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1. hearsaychris
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   I am breaking into wp and am trying to create custom archives. I have 3 categories, let's say they are A, B, and C. I am wanting to show just the archives of category A on a single page with a custom template. I also want to have a different template to show just the archives of category B. I also need a 3rd for category C. I know I have already created separate category and single post template files.

   How do I call to this specifically from my sidebar and what code needs to be in my archive.php file?

   Thanks for any help you can send my way.

   Chris

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Just use Category Templates and then WordPress will automatically use the proper template when that Category is clicked say from a list presented by template tag, wp_list_categories().

   Related:
   Stepping Into Template Tags
   Stepping Into Templates
   Template Hierarchy

3. hearsaychris
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   The catch is that I can't use wp_list_categories().

   Categories A, B, and C are supposed to look like separate sections of the site. There should be no bleed through, meaning the user cannot see anything remotely related to Category B while in Category A and vice versa.

   Right now I am just calling for the standard monthly archives under my sidebar which shows all posts in all categories and that is not what I need.

4. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 10 months ago #

   So where are you presenting the link to get to Category A? or Category B, or Category C?

5. hearsaychris
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   We have a header with links for each Category at the top but we want an archive in the sidebar for each category on it's own category.php file.

6. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 10 months ago #

   I still believe my main point about Category Templates applies.

7. antistandard
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   hi, i want to do the same as hearsaychris, but i find the category template idea confusing not to mention the actual help pages on it.

   i don't see why i can't just make two sidebars A and B,

   then put them both one underneath the other so it may look like :

   --sidebarA--
   pages
   archive 1

   --sidebarB--
   meta
   archive 2

   and then for archive 1 I have :
   <?php wp_get_archives('cat=5'); ?>

   and for archive 2 I have :
   <?php wp_get_archives('cat=1'); ?>

   .......why is wordpress not this simple? seems like a logical and good starting point for me, but alas ..

8. fisherwebdev
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   You can do exactly what antistandard wants to do if you use this plug-in:

   http://kwebble.com/blog/2007_08_15/archives_for_a_category

   I agree, however, that wp_get_archives() really should have this functionality.

9. shafee85
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   Thank you fisherwebdev. The plugin helped me sort the same issue.

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