How archive my post history?

[shaneyost]

Currently I have three posts on my blog. They all appear inline on one page. So if a user wants to view some old blog they have to scroll through all of them. The only way around this is to “pin” a post but that throws it up there next to my “aboutme” page. I was hoping for a way to pin it to an archive or something. I’m not a css/javascript guy so I was hoping for an easy to way to …

• Pin (aka move) old posts to an archive
• Only show recent post on front page

I’m extremely flexible here since I’m pretty new to blogging. However, with blogs I’ve seen you typically go to an archive where the title/date is shown which requires you to click on the link to take you to the article. The write.as guide didn’t point this out.

[cjeller1592]

There’s not a way to do this out of the box yet, which is why there’s nothing about it in the guides. Definitely could be something done in the future.

However, there is a custom solution from the community that can create a blog archive for you. It’s outlined in this forum post here:

Creating a title index page?

There’s a custom way to do this. One user, @dino, has done this through adding an embedded Glitch app that creates an automatically updating, chronological index. Here it is on his blog for reference: All you need to do is create a free account on Glitch and follow the instructions here to remix the archive app for your site. The steps are minimal on the technical front — all you need to do is add your blog’s username & url in a special file, embed the app into a Write.as post, and you’re set…

Open to other solutions people use too!

[dino]

Just to clarify, I now have a static Archive page. But the previous Glitch powered Archive page app can still be found here. If you look at the Source for the app, in the Readme there is instructions on how to remix the app and make it work for your website.

Just for reference, my current Archive page is created by running a C# console application, that uses the Write.as .NET client/wrapper library I wrote, to generate the markdown text I need. Then I just manually copy paste the text into my pinned Archive page.

If there is interest, I can probably make a Blazor WASM app for it, where all you have to do is input your write.as alias and it will spit out the markdown text you need to copy over.

[cjeller1592]

@dino

If there is interest, I can probably make a Blazor WASM app for it, where all you have to do is input your write.as alias and it will spit out the markdown text you need to copy over.

I’d definitely be interested! Wonder if there are other possibilities for this kind of app — always thought a templating app could be interesting (just click to copy, say, a journaling template or something for your blog).

[dino]

@cjeller1592

I’d definitely be interested! Wonder if there are other possibilities for this kind of app — always thought a templating app could be interesting (just click to copy, say, a journaling template or something for your blog).

I’ll see what I can come up with. Another fun thing to try out with Blazor.

That is a great idea on creating some kind of templates for specific kind of posts.

[000]

I’d definitely like a post archive. I’ve been doing it manually on a pinned page, just the post title as a link.

[dino]

Here you go, Archive Page Generator

[000]

Hi, Dino, I used it and it archived everything I’d posted already, but I made a new post today and it didn’t archive. Am I doing something wrong?

[dino]

Hey @000, if you don’t mind me asking, what is your write.as alias? You can send it to me in a message if you don’t want to display out here.

My initial guess is, it could be a date time issue. But I wouldn’t be able to say for sure unless I test it.

[cjeller1592]

@000

Hi, Dino, I used it and it archived everything I’d posted already, but I made a new post today and it didn’t archive. Am I doing something wrong?

Hey @000, just so you know, @dino’s app isn’t dynamic. Every time you publish a new post, it won’t archive. You’ll have to go to the generator and run the program again. It’s still a bit of a manual process in that respect but a lot more automated.

Hope that clarifies things! If you already knew that, feel free to disregard and we’ll work on troubleshooting this issue for you.

[000]

Hey, CJ,

Thanks. I didn’t realise that. I thought it was dynamic.

[anx]

Figured out a workaround/solution similar to what’s being discussed here with my own blog (https://anxiety.fun), although seeing this implemented as an official feature would be awesome!

[suitbertmonz]

Great, but if I try to create an archice for htpps:// monz.photos i.e. monz.photos it will not produce anything. Does this is caused by the blog domain name?

[dino]

Sorry about that, it no longer works due to CORS restrictions. I just haven’t been able to update the site to mention that it no longer works.

[suitbertmonz]

OK, I do understand. Hopefully there will be an update in the furture HNY

[dino]

Got my Archive Page Generator web app fixed. Would you like to give it a try again?

[suitbertmonz]

Thanks a lot @dino ! Now it is doing as fine job.

[davepolaschek]

Thanks, @dino! I’ve bookmarked it, as I’ve been busy enough that it’s getting harder to find things.