// paste this into your archive template, and remember
// there should be absolutely nothing else in your archive template
// moname[0] = "January" ...
var moname = new Array ("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
// we need the links and names in an array, so we can loop through the options in the select menu
var archlinks = new Array;
var archnames = new Array;
var i = 0;

// tmp="05/01/2001 - 05/31/2001"
tmp="09/01/2001 - 09/30/2001";
// get number for month
mo=tmp.substring(13,15);
// get number for year
yr=tmp.substring(19);
// change month number to name - remember January = 0
mo=moname[mo - 1];
// set date to "May 2001"
newdate=mo+" "+yr;
// put first link and name in archlinks[0] and archnames[0], second in [1], ...
archlinks[i] = "archives/2001_09_01_timearch.htm";
archnames[i] = newdate;
i++;

// change current location to archlink when selected from menu
function gothere(where)
{
location.href = where.options[where.selectedIndex].value
}
// tell the script to start a form - the \ before the " tells javascript that you want to write a " rather
// than interpreting it as the end of the stuff you want to write
document.write("<form action=\"\">");
// tell the script to start a select menu that calls the gothere function when it is changed
// change the class= to change the appearance of the menu, but leave the \" before and after your class
document.write("<select name=\"archivemenu\" onChange=\"gothere(this)\" class=\"links\">");
// this is the first, nonfunctioning option, that tells the viewer what the menu does
document.write("<option value=\"\">Archives</option>");
// this is the option for your main, current page: if that isn't the default page for the domain then you
// have to change \"/\" to your location - for www.domain.com/me/blog/index.html use \"/me/blog/\"
document.write("<option value=\"/\">Current</option>");
// starting with the last link, and looping until we run out of links
for (i=archlinks.length-1; i>=0; i--)
{
// write an option tag with the link and the name of the month and year
document.write("<option value=\""+archlinks[i]+"\">"+archnames[i]+"</option>")
}
// close the tags for the form
document.write("</select></form>");