=== Collapsing Archives === Contributors: robfelty Donate link: http://blog.robfelty.com/wordpress-plugins Tags: archives, sidebar, widget Requires at least: 2.0 Tested up to: 2.5 Stable tag: 0.8 This plugin uses Javascript to dynamically expand or collaps the set of months for each year and posts for each month in the archive listing. == Description == This is a relatively simple plugin that uses Javascript to make the Archive links in the sidebar collapsable by year. It is largely based off of the Fancy Archives Plugin by Andrew Rader See the CHANGELOG for more information == Installation == MANUAL INSTALLATION Unpack the tar contents to wp-content/plugins/ so that the files are in a collapsArch directory. Now enable the plugin. To use the plugin, change the following here appropriate (most likely sidebar.php): Change From: To something of the following: ` \n"; wp_get_archives(your_options_here); echo "\n"; } ?> ` This way, if you ever disable the plugin, your blog doesn't die. **Note**: `wp_get_archives` can be substituted for `wp_list_archives` depending on the design of the theme, so be sure to edit appropriately. Also, substitute `your_options_here` with what the appropriate options are for your theme. WIDGET INSTALLATION For those who have widget capabilities, (default in Wordpress 2.3+), installation is easier. Unpackage contents to wp-content/plugins/ so that the files are in a collapsCat directory. There should be 2 new plugins in your Wordpress Admin interface -- Collapsing Archives, and Collapsing Archives Widget. You must enable both of them, in that order. Then simply go the Presentation > Widgets section and drag over the Collapsing Archives Widget. == Frequently Asked Questions == 1. How do I change the style of the collapsing archives lists? You can modify the collapsArch.css file to your liking == Screenshots == 1. Collapsing archives with default theme 2. available options == Demo == I use this plugin in my blog at http://blog.robfelty.com == OPTIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS == Options for Collapsing Archives are found under Options -> Collapsing Archives. So far, there are the following options: * Use chronological or reverse chronological ordering * Links point to root, index.php or archives.php * Leave Current Year Expanded by Default * Display number of posts in a year * Show Month Link * Display number of posts in a month * Enable month links to expand to show posts * Display pages and posts, or just posts * Leave Current Month Expanded by Defaul * Posts can be displayed with any of the following: * Number (ID) * Title * Comment Count == CAVEAT == This plugin relies on Javascript, but does degrade gracefully if it is not present/enabled to show all of the archive links as usual. == HISTORY == * 0.8 * Verified to work with wordpress 2.5 * Now has custom styling option through the collapsArch.css stylesheet * updated screenshots * (Hopefully) fixed multi-language support for titles (put htmlentitites back in) * moved javascript into collapsArch.php and got rid of separate file * 0.7.8 * Got rid of htmlentities in post titles. Should display better now * 0.7.7 * Now links should work with all sorts of permalink structures. Thanks to Krysthora http://krysthora.free.fr/ for finding this bug * 0.7.6 * fixed some more markup issues to make it valid xhtml * 0.7.5 * fixed bug when turning off "month links should expand to show posts" option * 0.7.4 * fixed broken links * 0.7.3 * posts now have the class "collapsCatPost" and can be styled with CSS. Some styling has been added in collapsCat.php * removed list icons in front of triangles * 0.7.2 * Added option to link to index.php, root, or archives.php * 0.7.1 * Fixed comment count feature in post links * Fixed display of date in post links * Fixed automatic loading of options into database * 0.7: * Complete rewrite of database code to reduce the number of queries from 2 * #months + 1 to 1 single query * 0.6.2: * Added collapsing class to
  • s with triangles for CSS styling * Added style information to make triangles bigger and give a pointer cursor over them * Added title tags to triangles to indicate functionality * 0.6.1: * Bug fix - fixed the previous year triangle pointing in the wrong direction * Changed default options to reflect how I use it on my website * 0.6: * Changed name from Fancy Archives to Collapsing Archives * Changed author from Andrew Rader to Robert Felty * Added option to link to archives.php * Added option to list in chronological or reverse chronological order * Added triangles which mark the collapsing and expanding features That is, clicking on the triangle collapses or expands, while clicking on a month or year links to the archives for the said month or year * Changed behavior from starting all expanded and then collapsing on page load to the opposite * Removed the rel='hide' and rel='show' tags, because they are not xhtml 1.0 compliant. Now uses the CSS classes instead --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fancy Archives Changelog * 0.5: * Added option to display Page entries with Posts inside the month links * Cleaned up the list generation code * 0.4: * Added option: Trim post titles to a set size * Added option: Optionally show ellipsis if a post title was shrunk * Fix: Added fix for when page's content-type is "application/xhtml+xml" * 0.3: * Huge rewrite: cleaned up javascript - one function does all the work, javascript no longer visible in page source * Added options: month links are optional, set current year/month to be expanded by default * Links now link to 'javascript;' instead of '#' * 0.2.5: * Fixed an issue with displaying comment counts in < WP2.0, fixed by using WP's internal comment counting function (Thanks Will) * 0.2: * Massive update, now has a dedicated options page (no more passing options to function) * Month links can expand to show individual posts * 0.1: * Initial Release