Blogger Time Warp UserScript
Update-
This script will NOT work in Blogger in Beta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This post will be of very limited interest.
A few times in the past on various Blogger forums someone has asked the question "How can I make a post in Blogger with a date outside of their form range (1990-2007)?".
Now or course most people will never need such a thing, but a few people seem to want to blog entries from the past (or maybe from the future). Maybe as a historical timeline, or for some other reason.
The previous answer had always been, I believe it's possible through the Blogger API. A few months ago someone asked the question again, and just to verify it could be done through the API I tested it out and Blogger would accept the year date in just about any 4 digit format. A few weeks later, with a little time on my hands I wondered if the Blogger Post Editor could be modded with a Greasemonkey userscript to do the same thing.
Then last week someone asked again about the possiblility, and since I already had the script worked up I decided to make it available to anyone that wants to use it. I realize this is very very few people, but those few may find it helpful for what they want. So I give you
The Blogger TimeWarp Greasemonkey Script
Function - Adds a checkbox to the Blogger post options settings so you can manually enter in a year date OUTSIDE of the normal Blogger range of 1990-2007.Requirements - Blogger, MUST use Firefox with Greasemonkey installed.
Download - You MUST have Greasemonkey installed, then
Right Click and choose Install UserScript to Install Blogger TimeWarp Userscript
Screenshots - Once installed, when opening the Blogger post editor a new checkbox will appear next to the dates in the post and comment options settings.
Check the box labelled warp and the Blogger year select input will disappear and replaced with a text input box.
Enter in your 4 digit year date. Save as normally.
Caveats - I've tested this real quick and don't see any major issues with it. Seems to handle posting from the past or future (within reason, don't go B.C.) but it's possible the Blogger "Calendar" is off somewhat in the far past/future (ie is March 15, 1893 a Tuesday or a Wednesday- Dunno, Dun't care. I assume Blogger is accurate within a certain time range, but not sure how far back/forward).
The only other 'issue' I've found is this, if Editing a saved post that has had the 'time warped', you will have to reenter the warp year date when saving. This is because the post editor form gets the date from Blogger, but since it's out of range of the actual form, a warped date on edit will default to 1990. It keeps everything else ok, you would just have to keep that in mind when editing to reset the year. I don't see a way of intercepting this with the userscript, because by the time a greasemonkey script executes, it's too late.
So if someone wants to use this they are welcome to. Personally I can barely blog from the present anymore.
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