archives.php

Description: An optional Archives Index page which displays a list of links to archive pages.

This template includes the following templates:

Template Code

<?php
/*
Template Name: Archives
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content" class="widecolumn">

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?>

<h2>Archives by Month:</h2>
	<ul>
		<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
	</ul>

<h2>Archives by Subject:</h2>
	<ul>
		 <?php wp_list_categories(); ?>
	</ul>

</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

This template includes the following tags:

  • get_footer() is an include tag which includes the file footer.php.
  • get_header() is an include tag which includes the file header.php.
  • wp_get_archives()
  • wp_list_categories()

HTML Skeleton

[HEADER.PHP]

<div id="content" class="widecolumn">

	[SEARCHFORM.PHP]

	<h2>Archives by Month:</h2>

	<ul>
		<li>[MONTH], [YEAR]</li>
	</ul>

	<h2>Archives by Subject:</h2>

	<ul>
		<li class="categories">Categories
			<ul>
				<li class="cat-item cat-item-[#]">[CATEGORY]</li>
			</ul>
		</li>
	</ul>

</div>

[FOOTER.PHP]

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