For example:
December 2010 contains 2 custom post types and one normal post,
http://nottingham.subverb.net/blog/toast/2010/12/
and September only contains a custom post type
http://nottingham.subverb.net/blog/toast/2010/09/
As you can see, it is using a different template to display the archives.
I DO NOT WANT A SEPERATE ARCHIVE FOR EACH POST TYPE. I have done that already, I want archive.php to include all post types.
I have already added this, in the exact same manner as the index.php
<?php global $wp_query;
$p = array(‘post_type’ => array(‘event’,’post’, ‘photos’, ‘audio’));
$post = array_merge($wp_query->query_vars, $p);
query_posts($post); ?>
I know this board is largely pointless and no one actually gets any replies, but can someone help me here please? Custom Post Types are driving me insane, I swear they should havent been released yet, they clearly arent finished.
Well, CPTs were designed to operate outside the flow of posts. I believe it is intentional that they do not come up for archive pages.
Hell, if they did I wouldn’t be able to use them properly, as I want CPTs outside of my normal stuff.
Now I can’t directly answer your question, but WP 3.1 release notes mention of inclusion of CPT archives.
I don’t know a lot about it, but take maybe a look into it will help you see if its going to do what you need
