Hiding the date and like/gear buttons on a post

[homogenix]

Hi, I hope this is in the right place.

Is there a way to hide this part on posts?

[Kami]

Dec 22, 2022 6:27:57 GMT -8 homogenix said:

Hi, I hope this is in the right place.

Is there a way to hide this part on posts?

You can turn off likes in the admin panel instead of hiding the button.

I do not advise removing the gear button. This contains critical functions for both regular users and users with staff and moderation powers, such as deleting a post, linking to a post, or reporting a post. May I ask why you want to remove the gear button?

[homogenix]

Dec 22, 2022 6:41:55 GMT -8 Kami said:

Dec 22, 2022 6:27:57 GMT -8 homogenix said:

Hi, I hope this is in the right place.

Is there a way to hide this part on posts?

You can turn off likes in the admin panel instead of hiding the button.

I do not advise removing the gear button. This contains critical functions for both regular users and users with staff and moderation powers, such as deleting a post, linking to a post, or reporting a post. May I ask why you want to remove the gear button?

just wanted less information on the screen   
but you're right, the gear is an important part, what about hiding the quote button? is it possible? and the date & time as well

[Kami]

Dec 22, 2022 6:59:50 GMT -8 homogenix said:

Dec 22, 2022 6:41:55 GMT -8 Kami said:

You can turn off likes in the admin panel instead of hiding the button.

I do not advise removing the gear button. This contains critical functions for both regular users and users with staff and moderation powers, such as deleting a post, linking to a post, or reporting a post. May I ask why you want to remove the gear button?

just wanted less information on the screen   
but you're right, the gear is an important part, what about hiding the quote button? is it possible? and the date & time as well

It's possible, yes, but again I have to wonder if that's wise? Are you willing to sacrifice the members' ability to quote specific posts & know when posts were made for aesthetic purposes? I sympathise with the desire to have minimal bells and whistles but these are just basic functions.

If you still want them to go, I can walk you through that. However a) you'd need to be comfortable editing HTML & CSS, and b) you'd need to be OK with people on mobile devices not seeing these changes and still being able to access both functions.

[homogenix]

Dec 22, 2022 7:26:27 GMT -8 Kami said:

Dec 22, 2022 6:59:50 GMT -8 homogenix said:

just wanted less information on the screen   
but you're right, the gear is an important part, what about hiding the quote button? is it possible? and the date & time as well

It's possible, yes, but again I have to wonder if that's wise? Are you willing to sacrifice the members' ability to quote specific posts & know when posts were made for aesthetic purposes? I sympathise with the desire to have minimal bells and whistles but these are just basic functions.

If you still want them to go, I can walk you through that. However a) you'd need to be comfortable editing HTML & CSS, and b) you'd need to be OK with people on mobile devices not seeing these changes and still being able to access both functions.

oh the members will be fine without those, we're part of a role playing game so we never really use the quote function and the date & time is just... there

and i'm fine with editing html & css 

[Bob]

A little CSS can take care of both of these.

<style>

.button.quote-button[role="button"] {
 display: none;
}

.info > .date {
 display: none;
}

</style>

[Kami]

Dec 23, 2022 10:13:52 GMT -8 Bob said:

A little CSS can take care of both of these.

<style>

.button.quote-button[role="button"] {
 display: none;
}

.info > .date {
 display: none;
}

</style>

True, tho I generally advise putting the CSS in the theme style sheet to take advantage of caching, in which case the style tags are unnecessary (which you know of course, but stating so for those who might not).

OP could also delete those items from the layout templates without any need for additional coding or CSS.

As a caveat: they will still show on the mobile version of the forum regardless of method.

[homogenix]

thank you both, i appreciate the help