Last update date

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Dogs_and_things, Feb 13, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hello,

    I am facing a dilemma.:)

    Up till now I have a last update date on every single page of my site. This date refers to the last time an individual page was updated.

    Now, sometimes a make a change to all of my pages at once. This is where trouble comes in. Because with a mass search and replace I can make a change to all of my pages in two minutes, but updating the individual page update date is more time-consuming. As not all pages show the same date I can't do a mass search and replace there.

    Now I'm thinking of doing a php include on all pages that shows the same update date always.

    This would make it a lot easier to change the last update date but I would loose the individual dates.

    My question is: Do you think it's better to have one identical last update date on all pages of a site, should there be an individual last update date on every single page or would a last update date on the home page be enough, removing the update date from all the sub-pages, what do you consider best practice, and why?

    Thanks in advance for your opinion.
     
    Dogs_and_things, Feb 13, 2009 IP