If there’s interest, I’ll polish it up and release it to the public…

Something I thought you might mention is writing in series. I found a plugin for WP that will allow a series to be interlinked by number.

I just installed it myself, not real easy to get things the way you want, but I think it gives an additional dimention to archives. Once it is set up, people can read the whole series in sequence.

Here is a link if you want to take a look. http://www.skippy.net/blog/category/wordpress/plugins/in-series/

I have no affiliation with them, but think it could be helpful to others.

Joe

I just checked out what you’ve done with http://wow.alexanderbecker.net/archives/ and that’s where I’m going.

Only with one category per article, not several.

Mainly because in four+++ years time the list will be huge.

Also, my subjects ’should’ be tight so it may (knock on wood) be doable …

But … I’ll have to come up with an additional way to find common posts running in a slightly different theme …

Thank goodness for programmers …

I’m planning on using this method
http://www.viper007bond.com/archives/?via=car

But styled after Marketingrofs, meaning by category (if I can do it). And of course showing all, or the ability of showing all, no next.
http://www.marketingprofs.com/arch/index.asp

Categories similar (but not quite) as they have here http://katesgasis.com/archives/

Then to top it off, add clouds like this blog
http://lifedev.net/archives/

But instead of having a ‘next’, I want all available to be shown as above. Next is too slow to get any use out of.

A powerful search is a must. And using Darren’s ideas of referring back to old posts can only be made easier if it’s easy for myself to find them as well.

As said, this site consists 99% of evergreen posts (almost 3 months old) and I only post twice weekly; therefore it might work well for this structure. I was very tempted to use this structure on my older blogs with daily postings but I was afriad it might be too overwhelming for visitors and loading issues.

My two-pronged solution has been to manually organize the search architecture of my site and aggregate related posts on new, search-optimized pages. For example, because I write primarily about birds and birding-related topics, I’ve set up a page to check for my posts on birds, sorted in an order that has relevance to readers. Another page sorts birding locations and trip reports, an asset for anyone visiting places I’ve been. At the same time, I’ve been repackaging related posts on to new pages in order to enhance their value.

I still have a long way to go, but I feel that the steps I’ve taken allow readers to access more of my content than just the last month of posts. Anyone who has ascribed to the philosophy that content is king should strive to keep their content relevant rather than rotting away in their archives.

I’ve noticed before you wrote this post that you had related entries under your posts. I felt that would be something good for my blog. I’m glad you posted what the plugin is called because I couldn’t find that plugin.

Here are another couple ideas:
Create a post from time to time that brings attention to certain archived posts within a single category, which encourages browsing in the category.

If you make predictions in a field in which you are an expert, one thing you can do is link back to your predictions when they come true. This is a great way to showcase your expertise. In the original post, add a note that links to the new post so it works both ways.