Benjamin
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Aug 16, 2003, 2:24 PM
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Re: [B. Hays] How to modify archived articles?
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Hi B. Hays,
Thanks for your post! 
> First question.. In the "Article Editor", I would like to modify older archived articles but there doesn't seem to be a way to bring them up.
As you noticed, the Article Editor page will only list current articles. To edit archived articles, what you'll need to do is temporarily 'unarchive' them, through your Archives tab in your Setup Options. That will allow you to edit them through the interface. Post me back if you need any pointers on how to do this.
> Second question.. since the "Advanced Search" option only allows one to go so far back as Jan 1, 2000, how do you allow users to search for articles prior to the year 2000?
By default, Article Manager allows you to date your articles from 2000 onward. The advanced search form search articles by those dates specified in the date field at the top of each Article Editor page.
To allow users to search by earlier dates, first you have to allow articles to be dated prior to 2000. To do this, edit your config.ini file (stored in your /exec directory), and change this line:
earliest_year = 2000
to:
earliest_year = 1980
Article Manager allows you to set this value to 1980 or later. [If you need dates prior to this year, post me back with some details about what you're trying to do and we can consider some other solutions :-) ]
Now, when you input a new article, you'll be able to set the date for the article all the way back to 1980.
Finally, to allow users to search these post-dated articles, edit your /templates/search/advanced_search.html template and add new dropdown values to the "Posted Before" and "Posted After" fields. Post me back if you need any pointers on how to do this.
I hope this helps!
Ben
interactivetools.com
(This post was edited by Benjamin on Aug 16, 2003, 2:25 PM)
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