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1. luispunchy
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I call wp_get_archives in a sidebar, using the defaults so it displays archives listed by month. I want to highlight the month in the list when you are on that month's archive page.

   This would be similar to the logic with wp_list_categories when the category list is generated on a Category Archive page, and how the list item for that category is marked with the HTML class current-cat.

   I know the XHTML/CSS involved (i.e., I know how to style the markup to get that affect) - but I CANNOT figure out how to coerce WordPress to generate the necessary class attribute for me to use as a style hook.

   I need something like this:
   

   <ul id="archives">
     <li class="selected"><a href="#" title="April 2008">April 2008</a></li>
     <li><a href="#" title="March 2008">March 2008</a></li>
     <li><a href="#" title="Feb 2008">Feb 2008</a></li>
     ...
   </ul>

   How do I get wp_get_archives to generate a class attribute for the selected archive month?

2. luispunchy
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   sigh... anybody? I'll keep plugging through the source and post back here if I can figure it out, but I'm thinking *somebody* must have tried this before... and got it working... anybody??

3. hugoking
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Yeah, I'd really like an answer to this too. I don't see why the tag doesn't have the same actions as wp_list_categories.

4. oh2bWP
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'm not sure if this will help you or not, but I *think* the code you want to modify would be here:

   /wp-includes/general-template.php

   In WP 2.6.1, there is an area of code around line 350 on that deals with the wp_get_archives function. Perhaps someone with an understanding of this code could post a hack to meet your needs?

   I'm sorry I can't be of more help.

5. iLuke
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I was able to hack this up really quickly... be warned, this is mostly untested, but it should do what you want.

   Find in /wp-includes/general-template.php line 352. It should be the get_archives_link function declaration... replace that function with this modified one:

   /* link navigation hack by Orien http://icecode.com/ */
   function get_archives_link($url, $text, $format = 'html', $before = '', $after = '') {
   	$text = wptexturize($text);
   	$title_text = attribute_escape($text);
   	$url = clean_url($url);
   
   	if ('link' == $format) {
   		$link_html = "\t<link rel='archives' title='$title_text'  href='$url' />\n";
   	} elseif ('option' == $format) {
   		$link_html = "\t<option value='$url'>$before $text $after</option>\n";
   	} elseif ('html' == $format) {
   		$requested = "http://{$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']}{$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}";
   		if ($requested == $url){ $class = " class='current-cat'"; } else { $class = null; }
   
   		$link_html = "\t<li$class>$before<a href='$url' title='$title_text'>$text</a>$after</li>\n";
   	} else { // custom
   		$link_html = "\t$before<a href='$url' title='$title_text'>$text</a>$after\n";
   	}
   
   	$link_html = apply_filters( "get_archives_link", $link_html );
   
   	return $link_html;
   }

   For anyone who cares: all this is doing now is testing for the requested uri and checking it against the returned $url from the original function... it currently applies a class of current-cat to the <li>.

   HTH.
   Luke

6. iLuke
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   As of 2.7 update, the hack I posted is now around line 626 of the same file:

   /**
    * Retrieve archive link content based on predefined or custom code.
    *
    * The format can be one of four styles. The 'link' for head element, 'option'
    * for use in the select element, 'html' for use in list (either ol or ul HTML
    * elements). Custom content is also supported using the before and after
    * parameters.
    *
    * The 'link' format uses the link HTML element with the <em>archives</em>
    * relationship. The before and after parameters are not used. The text
    * parameter is used to describe the link.
    *
    * The 'option' format uses the option HTML element for use in select element.
    * The value is the url parameter and the before and after parameters are used
    * between the text description.
    *
    * The 'html' format, which is the default, uses the li HTML element for use in
    * the list HTML elements. The before parameter is before the link and the after
    * parameter is after the closing link.
    *
    * The custom format uses the before parameter before the link ('a' HTML
    * element) and the after parameter after the closing link tag. If the above
    * three values for the format are not used, then custom format is assumed.
    *
    * @since 1.0.0
    * @author Orien
    * @link http://icecode.com/ link navigation hack by Orien
    *
    * @param string $url URL to archive.
    * @param string $text Archive text description.
    * @param string $format Optional, default is 'html'. Can be 'link', 'option', 'html', or custom.
    * @param string $before Optional.
    * @param string $after Optional.
    * @return string HTML link content for archive.
    */
   function get_archives_link($url, $text, $format = 'html', $before = '', $after = '') {
   	$text = wptexturize($text);
   	$title_text = attribute_escape($text);
   	$url = clean_url($url);
   
   	// modified 2008-12-15 by luke wertz
   	if ('link' == $format) {
   		$link_html = "\t<link rel='archives' title='$title_text' href='$url' />\n";
   	} elseif ('option' == $format) {
   		$link_html = "\t<option value='$url'>$before $text $after</option>\n";
   	} elseif ('html' == $format) {
   		$requested = "http://{$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']}{$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}";
   		if ($requested == $url){ $class = " class='current-cat'"; } else { $class = null; }
   
   		$link_html = "\t<li$class>$before<a href='$url' title='$title_text'>$text</a>$after</li>\n";
   	} else { // custom
   		$link_html = "\t$before<a href='$url' title='$title_text'>$text</a>$after\n";
   	}
   
   	$link_html = apply_filters( "get_archives_link", $link_html );
   
   	return $link_html;
   }

7. Ricky
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   How could we make this a custom function, or otherwise a plugin? This is exactly what I needed, but I hate editing the core files.

8. efetch
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Luke, you're my heroe. Your solution is the only I found in the www.

   Thank you very much
   Frank

9. borholquib
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Great job with the hack, but I still don't understand the inconsistency between the various functions (wp_list_* and wp_get_archives).

   I'd love something that doesn't break with an upgrade.

10. karl19
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    I'd also like it if this could be turned into a custom function or plugin - WP is updated much more often than many other CMS's, so it'd be great not having to change core files.

11. helger
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    If you don't want to edit the wp core files, just try this :
    

    function get_archives_link_mod ( $link_html ) {
       preg_match ("/href='(.+?)'/", $link_html, $url);
       $requested = "http://{$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']} {$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}";
          if ($requested == $url[1]) {
             $link_html = str_replace("<li>", "<li class='current'>", $link_html);
          }
          return $link_html;
       }
    add_filter("get_archives_link", "get_archives_link_mod");

    Copy the code in your themes functions.php - this may not be the most elegant solution, but it works (for html lists only) ... Have fun!

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