achive-plan.php

<?php 
    
/*********************************************
    OBJECTIVE
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The goal is to create either a series of archive templates 
OR a function called by shortcode that will display a list
of CPT entries based on the assigned custom taxonomy.

The CPT code below (functions.php) works.  What I cannot 
figure out is how to build the archives, which I want
to look like this:

<TITLE>

<DESCRIPTION>

03/08/16 - Contest #5
03/04/16 - Contest #4
03/02/16 - Contest #3
02/29/16 - Contest #2
02/15/16 - Contest #1

Where the list is all of the CPTs with a given 
assigned taxonomy (active/archived).

I've tried using tutorial snippets to build archive 
pages using the WP conventions like:

archive-contest.php
taxonomy-contest-details-archive.php

Example code are included below. However, they do not 
seem to work.  And, as I think of  it, a better use 
case would be just to make a page and call the 
archive listing with a shortcode.  That would allow
me to keep the pages within the page/aubpage permalink 
model.

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/*********************************************
    functions.php
**********************************************/

/* Contest CPT :: Initiate CPT
**********************************************/

function be_register_contest_post_type() {
	$labels = array(
		'name' => 'Contests',
		'singular_name' => 'Contest',
		'add_new' => 'Add New',
		'add_new_item' => 'Add New Contest',
		'edit_item' => 'Edit Contest',
		'new_item' => 'New Contest',
		'view_item' => 'View Contest',
		'search_items' => 'Search Contests',
		'not_found' =>  'No contests found',
		'not_found_in_trash' => 'No contests found in trash.',
		'parent_item_colon' => '',
		'menu_name' => 'Contests'
	);
	
	$args = array(
		'labels' => $labels,
		'public' => true,
		'publicly_queryable' => true,
		'show_ui' => true, 
		'show_in_menu' => true, 
		'query_var' => true,
		'rewrite' => true,
		'capability_type' => 'post',
		'has_archive' => true, 
		'hierarchical' => false,
		'menu_icon'    => 'dashicons-tickets',
		'menu_position' => null,
		'supports' => array('title','editor'),
		'taxonomies' => array( 'contest-status' ),
	); 

	register_post_type( 'contests', $args );
}

add_action( 'init', 'be_register_contest_post_type' );	

/* Contest CPT :: Add Taxonomy
**********************************************/

function be_register_contest_status_taxonomy() {
	$labels = array(
		'name' => 'Contest Status',
		'singular_name' => 'Contest Status',
		'search_items' =>  'Search Contest Status',
		'all_items' => 'All Contest Status',
		'edit_item' => 'Edit Contest Status',
		'update_item' => 'Update Contest Status',
		'add_new_item' => 'Add New Contest Status',
		'new_item_name' => 'New Contest Status Name',
		'menu_name' => 'Contest Status'
	); 	
	
	register_taxonomy( 'contest-status', array('contests'), 
		array(
			'hierarchical' => true,
			'labels' => $labels,
			'show_ui' => true,
			'show_in_menu' => true,
			'query_var' => true,
			'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'contest-status' ),
		)
	);
}
add_action( 'init', 'be_register_contest_status_taxonomy' );


/* Add Archive Settings to Contests CPT
**********************************************/
add_post_type_support( 'contests', 'genesis-cpt-archives-settings' );


    
/*********************************************
    archive-contests.php
**********************************************/

//* Force full width content layout
add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', '__genesis_return_full_width_content' );

//* Remove the breadcrumb navigation
remove_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'genesis_do_breadcrumbs' );

//* Remove the post info function
remove_action( 'genesis_entry_header', 'genesis_post_info', 12 );

//* Add custom body class to the head
add_filter( 'body_class', 'wpsites_add_games_body_class' );
function wpsites_add_games_body_class( $classes ) {
   $classes[] = 'wpsites-pro-games';
   return $classes;
}

//* Remove the post meta function
remove_action( 'genesis_entry_footer', 'genesis_post_meta' );

genesis();


/*********************************************
    taxonomy-contest-status-archive
**********************************************/


function pf_blog_archive_body_class( $classes ) {
	$classes[] = 'blog-archive';
	return $classes;
}

add_filter( 'body_class', 'pf_blog_archive_body_class' );

/* Custom Post meta on single posts */ 
add_filter( 'genesis_post_info', 'pf_post_info_filter' );

/* Remove tags on archive pages */
remove_action( 'genesis_entry_footer', 'genesis_post_meta' );

genesis();