I created it to solve the problem that was mentioned in this thread: A simple drop-down box for blog archives.

archives

Guess what this snippet does?

That's right! - it replaces the "blog archives" list with a compact little drop-down box containing links to the archived posts.

*Update* Annoyed by the fact that the original list would be displayed for ~0.3 seconds, I have made a small change to the script. This requires a tiny bit of additional setup: I've amended the instructions to help you through it.

With this change, the original list will not be displayed - the pull-down archives menu will appear when the original list has been loaded, and the snippet's javascript has been executed by the browser.


Instructions:

  • Download Snippet: Archive Annihilator
  • Double-click snippet, close Rapidweaver
  • Re-open Rapidweaver, open the site containing your (massive) blog
  • Open the Snippet menu, open the page inspector
  • Select the Header tab, within that select the Javascript tab
  • Drag the snippet into this field
  • Open the CSS tab
  • Into this field, paste the following:

#blog-archives{height: 50px;visibility: hidden;}

  • Preview your site

  • If all is well, upload your site

  • If all is not well, send me an email or open a thread on the forum


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