Archives - changing format of posts

1. 

   indi (Member)
   Posted 1 year ago | Permalink

   Hi Justin,

   I want to change the look of the archive page (date.php) as I use a drop-down widget for visitors to select past archives in Month yyyy format. I am using a copy of the month.php in my child theme to do it.

   In terms of what I want to do:

   1. Display the entry as the limit_content() function output not the excerpt for each of the posts (using my limit_content() function).
   2. Use my thumb.php script to round and resize thumbnails for each of the posts - calling my resize_thumbnail() function.
   3. change title layout to 'Month yyyy Archive.'

   What I want to ask:

   Is it better to add filters or actions to functions.php to do this?

   Or shall I stick to using month.php as I am familiar with the way I modified category.php for my needs.

   Thx

   Indi

2. 

   Justin Tadlock (Administrator)
   Posted 1 year ago | Permalink

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3. 

   indi (Member)
   Posted 1 year ago | Permalink

   Hi Justin,

   I tried the above code and I got a blank site. Not sure why but this was my code:

   /*******************************************
   * Excerpt swap for limit_content function
   *******************************************/
   add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'db_excerpt' );
   
   function db_excerpt( $content ) {
   	if ( is_month() ) {
   		$content = limit_content(310, 'Read On »');
   	}
   	return $content;
   }

   With regards to the thumb script, the get_the_image is used, but the phpthumb is used to round the corners etc. And I wasn't asking for support of the script but just a function call! I totally understand where you are coming from in terms of support. However, with all the effort going in to migrate to Hybrid, I don't think there is scope to use an alternative theme that is now producing some desired results...

   Can you tell me about point (3) above, if I wish to change the title from say .. 'May 2009' to .. 'May 2009 Archive' ... for the month.php template.

   Thx,

   Indi

4. 

   Justin Tadlock (Administrator)
   Posted 1 year ago | Permalink

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