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1. KerriM
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Be gentle with me, as I'm brand new to word press, and bascially a beginner with PHP.

   I'm trying to create a sort of archive link list in the sidebar of the blog, all of which must be narrowed by a specific category. It's basically structured like this:
   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
   Category
   Archives by Category (actually child categories)
   » Child Category
   » Child Category
   » Child Category…
   Archives by Date
   » 2009
   - December
   - November
   - October…
   » 2008
   - December
   - November
   - October…
   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

   I've got the category-based links working just fine, but I can't figure out how to get the date-based links to do everything I need them to using wp_get_archives.

   First, I need them to be narrowed down to a specific category. I've been able to do this using the kwebble plugin.

   Secondly, I need to make them into a nested list, first by year, then by month, which seems completely impossible to do usingwp_get_archives. (Not to mention the fact that w/ the kwebble plugin enable, I can only sort by month with that tag).

   Third, I need to be able to assign an active class to the selected date-sorted link. This doesn't seem to be built into wp_get_archives's functions as it is the wp_list_categories function.

   I've googled looking for alternatives but haven't gotten far. Having a hard time finding anything that's both relevant and understandable.

   …help…?

2. thetooon
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I've would use some of broad number of calendar plugins.

   But, for is the practical use of such lists, btw?

3. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You'll like need a plugin to help with that:
   * http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-archives-reloaded/
   * http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/collapsing-archives/
   * http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/clean-archives-reloaded/

4. KerriM
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   thetoon, ha! I'm actually not sure what the practical use, in this particular case, is. The practical impetus, however, is it's what my client wants! :-\

   MichaelH, thanks! I'd been through a few plugins and hadn't found what I needed. Collapsing Archives seems to be doing the trick (and I almost dismissed it, thinking it was just a collapsing menu script, which I can do without a plugin…). But it's doing (almost) exactly what I need, including the ability to narrow by categories. Thanks!

5. banesto
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks, MichaelH for the advice!

   The first one was the closest to my need, but maybe somebody know how can I show nested YEAR - MONTH arhive without any posts?

   in the beginning there's
   +2010
   +2009
   +2008

   and by clicking on certain year, user can get expanded list of months in selected year with post count.

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