posts-by-year.php

<?php /* making sure we 'orderby' correctly */
 query_posts( $query_string . '&orderby=date&order=DEC' ); ?>
 
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
 
 <?php 
		/* Setup */
		$display_year = ''; 
		$format = 'd/m/Y';
		$year_position = 2;
	?>
 
	<?php while( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
 
		<?php /* Display a new date if we get to one */
			$post_date = explode( '/', get_the_date($format) );
			$post_year = $post_date[$year_position];

			if ( $display_year == '' )
			{
				echo '<div class="year year-'.$post_year.'"><time class="date-title">'.$post_year.'</time>';
				$display_year = $post_year;
			}
			elseif ( $post_year != $display_year )
			{
				echo '</div><!--close div--><div class="year year-'.$post_year.'"><time class="date-title">'.$post_year.'</time>';
				$display_year = $post_year;
			}
		?>
 
	<?php /* output other junk as normal, for example: */ ?>
	
	<article>
		<h3>
			<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">
				<?php the_title(); ?>
			</a>
		</h3>
		<time datetime="<?php echo get_the_date(j-S-F); ?>"><?php echo get_the_date(j-S); ?></time>
	 </article>

	 
 
	<?php endwhile; ?>

	</div><!-- closes last div-->
 
<?php endif; ?>