23 Beautiful Examples of Web Site Archives

Calendars

The next sidebar treatment we’ll look at uses a calendar, a feature that was seen frequently on earlier blogs, and not as much on newer blogs. Here’s the Viget Extend web page.

And here’s a close-up of the calendar.

The blocky date style in the calendar above is a nice touch. The days with posts stand out more, and you can view the previous and next month using the pagination appearing to the left and right of the month and year listed on top of the calendar.

Take a look at Intensify.org by Rachel

This site also uses a calendar in the sidebar, and not much else, other than a link to an index and the RSS feed linked icon.

The calendar is more open than blocky, which works well with this layout’s whitespace. The linked days use a bold yet fun pink underline.

Tag Cloud

For something a little different, here’s coda.coza.

The sidebar treatment on this site uses a tag cloud to show the popularity of keywords that the post has been tagged with. It also lists recent comments and most popular posts, in a simple but nicely styled set of lists.

The tags are in low contrast against the background, and use different sizes to indicate popularity.