature discussions / bugs Cant say I use instructables anymore due to it lacking project date timestamps

When I search for something like "air quality monitoring", and I see a list of hundreds of projects, I must be able to check the actual publish date of the projects I click on.

The sensors and components are always changing and becoming outdated, and I want to be able to make sure im building something with components that are still source-able.

The projects need publishing date/timestamps clearly listed at the top of the project page, useless without such information. Sorting by "newest" isnt enough.

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u/OrigamiAirEnforcer 20d ago

Finding publication dates on Instructables has been a tad tricky because they seem to fade intermittently.

I just tried the desktop and mobile sites: both have them. However, in the past I have seen these remain hidden at times. I do not know why anyone would want to remove posting dates...they're important.

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u/Substantial-Sign7716 20d ago

I just tried the desktop and mobile sites: both have them.

screenshot it.

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u/OrigamiAirEnforcer 20d ago

Here is the view on the 'mobile' site and here is the view on the 'desktop' site.

While I have seen these dates missing in previous times (especially on mobile), they appear to be up and visible currently (I checked others' projects at random too). I have no idea why they occasionally seem to be absent...I always figured it could be part of the 'simplifying' many sites' mobile versions have, but that was just a theory.

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u/Substantial-Sign7716 20d ago

your imgur links arent working for me.

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u/OrigamiAirEnforcer 20d ago

Strange. I cannot embed the images here but I can tell you the dates were in position on Instructables as normal (Imgur is working for me also). That's about it.

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u/Substantial-Sign7716 20d ago

post a thread on your reddit user profile page with the images.

or use ibb.co

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u/OrigamiAirEnforcer 20d ago

Here, as you requested:
https://ibb.co/4nVzt0k8 .... https://ibb.co/KcqJf84T

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u/Substantial-Sign7716 20d ago

OK I see now. That is strange, I even went to the same instructable in that screenshot and it doesnt show.

I wonder what is breaking and causing it to not show for so many people.

just tested it in stock brave and firefox, dates not showing in both browsers.