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ridolfidesigns - August 7, 2008 - 12:44
This may be something really simple, but is there a way to create an archive of blog postings?
I was hoping maybe to break it down by year, month, and then the category, either news or tutorial?
Thanks,
Eric
Edited by WorldFallz - moved to appropriate forum.
There's a couple of modules
There's a couple of modules that address this (search for "archive" in the search downloads box) but the most flexible way of doing it would be with the http://drupal.org/project/views module.
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Thanks for the quick
Thanks for the quick reply.
I have been trying it with views and I just can't seem to get it working the way I would like it to work. I will keep trying though.
Thanks,
Eric
Ridolfi Designs
http://ridolfidesigns.com
Ok, here is how I set up my
Ok, here is how I set up my block view:
Type:
--List
Fields:
--Taxonomy: Terms for Category
-----option: as links
Arguments:
--Taxonomy: Term Name
-----title, option, wildcard, wildcard sub <--I am not sure what to do with these
--summary sorted descending
Filters:
--Node Type: Is one of: Blog Entry
It is displaying the archive the way I want it to display but when I click the archive category link, the page comes up as "address not found". I looked at the url and it is going to
http://news/I am sure it is something I didn't set up with the arguments.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Eric
Ridolfi Designs
http://ridolfidesigns.com
arguments
You should use the arguments "Node:Posted Year", "Node: Posted Month", etc. For the "Default" blanks, you should probably select "Summary, Unsorted". For the "Title" option, put something like "Archive - %1" and "Archive - %2". I think that should do it.
-Mike Goodwin
http://www.not2us.net
http://www.redleafmedia.com
Thank you for the reply but
Thank you for the reply but I am still getting a "page load" error. When I hover over the "May" link under archive the url is coming up
http://200805I am assuming that is the month and year. However, the rest of the url is not there. What am I doing wrong?Thanks,
Eric
Ridolfi Designs
http://ridolfidesigns.com
page versus block
I think that my suggestions should work if you use a page view. I've never worked with arguments and block views before. So I'm not totally certain what the issues there might be.
I guess the main problem is that view arguments are taken from the url directly. So, if this block is placed on a random page whose url has nothing to do with the archive, then the arguments will be pointless.
-Mike Goodwin
http://www.not2us.net
http://www.redleafmedia.com
I am using a block. Should I
I am using a block. Should I create a page view too? Is that the problem?
Eric
Ridolfi Designs
http://ridolfidesigns.com
Ok, I have it working now.
Ok, I have it working now. The problem was that I didn't have a page view. I was only creating a block view.
Thanks for helping!
Eric
Ridolfi Designs
http://ridolfidesigns.com
you're welcome
No problem. Drupal can usually do almost anything you want once you figure out the little details.
-Mike Goodwin
http://www.not2us.net
http://www.redleafmedia.com
Yeah, I love drupal. I just
Yeah, I love drupal. I just started learning it but I love it. I am sure once I get better at it I will love it even more.
Eric
Ridolfi Designs
http://ridolfidesigns.com
I am also having the problem
I am also having the problem to create a archive sorted by category and date. The difference is that I want the sorting by category first and after that the monthly archive and that I don`t filter for blog post but for a custom content type.
However: Did anyone here got the breakdown by date AND category working? I am getting mad here in trying to achieve something like this. TIA for any replies.
edit: just noticed that this thread is under theme development. Found it by search but why is it here?
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Good point-- moved it.
What specific problems are you having with your view?
The problem is described in
The problem is described in detail here: http://drupal.org/node/417790
This might sound a bit clumsy because I was really tired yesterday.
It boils down to the question if I can create a view that provides a list of taxonomy terms and when I click on one of them I get the archive related to the term.
Everytime I think I got a "real" understanding of arguments and the deeper usage of views I really hit a wall.
edit: this thing is solved -> follow the link above.