Google rich snippet – Warning

[mariafernandezParticipant Post count: 18]

In order to get rid of the “Warning: Missing required field “updated”.” in the Google Webmaster Structured Data Testing Tool, I’ve added the code below to my functions.php file (Balance theme). Unfortunately, it has also added a second ‘By Maria Fernandez” line to all my posts, as well as the date and  “Updated: <date>”. These new lines make my blog unsightly.

Is there a way I can modify the code below so that I can remove the Warning without adding the date, “By <author>” and “Updated” lines?

My blog is: http://www.spanish-bites.com/

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remove_action( ‘genesis_before_post_content’, ‘genesis_post_info’ );

add_action( ‘genesis_before_post_content’, ‘child_post_info’ );

function child_post_info() {

if ( is_page() )

return; // don’t do post-info on pages ?>

<div class=”post-info”>

<span class=”date published time”>

<time class=”entry-date” itemprop=”startDate” datetime=”<?php echo get_the_date( ‘c’ ); ?>” pubdate><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></time>

</span> By

<span class=”author vcard”>

<a class=”fn n” href=”<?php echo get_the_author_url( get_the_author_meta( ‘ID’ ) ); ?>” title=”View <?php echo get_the_author(); ?>’s Profile” rel=”author me”><?php the_author_meta( ‘display_name’ ); ?></a>

</span>

<span class=”post-comments”>&middot; <a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>#comments”><?php comments_number( ‘Leave a Comment’, ’1 Comment’, ‘% Comments’ ); ?></a></span>

<?php // if the post has been modified, display the modified date

$published = get_the_date( ‘F j, Y’ );

$modified = the_modified_date( ‘F j, Y’, ”, ”, FALSE );

$published_compare = get_the_date( ‘Y-m-d’ );

$modified_compare = the_modified_date( ‘Y-m-d’, ”, ”, FALSE );

if ( $published_compare < $modified_compare ) {

echo ‘<span class=”updated”><em>&middot; (Updated: ‘ . $modified . ‘)</em></span>’;

} ?>

</div>

<?php }

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[cehwithamParticipant Post count: 392]

Hi Maria,

I can’t see the dates outputting on your site.

Could you just add the updated class to the published date? Would that satisfy Google?

Alternatively if Google / your requirements need both dates but you only want to show one of them, I think you’d be forced to hide the second one with CSS.

Chris

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