I have looked into several options for the archiving of both news and events, but so far I can't seem to find a simple solution for what we need.
The "archive" module for drupal 6 is exactly what we need for news items, as it sorts by the day the item is posted. What we really need for events, however, is the exact same thing except we obviously need it to sort by the date of the actual event, not by a timestamp. The calendar module is way too complex for what we need; we do not need a full month and day layout. Rather, all we need is a simple list of "past" events.
Are there any solutions for this, or ideas how I could use the archive module to achieve what I need? I would love to have one simple interface that could sort these node types correctly.
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if you create your own view
if you create your own view with the views module, you can easily filter by any date field. e.g. show all nodes of the 'event' content type where the event date field is older than the current date.
hth!
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And views comes with an 'archive' default view that just needs to be enabled.
i am familiar with views, but
i am familiar with views, but not enough to do what i need in terms of the user interface. what i really need is a nice layout that lets users choose the year, then month, then day and list the nodes exactly like the 'archive' module does. I know there is a default "archive" view that will give a simple list by month, but I need something a little more robust. is it possible to copy the 'archive' interface using just views?
archive by event date
Did you ever find a solution to archive by the date of the event? It's certainly not obvious how to get there from the default archive view.