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Nat
Dec 11 2002, 06:22 PM
I was wondering if there's some way to get a tree-like archive index, looking like this:
Tree-Like Archives

Can someone please help me?
I tried some nesting with MTArchiveBlablabla but I couldnt make it work. The tree code I wrote does lots of nesting of MTArchiveList and that's probably one reason why it didnt work (the other is I dont know too much about MT Coding and tried a weird use of MtVar). Below, my unsuccessful code:
CODE
<MTSetVar name="meiao" value="<$MTArchiveCount$> - 1">



<MTArchiveList archive_type="Monthly" lastn="1">
<a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>

    <MTArchiveList archive_type="Daily" lastn="1">
    <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveDate format="%d/%m/%Y"$></a>
    
 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="<MTGetVar name="meiao">" offset="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

    </MTArchiveList>

    <MTArchiveList archive_type="Daily" lastn="<MTGetVar name="meiao">" offset="1">
    <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveDate format="%d/%m/%Y"$></a>
    
 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="<MTGetVar name="meiao">" offset="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

    </MTArchiveList>

    <MTArchiveList archive_type="Daily"  lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
    <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveDate format="%d/%m/%Y"$></a>
    
 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="<MTGetVar name="meiao">" offset="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

    </MTArchiveList>

</MTArchiveList>

<MTArchiveList archive_type="Monthly" lastn="10" offset="1">
<a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>

    <MTArchiveList archive_type="Daily" lastn="1">
    <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveDate format="%d/%m/%Y"$></a>
    
 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="<$MTArchiveCount$>" offset="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

    </MTArchiveList>

    <MTArchiveList archive_type="Daily"  lastn="<$MTArchiveCount$>" offset="1">
    <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveDate format="%d/%m/%Y"$></a>
    
 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="<$MTArchiveCount$>" offset="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

    </MTArchiveList>

    <MTArchiveList archive_type="Daily"  lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
    <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveDate format="%d/%m/%Y"$></a>
    
 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="<$MTArchiveCount$>" offset="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

    </MTArchiveList>

</MTArchiveList>

<MTArchiveList archive_type="Monthly" lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
<a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>

    <MTArchiveList archive_type="Daily" lastn="1">
    <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveDate format="%d/%m/%Y"$></a>
    
 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="<$MTArchiveCount$>" offset="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

    </MTArchiveList>

    <MTArchiveList archive_type="Daily"  lastn="<$MTArchiveCount$>" offset="1">
    <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveDate format="%d/%m/%Y"$></a>
    
 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="<$MTArchiveCount$>" offset="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

    </MTArchiveList>

    <MTArchiveList archive_type="Daily"  lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
    <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveDate format="%d/%m/%Y"$></a>
    
 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="<$MTArchiveCount$>" offset="1">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

 <MTArchiveList archive_type="Individual" lastn="1" sort_order="descend">
 <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" target="_self"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a>
 </MTArchiveList>

    </MTArchiveList>

</MTArchiveList>
eliot
Dec 12 2002, 12:19 AM
hmm.. been playing with this for the past hour or so.. i think it can be done with some server-side scripting used in conjunction with fancy MT'ing. do you have any server-side scripting (PHP, JSP, ASP, ColdFusion, etc.) available? if you do, i'll play with it a bit more and hopefully come up with something.
Nat
Dec 12 2002, 12:56 AM
Yes, I have PHP 4 (and know a little PHP programming) at my server.
I'm almost installing MovableType locally under my Apache only for testing this. smile.gif
And you dont know, but after getting this to work, I''m planning to  make the tree something like an hierarchical interactive menu with a few JavaScript.

Yes, I am unemployed and have nothing to do instead of going to the beach in this "wonderful city" during the summer, but it's been raining since Sunday, so I do some coding for fun. tongue.gif
engel5
Dec 13 2002, 08:30 AM
Here are two possible examples that don't use anything other than HTML and Movable Type variables.

CODE
<dl>
<MTArchiveList archive_type="Monthly">
<dt><a href="<MTArchiveLink>"><MTArchiveTitle></a></dt>
<dd><dl>
<MTEntries>
<MTDateHeader><dt>Date Here</dt><dl></MTDateHeader>
<dt><MTEntryTitle></dt>
<MTDateFooter></dl></MTDateFooter>
</MTEntries>
</dl>
</MTArchiveList>
</dl>

<table border="1">
<MTArchiveList archive_type="Monthly">
<tr><td valign="top"><a href="<MTArchiveLink>"><MTArchiveTitle></a></td>
<td>
<table border="1">
<MTEntries>
<MTDateHeader><tr><td valign="top"><MTEntryDate format="%B %e"></td><td><table border="1"></MTDateHeader>
<tr><td><MTEntryTitle></td></tr>
<MTDateFooter></table></MTDateFooter>
</MTEntries></table>
</td></tr>
</MTArchiveList>
</table>


The Definition list (DL) would be faster than the nested tables, but you would have finer control with the tables. I left the borders on to show where the tables, cells, etc. show up. For an example, I will leave thisTest page up for a while.
engel5
Dec 13 2002, 08:38 AM
Oops.

I realized your is sorted from oldest to newest. This will depend on your blog configuration choice.

David
Nat
Dec 13 2002, 10:04 AM
The tables layout looks almost exactly as I wanted, but there's one problem...

My table layout shows different images before the Link for the archive, making it look like a UI tree menu. (the link is in the first post).  The first item of a sequence has  one kind of image, the last one has another kind and the middle items have all the same images.

I'm gonna try doing it here, based in your table coding, and then I post someting to say If i got it or not. smile.gif
Thanks a lot!
Nat
Dec 18 2002, 05:41 AM
Well, after many days trying, I think I have been completely unsuccessful. sad.gif

MTArchiveList does not accept strings like offset and sort_order, and the only way I think I can bring it to work is using DateTags plugin ,but DateTags does not work... sad.gif
Melody
Dec 18 2002, 06:55 AM
hmm... i can't see anything on your site fellow brasileira  wink.gif

*okay, i see what you mean now. trying to figure something out.*
Nat
Dec 22 2002, 04:19 PM
My site is being updated, melody, and the only thing missing is this $#$%$%%%^%$^$%^^& archive list I created form my sick mind. tongue.gif

The problem I have is in listing the correct entries, nothing did work from now because MTArchives is poor in parameters. I need lots of differents listings and respectives links to do it.

- Current month only and:
  - Last day (if available) only and
     - Last entry of last day only
     - Middle entries (if available) of last day only
     - First entry of last day only
  - Middle days (if available) of current month
     - Last entry from each day
     - Middle entries from each day
     - First entry of each day
  - First day of last month and
      - Last entry from first day
      - Middle entries from first day
      - First entry from first day
- All the months between the current month
   - Last day from each month
      - last entry from each month
      - middle entries for the last day of each month
      - first entry of last day from each month
   - Middle days from each month
      - last entry from each day
      -  middle entries blablabla
      - first entry of each month
   - First day
      - last entry blablabla
      - middle blablablabla
      -  first blablabla
- First month
   (Its all the same. Too lazy for writing it)

But theres no way to display MTs archives relative to a specific period of time - between the last one exclusive and the first one exclusive, for instance. :-/

I'm almost giving up and getting normal archives. Its easier and its the only thing missing in order to have my new site on. :-/
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