The one thing I wish was different is that I wish I could have sub-archiving (is that a real word?) so that it archives by week, as well as month. That way, I end up with week subdivisions within the monthly archives instead of long 28-31 item listing.

Thanks for posting all these great tips. My blog isn’t a word press blog, but I still find your advice helpful and appreciate the time it takes for you to write these posts to help people.

Seng Ra e jung ai KIA dapdung 6 hpe Hpakan Byuha na Myen hpyenla ni wa wang ai hpe KIA hpyenla ni bai kahtap wang tawn ai mabyin hta, gap hkat na ri ri rai sai ten, KIA Dap Awng Daju Du Daju Gunhtang Gam Shawng ahkang n jaw ai majaw, majan hpe koi yen lu ai re lam, dap 6 hte ni nawn ai shiga lawk kawn chye lu ai.

Shawnglawm hkawm nga ai KIA hpyenla langai.

Shawnglawm hkawm nga ai KIA hpyenla langai.
Ndai mabyin hta, KIA dapdung 6 hpe Dap-up Major Yawngba Shawng woi awn nna, Myen hpyen hpe gaw Hpakan Byuha-mu Col. Than Aung woi awn ai hte, Myitkyina de na Myen hpyenla ni mung n-gun jat lawm ai lam, Hpakan buga masha ni kawn kahtap chye lu ai.

Ya ten KIA hpyenla ni hpe shawnglam de moi gap hkap ten na zawn gawan hkawm na matsun tawn tim, tinang shawng sinat n kapaw hpang na matsun tawn ai lam, KIA shiga lawk kawn chye lu ai.

De a shawng e sha, KIA dapdung 6 hte Hpakan byuha-mu lapran, “July praw 4 hte 5 ya shani byin ai, Uru Hka Mawru hte Ga Sharut Gyi ai mabyin” hpe lungseng company ni hpe lam jasan jaseng shangun na gabaw n’tsa, tsawm ra mi ga dang rang hkat wa sai lam, chye lu ai.

Mabyin gaw, ga gyi, hka mawru byin ai hpang shani hta, KIA Dap 6 dap-up wa hte malawm ni gaw, “Mawdaw lam bai jasan jaseng na bungli hpe seng ang ai lungseng company ni hpe galaw shangun ga” ngu, byuha-mu hpe sa bawngban yang, “Lahta matsun n nga ai nga nna, ningdang” kau ya ai majaw re lam, KNG kaw sagawn chye lu ai.

Dai majaw, KIA dung 6 dap-up wa hte malawm ni gaw, Hpakan-Seng Tawng lapran na ‘Tit Tong Long’ lungseng company rung daju de sa nhtawm, lam jasan jaseng na matu sa tsun ai shaloi, byuha-mu ahkang n jaw ai nga nna ningdang wa ai majaw, sinat shaw jahkrit dan ai lam, galaw wa sai hpe KNG kawn sagawn chye lu ai.

Ndai zawn KIA dung 6 ni Tit Tong Long company de sa nna lum jasan jaseng na matu sinat shaw jahkrit mat ai mabyin hpe company hku nna byuha-mu hpe tang madun ai majaw, dai lam a ntsa dap 6 hte byuha-mu lapran nhtoi bat mi ram na hkra dang rang hparan hkat wa sai lam, Hpakan buga masha ni kawn chye lu ai.
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Call your “clean archives” (whatever that is – I know it’s a WordPress Plugin) your blog’s site map (not sitemap – different thing) and you will have something useful for your readers, especially if the results are categorized, not chronological.

And yes, the attack of the WTF categories and tags are coming up soon. :)

You’re killing me. Hehe! I think you’ve been on my blog,analyzing all of my boo-boos and using them as inspiration for blog posts of what not to do. Sounds like I’m feeling guilty, doesn’t it?

Ok, ok, I’ll remove my monthly archives. You’re right, it takes up valuable real estate and after blogging for 17 months, it’s looking kind of tacky. Well….real tacky!

Color it gone!

But I’m leaving my (clean) archives in my header (even I use that).

I know…..the next thing to add to my list is categories and tags. HELP!!!!!

Yes, that’s a snazzy Plugin, but one I personally don’t like. Again, the issue for an Archives Page (not just the list) is how helpful it is to the visitor and user, not the blogger. I like the look but I do not like the fact that the list is chronological not categorical. I also don’t like that you have to scroll horizontally to see the whole thing, something many people hate.

If this Plugin sorted by category, and restricted the width, it would be awesome. Right now, it’s just pretty not functional.

But even more than that, those older posts get much more traffic by way of “deep linking” back to archived posts from within newer posts. I find that deep linking encourages your readers to explore historical parts of your blog that they would likely otherwise never dig deep enough to find. Y’know, sometimes the blog entries that you’re most proud of, or poured the most effort into, are the very ones that can seem to go by unnoticed. So deep links are an excellent way to shine a little new light on older posts that didn’t seem to get their due share of exposure when initially posted.

Ah, good point. If you haven’t been blogging for very long, it does reveal your age – or lack thereof. Thanks!

It shows new readers that I write a lot and that putting me in your RSS really is necessary because you might miss something otherwise.

Here’s a related question: is there a “best way” to select the text for linking to another post?

So…

The very next day I fixed the problems she enumerated with a simple plug-in from WP.

And, I think I’ll keep the archive page for awhile. I agree with most of the points you made in the article, but the one vocal reader outweighs our combined opinions.

You have an Archives Page? Is it accessed often? For a long time, most site map Plugins were designed to be organized by date. I never saw the usefulness in that. Who cares when you posted. They just want the answer to their question, or the fun of reading what you write. So I’m with you.

Especially on the somewhat older blogs it’s so useless as an addition the moment they have quite a lot of smaller posts, it becomes more archive listing than post.

And well yeh, let’s be honest. Who is bothered to read what you wrote about in let’s pick a random month in 2006. In case they actively stumbled across it through search okay, but I doubt the number of clicks to random archives is going to be big.

I see it sort of like the city archives, great repository for info on the area in which I live for as good as the past 700 years but you just don’t walk in there and decide to check up with happened during June 1538.