Crafting a different archives template

I’m writing an archives template for a theme I’m working on, and I decided I wanted to do something more than the average, boring archives page. For example, for the monthly archives, I’d like it to appear something like this:

2006:                         Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2007: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct     Dec
2008:     Feb Mar Apr May Jun     Aug     Oct Nov

For the categories, I’d like to see two or three column lists, similar to this:

General    Podcast         Reviews
Tutorials  Uncategorized   Video
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I’m displaying both of these examples in monospaced <PRE> format, but I’d prefer to display everything in normal fonts. Are either of these possible using current plugins or techniques, or would anyone like to take up the task?

2 Response to “Crafting a different archives template”


  1. 1 Latz

    Interesting idea. I’m gonna put this on my list though I don’t think I actually start thinking about it in the near future.

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