Add shop setting to toggle product/content date visibility

Remove border-top from date metadata styling. Add show_dates boolean
to Shop model (default on) with radio buttons in Branding Settings
to show or hide created/updated dates on product and content pages.

make_post_sell/models/shop.py

@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ class Shop(RBase, Base):
     # Default theme for shop visitors (0=dark, 1=light)
     default_theme = Column(BigInteger, nullable=False, default=1)  # Default light mode
 
+    # Show created/updated dates on product and content pages
+    show_dates = Column(Boolean, default=True)
+
     # many to many uses association_proxy.
     users = association_proxy("shop_users", "user", creator=lambda u: UserShop(user=u))
 

make_post_sell/scripts/alembic/versions/ecb51cffd213_add_show_dates_to_shop.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""add show_dates to shop
+
+Revision ID: ecb51cffd213
+Revises: 05be3044c2d2
+Create Date: 2026-02-01 11:23:33.791512
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = 'ecb51cffd213'
+down_revision = '05be3044c2d2'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+from make_post_sell.models.meta import UUIDType
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.add_column(
+        "mps_shop",
+        sa.Column("show_dates", sa.Boolean(), nullable=False, server_default="1"),
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    op.drop_column("mps_shop", "show_dates")

make_post_sell/static/css/common.css

@@ -2137,8 +2137,6 @@ img.crypto-button-icon {
     color: var(--text-muted);
     font-size: 0.8em;
     margin-top: 20px;
-    padding-top: 12px;
-    border-top: 1px solid var(--border-light);
 }
 
 .original-comment-box {

make_post_sell/templates/content.j2

@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@
       <br/>
     {% endif %}
 
+    {% if request.shop.show_dates %}
     <div class="product-meta-dates">
       Created {{ product.human_created_timestamp }}{% if product.human_created_timestamp != product.human_updated_timestamp %} · Updated {{ product.human_updated_timestamp }}{% endif %}
     </div>
+    {% endif %}
   </div>
 
   <div class="product-comments">

make_post_sell/templates/product.j2

@@ -159,9 +159,11 @@
       Please make sure you have an application to open this file type.
     {% endif %}
 
+    {% if request.shop.show_dates %}
     <div class="product-meta-dates">
       Created {{ product.human_created_timestamp }}{% if product.human_created_timestamp != product.human_updated_timestamp %} · Updated {{ product.human_updated_timestamp }}{% endif %}
     </div>
+    {% endif %}
   </div>
 
   <div class="product-comments">

make_post_sell/templates/shop_settings.j2

@@ -727,6 +727,19 @@
       <br />
       <br />
 
+      <label>Product & Content Dates</label>
+      <br />
+      <input type="radio" name="show_dates" id="show_dates_on" value="1" {% if request.shop.show_dates %}checked{% endif %} />
+      <label for="show_dates_on" class="inline-label">Show created and updated dates</label>
+      <br />
+      <input type="radio" name="show_dates" id="show_dates_off" value="0" {% if not request.shop.show_dates %}checked{% endif %} />
+      <label for="show_dates_off" class="inline-label">Hide dates</label>
+      <br />
+      <small class="note-text">Show or hide the created and last updated dates on product and content pages.</small>
+
+      <br />
+      <br />
+
       <input type="submit" name="submit" class="mps-submit" value="Save Settings" />
 
       <br />

make_post_sell/views/shop.py

@@ -592,6 +592,20 @@ def shop_settings(request):
                     )
                 )
 
+            # Handle show dates setting
+            show_dates_value = request.params.get("show_dates")
+            if show_dates_value is not None:
+                show_dates = int(show_dates_value) == 1
+                if shop.show_dates != show_dates:
+                    shop.show_dates = show_dates
+                    status = "visible" if show_dates else "hidden"
+                    request.session.flash(
+                        (
+                            f"Product and content dates are now {status}",
+                            "success",
+                        )
+                    )
+
         # Handle stripe settings form
         if form_section == "stripe-settings":
             # Handle disable action