#29 Posts with Non-Lethal Expiration Dates

[thinga]

Imagine a blog primarily used as an event calendar (not listing events in a sidebar like other WP plug-ins).

Allow posts to be assigned an expiration date and browsed by time-oriented category links. For example, categories could include Today, Tomorrow, This Week, Next Week, This Month and so on. Normal subject categories would also be possible.

When an expiration date arrives, the post would be removed from the date-based categories. For example, an event that happened last week won't show up in the "This Week" category. However, the post itself will remain archived for posterity, and for search engines.

Secondly, provide an admin toggle that optionally displays posts on the blog's front page based on expiration dates. For example, a front page could show all events occurring (expiring) today, this week, this month, or whatever.

A blog-based calendar (IMHO) makes much more sense than free web calendar services that insist on displaying events in a 30-day block format (mimicking 12-month printed calendars). Blogs are also far more accessible to visually impaired users who have trouble navigating "traditional" calendars that sort events in 30 block tables.