Prevent publishedAt from being updated on blog edit

zainforbjs · zainforbjs · commit 0b9fd69c9af6 · 2026-02-26T13:20:41.000+05:00
diff --git a/app/controllers/Controller.cfc b/app/controllers/Controller.cfc
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ component extends="wheels.Controller" {
             } else if (isUserAdmin()) {
                 params.statusId = 2;
                 params.status = "Approved";
-                params.publishedAt = now();
+                // Do NOT set publishedAt on update
             } else {
                 params.statusId = 2;
             }
@@ -421,9 +421,7 @@ component extends="wheels.Controller" {
             if (structKeyExists(params, "status")) {
                 blog.status = params.status;
             }
-            if (structKeyExists(params, "publishedAt") && len(trim(params.publishedAt))) {
-                blog.publishedAt = params.publishedAt;
-            }
+            // Only update publishedAt if this is a creation, not update
             if (structKeyExists(params, "postTypeId")) {
                 blog.postTypeId = params.postTypeId;
             }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ component extends="wheels.Controller" {`
`399`	`399`	`} else if (isUserAdmin()) {`
`400`	`400`	`params.statusId = 2;`
`401`	`401`	`params.status = "Approved";`
`402`		`- params.publishedAt = now();`
	`402`	`+ // Do NOT set publishedAt on update`
`403`	`403`	`} else {`
`404`	`404`	`params.statusId = 2;`
`405`	`405`	`}`
`@@ -421,9 +421,7 @@ component extends="wheels.Controller" {`
`421`	`421`	`if (structKeyExists(params, "status")) {`
`422`	`422`	`blog.status = params.status;`
`423`	`423`	`}`
`424`		`- if (structKeyExists(params, "publishedAt") && len(trim(params.publishedAt))) {`
`425`		`- blog.publishedAt = params.publishedAt;`
`426`		`- }`
	`424`	`+ // Only update publishedAt if this is a creation, not update`
`427`	`425`	`if (structKeyExists(params, "postTypeId")) {`
`428`	`426`	`blog.postTypeId = params.postTypeId;`
`429`	`427`	`}`