Integrating Custom Post Types into regular Posts archive [closed]

Question

I've gone into my archive.php file and made some adjustments to incorporate my custom post type. Here's the code I've added BEFORE THE LOOP.

global $query_string;
parse_str( $query_string, $args );
$args['post_type'] = array( 'post', 'CUSTOM-POST-TYPE' );
query_posts( $args );

The results I'm getting are strange and I'm hoping someone can explain. If I view a day's archive it will bring back both post types if both post types are present. If there are NO regular posts then NOTHING is returned. It only works if there is also a regular post on the same day as the custom post.

And just in case your'e wondering the reason I'm trying to do things like this is to make the links from the calendar widget work. Any information and insight would be appreciated. If a moderator reads this could you bump it to the advanced forum possibly since I haven't had any bites here?

Answer 1

I suggest you do the following to troubleshoot:

1. print_r($query_string);
2. print_r($args);

Look at the two and see if you can spot your mistake. I can't tell as I don't have access to your same $query_string.

If that doesn't give you any clues, try global:ing $wp_query and look at its query_var's.

Answer 2

I think you're not going into the right direction. If the problem is the widget, dont try to hack the archive page.

Take a look at this plugin wordpress-custom-post-type-archive maybe not the one you're searching but can be helpfull

If you doesnt yet, maybe is a good idea to look at Template Hierarchy for Custom Types

Good luck