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1. mconn
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   I'm not certain if this can even be done, and after searching for a couple of days, I just need to ask the question and see if anyone has an idea how I can make this happen.

   Here is the scenario: I have developed a WP site for a monthly magazine. They want the articles published online when the paper version is arriving in mailboxes, but it's a month ahead. In other words, people receive the October issue in September, the November issue in October, etc. Now when the articles get published online, the drop-down menu shows "October" but the articles are really from the November issue. Is there a way to "spoof" what the drop-down menu shows, so people could select "November" but would really be pulling articles that went live in October?

   I'm not a coder, but am comfortable making modifications when and where necessary.

   Any help would be great!

   MC

2. t31os_
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   And how do you view the monthly archives? Just by clicking a regular WordPress style month link?

   Examples:
   

   somesite.com/?m=08
   somesite.com/08/
   somesite.com/2009/08

   You could apply a filter to month requests so they are offset by a month, that way when you get a request for say..
   

   somesite.com/08

   it would in fact be grabbing data for..
   

   somesite.com/09

   Is that what you want to do?

3. mconn
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Kind of. Currently using the archive widget, so it's a drop-down menu in a sidebar. When you select "August" I need for it to get the August articles, which would in actuality have been posted in July...

4. t31os_
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Ok, so you want it to back date to the previous month.

   Could use a filter for archive pages, assuming thats where you want to do the back dating...
   

   // The magic!..
   if( !function_exists('backdate_archive') ) {
   	function backdate_archive($query) {
   		// If it's an archive query and it's not the admin area
   		if( !$query->is_admin && $query->is_archive ) {
   			// Make sure the month is set in the request
   			if( $query->get('monthnum' )) {
   				// Set the month to the new value
   				$query->set(
   					'monthnum',
   					$query->get('monthnum') - 1 // Back date
   				);
   			}
   		}
   		// Return the query (with new values if conditions were met).
   		return $query;
   	}
   	// Add filter before the query is run, ie. before getting the posts
   	add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'backdate_archive');
   }

   Modify as required.. :)

5. mconn
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   I've been out of the country for a couple of days, and am just getting back into the office.

   Thanks for the code... I'll try, tweak, and report back either way.

6. mconn
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Hmm. I took the code and pasted into the functions.php (actually, custom_functions.php, I am using the Thesis theme, so placed this into the custom_functions.php using the thesis_hook_archive_template hook) but it doesn't modify anything at all. No change in behavior. So I'm wondering if I added it into the right place....

7. t31os_
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   So if you view a monthly archive there's no difference?

   Example url:
   yoursite.com/?m=09

   The code above was tested directly in my theme's functions file as working.

8. mconn
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Nope. Doesn't work for some reason. But thanks to "girlie" over at diythemes (she's a pure genius), I am going to be creating categories for each month - January category, February category, etc, - and then simply using the category widget. Pure-d-simplicity and much easier too!

   Thanks for you help though dude!

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