Hi, ty for your response,
I have tried what you said, i even installed a demo template on your site and it does show dates and created by, i have compared all options i can think of, nothing helps.
I did find one article online that says that magazine layout has been overwritten to display date user and category, but i cant figure out how. (I dont even know if im on the right track here).
http://www.joomlart.com/documentation/purity-iii/override-joomla-com-content#article-info
I even went to Menu manager -> Edit menu item -> Meni item type and changed it to “xLayout-blog” then it works, but i dont need the blog layout.
I do apologise if im asking n00b questions.