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The default div needs to be set in settings. “content” is recommended. Works now.

One addition to help fix this issue: The db name and the username look like they’re the same but they’re not. The db username usually begins with “dbo” while the db name begins with just “db”.

Thanks so much for this tip. That’s exactly what my problem was too (version 2.0.10). Makes sense now. Much appreciate the update.

Okay, figured out how to do a list of posts by month. Someone else has a plugin that fits:

https://www.sporadicnonsense.com/2005/04/28/clean-archives-plug-in/

The Clean Archives plugin works great and produced just what I was looking for. Activate plugin, paste a php code into a new page and you’re done. To paste the php code, you’ll probably have to create a page template and then a page that uses that template. Instructions for how to do this are in docs.

So I have everything I need now. Thanks!

I just came across a great plugin that does a pretty good job of providing this feature. It’s called Sitemap Generator from Dragon Design. I almost didn’t try it because I already use a google sitemap generator but this one is different. It’s not for google, it’s for your users, creating an easily readable list of posts by category.

Plug location: https://www.dagondesign.com/articles/sitemap-generator-plugin-for-wordpress/

Example: https://www.dagondesign.com/sitemap/

I’ve tested it and it works great for me. However if you want to press ahead and finish your idea miklb, I’ll be happy to test it with you. Might work better.

Also, a variation I’d like to see is the ability to produce a similar page organized by post month. So:

January 2006
– Post name 1
– Post name 2
– etc.
February 2006
– Post name 1
– etc.

Hey no problem, thank YOU. And when this tests out okay I have a slight variation to suggest, one that should actually be quite easy.

Super cool of you to work on this. I’ve tried this on 4 of my blogs and the best I can get is this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_categories() in /homepages/27/serveraddress/htdocs/myaccount/mysite/blog/wp-content/plugins/cat_archive.php on line 30

where “serveraddress”, “myaccount” and “mysite” are all specific to me – I anonymized them for this discussion.

I uploaded and activated the plugin (tried in WP 2.02 and 2.04), copied the default page template, renamed it “blogindex.php” and added the required page template code at the top. This is my page template:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Blog Index
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<!– content …………………………… –>
<div id=”content”>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<!–

<?php wp_list_pages(‘title_li=&child_of=14&depth=1’); ?>

–>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>

<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php mb_cat_archive(); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php endif; ?>

</div> <!– /content –>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Any ideas?

Thanks. I’ll have to schedule some time to do just that.

Ugg, well here’s an update. I just added another category and that category shows as a 404. The tip I suggested above worked last time but it’s not working for this last addition.

Hard to believe I’m the only one having this problem but such is life.

Thanks for the reply David. I tried CG-FeedRead and ultimately couldn’t get it to work right for my application. I’m sure it’s me and not your plugin but after 4 hours of tinkering with it I had to stop. One of the biggest issues was the ability to output a certain number of characters. If I feel wordy and write a long post, it messes up the layout of the page I’m including it on, but sometimes I need to be wordy. But again, thanks so much for it, especially since you offer it for free and it obviously meets the needs of many.

I do use WP-Cache2 and it works well but I was wondering if there was a way to output static html so I could avoid all the server-vodoo. I just thought it would be neat to use good ole basic html to get the job done. But I concur that WP-Cache2 does work very well.

-Bill

CG-FeedReader is supposed to let you put wordpress blog entries on non-wordpress sites. I’ve gotten it to work with mixed results. It’s pretty flexible, has quite a few options (like how many posts to show) but still requires you to change the non-wordpress page you’re putting it on to a php page and that might not work for some. Plus I personally found the instructions a little hard to follow. I do, however, thank the author very much because it is free and will work for some.

I hope a future feature for WordPress is the ability to export entirely or selectively to static html page(s). Then one could use a simple SSI to include a post in a non-WP page. BTW, if any WP programmers are listening, even better would be the ability to be able to export the most recent post and specify the number of words or characters to use. I have a space for about 500 characters from the most recent post on a non-WP static html page and would love to find an easy way to do make that happen without copy and paste.

Dredging up an old thread here but NuclearMoose suggested back almost 2 years ago that static page output might a reality in the “near future”. Any word on the status of this enhancement?

I’m interested from two levels:

1) It would be nice to be able to output my entire blog to static html pages to give mysql and the server processor a break. I have a links program that does that and the site that’s on is incredibly fast. Of course some dynamic features would have to be turned off, like comments. Also, after any new post or update you’d have to regenerate the site. Not too big a deal unless you update very often. X-cart also has the ability to export your entire shopping cart catalog for easy search engine spidering and fast browsing, until you need a dynamic component.

2) Selective static output. It would be nice to be able to easily output a static (non-dynamic) html file for the most recent post so I can easily include it on a non-Wordpress page of my site using an SSI (server side include). Even better would be the ability to specify the number of characters per post to output in case someone has a small area of their web page to put the most recent blog entry on, for example.

Ha…dummy. My fault – it was the “translations” feature of the google toolbar.

Sorry about that but maybe my little embarassing moment can help someone else, who can then remain nameless ??