What is the Archive menu item in the Main Menu?
If your in the News module, you can see the Archive menu item in the Main Menu. If you click on this item, something like this table will be displayed : The months that are displayed are the months for which at least one article has been published. Clicking on a month will displays the articles of the selected month at the end of the month list. You will then be able to select an article and read it or post comments, etc...
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