Generating a simple, clean archive page

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  pixelcounter · Member · Apr 23, 2011 at 2:13 pm

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  Hi there,

  I was wondering if there’s a way to generate such a clean and simple archive page that it would consist merely of a list of direct links to the posts (with a little metadata aside, like categories)?

  -Topi

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Apr 23, 2011 at 2:51 pm

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  Have you looked at this?
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/archives-shortcode/

  (though you would have to add categories manually)

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  pixelcounter · Member · Apr 23, 2011 at 3:34 pm

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  Okay, thanks 1tess.

  Does anyone know how to add a “posted in [category]” -element after the links?

  -Topi

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Apr 23, 2011 at 4:32 pm

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  Hi Topi,

  You would have to add the categories yourself to the archives page.

  One sort of mindless/easy way would be to get yourself a test blog (private) and export your real blog to it. Choose a theme which lists titles of posts on category pages:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/full-posts-in-archive-pages/
  View the source code, and copy the list of titles (one cat at a time) then paste the html into a page for that cat on your real blog.

  You’ll have an archive of posts by category on that page.

  You’ll have to update the list each time you make a post.

  There is no automatic way to do it.

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  pixelcounter · Member · Apr 23, 2011 at 4:52 pm

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  Thanks for the info, 1tess.

  I guess I just leave the categories out.

  -Topi