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Demo for client goes bad when we encounter a bug adding a new entry into the back end. Entry shows up in the admin but not the front side.

<thoughtbubble> "I can't believe this, we just tested it! How can this be? How? How?" </thoughtbubble>

Perhaps, the cache? Nope.

<thoughtbubble> "You gotta be fucking kidding me!" </thoughtbubble>

Perhaps the front side is pointing to dev? Nope.

<thoughtbubble> "Oh shit... make something up quick. Make it sound good." </thoughtbubble>

Tells client we'll have to look into it. (real smooth)

Looked into it and it turns out the bug was actually a feature. Apparently when you assign an "end date" to a date in the past... by design, it won't show.

However, was it bad UI? That's a different argument.

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  • 1
    dont you mean "when you assign the date in the future" instead of "past"? thats how blogs work
  • 0
    @amjo No - "end date" in the past = expired = not shown (provided that's the logic in the system). For blogs you're thinking of a publish or start date.
  • 1
    The entry had beginning and end dates. I selected June 10th as the end date. So the entry was expired and did not show on the front side.
  • 0
    ahhh i thoughy you were referring to the start date.. :)
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