Exclude specific month from Archive page?

[Ben Siegfried]

Agency-Pro
WP 3.7.1

How would I exclude a specific month from the Archive page?
I'm using Genesis Widgetized Archive plugin; it doesn't have that option.

http://thekennedybook.com/marketingdev/archive

[David Chu]

Unless you want to write a bunch of custom code, just nuke the articles from that month. Or if that makes you (or them) nervous, just put that month's articles in draft mode. That site doesn't even have blog navigation, or even a link to the Archive that I can find, so frankly, nobody will miss them! Classic blogging newbie mistake, just like many of my clients who won't follow advice. 🙂

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[Ben Siegfried]

Thanks David, I was thinking of adding the archive page, it's not a priority though. I'm here to learn to develop for others not just for myself, so anything I can learn "how" to do is important whether I use it or not in a site. To me, any question is a good one, I'm not always putting a condition to any question I ask. What do you mean by "That site doesn't even have blog navigation," can you give an example? Be aware that I may know more than you think I know and may even know something you don't know too.

[David Chu]

Sure, here's an example. Go here
http://thekennedybook.com/marketingdev/

You'll see 3 articles at the bottom. If you click any of them, there's no navigation to other blog articles, so one will find the other articles. If you do make an archive, then indeed, the stuff in there may have navigation, so that's a good idea, and is good progress. My main point was that when you can't find the article easily on a site, it won't get read.

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[Ben Siegfried]

Well that's how Genesis' demo for Agency-Pro is. These are featured posts. There is category search in the sidebar so users aren't completely out of finding other blog articles. Have any suggestions as to what could be added?

We purposely did not add Blog in the main navigation menu because we want to highlight the business, not the blog. However, in every page of the website the sidebar has a text and image link to the blog, clearly inviting users to go there.

I agree there could be something more there for when you click on one of these three featured posts from the homepage, but I'm not sure what to add, and I would want to target only those three posts.

Happen to have any suggestions?

Would hooking content such as a button that says, "Read More from the Blog," be something I could add for those specific posts as opened? This is where I'm definitely a newbie.

[David Chu]

I see. It's true that one can be battling a theme's inherent structure. And the themes here are more lean and mean than Themeforest ungainly behemoths, so not millions of options.

Since you just want the 3 posts emphasized, and that's already happening, probably no real need to have a special "read this" thingie. You're done! Or you could show your archive by having an "Archive" link wherever, and then just take my initial suggestion to pull out a particular month. That's my best suggestion.

Good luck,
D

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[Ben Siegfried]

Alright, thanks David. If I can't find a solution that is perfect I at least want to know what my options are. I appreciate your input.

[Ben Siegfried]

I used this plugin to help solve my needs: AVH Extended Categories Widgets

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