You might want to look at CDC Archives http://cdcstudios.com/cdc-clean-archives/
Not a form, but a little javascript to “hide” the posts for each month.
I’ve tried that CDC Archive plugin and its nice and all, but the one thing I don’t like is that if you have been blogging for some time and have a larger archive, when you scroll down to slide open a certain month, it opens that month up but it also takes you back to the top of the page. Then you have to again scroll back down the page to view the month that you just selected to see. it is a lil annoying doing so. I did leave a comment on the author’s page, but have yet to get a response on whether or not there is a way to fix that. Other than that one lil annoyance, it is a great plugin and I look forward to its continued development.
Thank you,
Kahil
I use the sortable-nicer-archives plugin which gives you different ways to view your archives. Here is a link to look at http://www.jwurster.us/wordpress/sortable-nicer-archives/.
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annliu
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Thank you everybody…
I download “clean_archives_reload” plug in, but don’t know why it doesn’t work? I follow the instruction and created another page ‘Archives.php’ (copy the code from page.php), but it said the sever can’t find the archives page?
I also added two function code into Archives.php, still not working?? Please advice how to make this plug in work? I saw it is a nice plugin ..
Obviously you did something wrong.
1. I bet it should be archives.php not Archives.php
2. You should never try to access a template files directly!
3. another Archives.php… – Does it mean you have 2?
4. archive.php should be a Page template – with some additional lines at the top. See the Codex:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates
5. Finally, when a Page Template is created and uploaded, you Create a New Page by using that template (in this case without putting anything in the content)
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annliu
(@annliu)
Hi Moshu,
1. Yea, it is archives.php not Archives.php (type wrong)
2. I use Senorita theme, it doesn’t have archives.php. So I just copy the code in the page.php and created a new file name ‘archives.php’ and then paste the code into it.
3. I follow your advice and create a new page that titled ‘Archives by Months’, and then upload without put anything in the content?
But still not work? I am sure I did something wrong, but couldn’t figure out? I think maybe the link that I put on the sidebar under Archives is wrong, is it?
3. I follow your advice and create a new page that titled ‘Archives by Months’, and then upload without put anything in the content?
I’ve never said that 🙂
And don’t mix things: you make a file (not a page), more exactly a template file. A Page Template file. And if it is NOT the default page.php then it has to have certain lines at the top – read the Codex, that’s why I gave the link.
