You keep a blog. Admit it, you do; most people who read blogs also write them. So explain to me, then, what's up with your archives? If I click on your December link, for example, why am I staring at December 31 at the top of the page and have to scroll all the way down to get to December 1 at the bottom? You don't really think I'm going to read it backwards, do you? You know I'm going to start at Dec 1 and work my way up, right? Which is just wrong.
My archives don't work that way and yours shouldn't either. Mine are configured such that when you click on December you end up with Dec 1 staring you in the face, and then you scroll down for Dec 2 and then down for Dec 3 and so on. As Evelyn Wood intended. The only page on my site that's configured backwards is the entry page, and that's so the most recent entry is the first one you see -- because that's the one you want to see. Everywhere else is configured so you can read it naturally.
Go fix yours. Now.
Posted by Chuck at February 13, 2005 02:47 PMThank you, thank you, thank you!!! I don't have a blog, but I HATE it when I read archives and have to do it backwards!
Posted by: Suzi at February 14, 2005 08:12 AMAs a private in Chuck's Army, I endeavor to follow through on my leader's directives - except for this one. No can do! No can do! TypePad does not offer this option for the archives only. Listing oldest to newest applies to the entire blog.
Am I court martialed?
Posted by: GraceD at February 14, 2005 11:51 AMAs another private, I must also regret to inform you sir that Blogger does not allow me to reconfigure my archive.
At least as far as I know ... sir.
Posted by: Jim at February 14, 2005 02:59 PMtypepad DOES let you do it... but you have to use the advanced template feature and insert the code that chuck referenced in his other post. I'm still trying to figure out where exactly it belongs.
Posted by: David at February 15, 2005 01:40 PM