Collapsing Archives

This is a relatively simple plugin that uses Javascript to make the Archive links in the sidebar collapsable by year and/or month.

IMPORTANT! Please deactivate before upgrading, then re-activate the plugin. MANUAL INSTALLATION Unpack the contents to wp-content/plugins/ so that the files are in a collapsing-archives directory. Now enable the plugin. To use the plugin, change the following here appropriate (most likely sidebar.php): Change From:

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To something of the following: <?php if( function_exists('collapsArch') ) { collapsArch(); } else { echo "<ul>\n"; wp_get_archives(); echo "</ul>\n"; } ?> You can specify options for collapsArch. See options section. WIDGET INSTALLATION For those who have widget capabilities, (default in Wordpress 2.3+), installation is easier. Unzip contents to wp-content/plugins/ so that the files are in a collapsing-archives directory. You must enable the Collapsing Archives plugin, then simply go the Presentation > Widgets section and add the Collapsing Archives Widget.

2.0.5 (2017.08.17)

• Compatible with WP 4.8
• Cleaned up code some to reduce warnings

2.0.4 (2017.01.02)

• Compatible with WP 4.7
• Fixed bug with jquery compatibility
• Removed deprecated mysql debugging info
• Works with PHP 7

2.0.3 (2015.08.12)

• Compatible with WP 4.3

2.0.2 (2014.09.24)

• Fixed bug when expanding years but not showing month links, where the oldest posts were not getting displayed

2.0.1 (2014.09.05)

• Compatible with WP 4.0

2.0 (2012.04.09)

• now using all jquery for javascript stuff
• added accordion option
• added option to not use cookies
• Fixed display issues with IE
• Easier style handling
• Added support for custom post types

1.3.2 (2011.01.03)

• Fixed display bug when only one month in year

1.3.1 (2010.06.22)

• Fixed bug where months would not expand for current year when "expand current year" was set to no (thanks to beardedgit for debugging help)

1.3 (2010.06.18)

• Storing post information in javascript array to reduce number of DOM elements (and improve page loading speed)
• Added option to select post date before or after title

1.2.2 (2010.01.28)

• Restricting settings page to authorized users
• Fixed expandYears option. Now when you show posts, but not months, the year expands to show posts.
• Updated javascript to fix cookie bug
• Switched from scriptaculous to jquery. Now no longer conflicts with plugins which use mootools (for example featured content gallery)

1.2.1 (2009.06.22)

• Can now use manually in WP 2.7-
• Updated Spanish localization (thanks to Karin Sequen)
• Fixed problems with page load and cookies

1.2.beta (2009.06.07)

• Changed hide and show classed to collapse and expand to avoid CSS class conflicts

1.2.alpha (2009.05.02)

• Widgets work with 2.8 API
• Can specify options directly in manual usage

1.1.4 (2009/04/22)

• Fixed html validation error when using manual version
• Spanish localization (thanks to Karin Sequen)

1.1.3 (2009/04/17)

• Fixed bug with unicode codes showing up instead of triangles

1.1.2 (2009/03/28)

• Span all on one line so it doesn't mess up exec-php (thanks GeekLad)
• fixed some minor issues to get page to be valid xhtml
• no longer requires footer
• updated javascript file
• added option for custom expanding and collapsing symbols

1.1 (2009/03/07)

• fixed bug with truncating titles
• cleaned up code a bit
• fixed query for excluding categories
• fixed including only certain categories
• added option for "no title" - suggested by Brad Parker
• reduced number of queries by using get_permalink without id
• Improved internationalization
• fixed settings panel

1.0.5 (2009/01/21)

• changed query
• when using truncated titles, title attribute has full title
• using html ellipsis in truncate titles
• Got rid of comma before post date
• fixed some issues with settings page
• updated FAQ

1.0.4 (2009/01/15)

• fixed debug option
• style is set in database if the style column is not already there

1.0.3 (2009/01/09)

• don't put an expand icon for years if "show months" is not selected
• add self class to post for additional styling
• fixed :before style info to restore default style
• fixed post title truncating

1.0.2 (2009/01/07)

• added javascript version
• not loading unnecessary code for admin pages (fixes interference with akismet stats page
• fixed settings page for manual usage
• fixed sort order option

1.0.1 (2009/01/06)

• Finally fixed disappearing widget problem when trying to add to sidebar
• Added debugging option to show the query used and the output
• Moved style option to options page

1.0 (2008.12.08)

• Integrating javascript with other collapsing plugins
• Non-widget version now works out of the box (defaults added to database upon activation)
• style can now be set with an option
• inline javascript moved to bottom for faster page loading

0.9.6 (2008.12.02)

• Minor bug fix with missing end tag when years expand to months, but months do not expand to posts

0.9.5 (2008.12.01)

• fixed javascript bug for IE7

0.9.4 (2008.11.21)

• Improved handling of options for non-widget version
• Uses cookies to keep track of expanded and collapsed years/months
• tested with 2.7 beta3

0.9.3 (2008.11.04)

• Now can once again use as a widget or non-widget

0.9.2 (2008.11.01)

• Fixed truncating of title

0.9.1 (2008.10.28)

• added collapsArchMonth class for when posts are not shown
• added img directory
• calling it stable

0.9.alpha (2008.10.23)

• Can now use more than one widget
• Added option to animate collapsing and expanding
• Added option to use images as collapsing symbols
• Added option to have the year and month activate collapsing instead of linking to the yearly/monthly archive

0.8.9 (2008.06.04)

• added option for different expand and collapse symbols (triangles, +/-)

0.8.8 (2008.05.27)

• added some more FAQ about stylesheets
• added option to only include certain years

0.8.7

• fixed sparse year problem (extra tags would get inserted after a year with only one post which was in January) -- thanks to [aishdas] (http://wordpress.org/support/profile/444678) for pointing this out

0.8.6

• fixed bug which had wrong markup when months were turned off

0.8.5

• fixed bug (introduced in 0.8.2) that made the widget not show up after an upgrade

0.8.4

• title of archives now shows up correctly using before_title and after_title

0.8.3

• fixed bug introduced in version 0.8.2 trying to exclude categories. Would break if no categories were being excluded

0.8.2

• Added option to exclude posts that belong to certain categories. So far this is only working for posts that belong to a single category
• Added option to change title in widget, and can now set all options from the widget page
• Now is condensed into one plugin

0.8.1

• Changed htmlentities to htmlspecialchars in formatting title text. Now this should not mess up accented characters, but should escape quotes
• Using unicode codes in css file for double quote character

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