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1. konradhartmann
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Excuse my dumbness, but I have a few basic questions:

   • I would like links to archives that are in larger groups than months. For example, instead of Jan 2008, Feb 2008, etc., I would like links that say Jan-Jul 2008, Aug-Dec 2008, etc. Do I have to use up a category for this, or can the archive range be changed?
   • I am migrating a bunch of posts from a really bad, non-WordPress site to my new and improved one. I will be editing the post dates as I enter the data since the posts go back two years. How would I categorize those into archives as I enter them?
   • In addition to the search box, I would like a page of alphabetized titles that hyperlink to the article (post). Any ideas on how to set that up? I have done that before with anchors and hyperlinks, but not on a blogging tool.

   Thanks

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Just as a note, archives are a generated thing, meaning when you view archives they are generated, on the spot, by WordPress, into the proper collection, be it date, category, or tag archives.

   1. I don't believe, without some coding, that it would be easy to get archives, by quarter. You might have the best idea in using a Category such as Jan-Mar 2008, or Apr-Jun 2008, etc.

   2. You should put a date on each post and assign the proper Category/Categories and/or Tags.

   3. Might look at something like a site-map plugin such as Dagon Design Sitemap Generator or look at creating a Page Template that uses the template tag, query_posts(), to generate a list of posts.

3. konradhartmann
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Michael, This is great. Thanks for helping me out. --Konrad

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