Try not to feel stupid, at least you have the knowledge to code something like this.

One of my first hacks for vB3 was something that was already a stock feature that I hadn't found, so really, you have nothing to feel stupid about.! :nervous:

I agree, it's nice to have the Archive as a working feature for users, even if it doesn't fix the spider issues.

The hack misses the primary point of the "archive". The goal isn't simplified content pages, but static looking URL's, which yours fails to do.

Actually, this hack was created so users can view the archive, so I didn't miss the point. I realize this isn't the cure for the true IIS archive problem. I was more interested in getting it working for people, which it does.

I hope I have made this point as clear as possible in my original post so people will not get confused.

In the long run, if just one person uses my hack and benefits from it, then that's what really matters...

You're right. I missed the fact that the URLs remained dynamic. :) So the archive is still not working for IIS servers essentially. Also, installing this hack and doubling up on pages actually may hurt your search engine page ranking.