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Validating monthly archive URLs, exceptional SEO and clever titles.
- Posted by Leevi Graham
- June 09, 2009
- 9 people have found this tip helpful.
<!-- Validate monthly archive URLS like /blog/archive/02/2009 and display blog posts -->
<!--
Validate the URL using the query module.
Users cannot have crazy urls like /blog/archive/13/2009
Assign a couple of nice variables for titles / meta
-->
{exp:query sql="SELECT
DATE_FORMAT('{segment_3}-{segment_4}-01', '%M') as q_archive_month_title,
DATE_FORMAT('{segment_3}-{segment_4}-01', '%m') as q_archive_month,
DATE_FORMAT('{segment_3}-{segment_4}-01', '%Y') as q_archive_year
"}
<!-- Blank? Must be a bad URL get out of here -->
{if q_archive_month == "" || q_archive_year == ""} {redirect="404"} {/if}
<!-- Load up the weblog info -->
{exp:weblog:info cache="yes" refresh="60" weblog="Blog"}
<!--
Pass the values to the header include.
Why not use LG Better Meta? http://tinyurl.com/lg-better-meta
-->
{embed="_includes/.head"
meta_title = "{q_archive_month_title} {q_archive_year}"
meta_title_suffix = "{blog_title} Archives"
meta_description = "{q_archive_month_title} {q_archive_year} {blog_title} Archives | {blog_description}"
robots_index="n"
}
{/exp:weblog:info}
<h1>{q_archive_month_title} {q_archive_year} <small>- Monthly archive</small></h1>
<ol>
<!-- Actually output the entries -->
{exp:weblog:entries
cache="yes"
disable="category_fields|custom_fields|member_data|pagination|trackbacks"
dynamic="off"
refresh="10"
rdf="off"
status="not closed|Pending"
weblog="blog"
year="{q_archive_year}"
month="{q_archive_month}"
}
{if no_results}
<li class="no-results">There were no posts published in {q_archive_month_title} {q_archive_year}.</li>
{/if}
<li>{title}</li>
{/exp:weblog:entries}
</ol>
{/exp:query}
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Justin Long — 04:03 on 06.09.2009
That is a super nifty script. Next time I update my archives I will be sure to add it
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