Removing dates from archives

[Dan Nickerson]

1. Yes it is possible. There's no update planned right now, but not a bad feature for a future update.
2. Create a child theme, we do try to emphasize this when making changes to core files. Then they will not get overwritten.

[OnlineInf0]

Thanks Dan...

but how do I create a child theme?

And I guess...You're saying...

Create a Child Theme...make the changes...

then somehow, save the child theme to my desktop,
upgrade socrates then reupload the child theme?

Am I guessing right???

Thanks

[Dan Nickerson]

We have multiple posts on creating child themes and we have this text on our Styling page inside your dashboard.

We will no longer support customizing the Socrates theme files directly.
If you wish to customize this theme beyond the options provided here, then you first need to read about Child Themes and then set up a child theme that extends Socrates in order to make your customizations. This will ensure that future updates of Socrates won't overwrite any of your customizations.
For your enjoyment, you can download and install the official Socrates Sample Child Theme. Just download it, and add it as you would normally add a theme to Wordpress.