blogs vs. other sites

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  bakannal · Member · Mar 10, 2008 at 8:34 am

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  I’m trying to separate blogs from other sites in my sidebar…how do i do this?

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  chicagoterrainfactory · Member · Mar 10, 2008 at 1:59 pm

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  In Blogroll mgt, assign the blogs to a different catagory from the rest of the site links. The site links will then display in two or more widgets on your blog.

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  isadora · Member · Mar 10, 2008 at 5:56 pm

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  Well, the links widget will remain one, but each category will be displayed separately.

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  bakannal · Member · Mar 11, 2008 at 4:45 am

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  aight. i went to blog mgmt, then categories, added a category called news ,went to add link, selected news under categories, and the link still appeared under blogroll. news wasn’t even visible on the sidebar even tho it said it was created.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 11, 2008 at 5:00 am

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  For the blogroll, you add links under blogroll > add link in the section at the right under the blue bar labeled “categories” not under manage > categories. Manage > categories are for post categories.

  I wish wordpress would do something to help with this confusion. I can dream I guess.

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  bakannal · Member · Mar 11, 2008 at 6:17 am

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  hey folks i just got some help with this and its all good. below is the advice i got from timethief.

  “The links you enter into your Blogroll are displayed only after the Links widget is placed in your sidebar. Also note that there must be at least one link assigned to a Category before it will appear in your sidebar.

  Likewise, the Category widget must be placed in the sidebar for posts to display. And just like links when it comes to posts there must be at least one published post in a Category before the Category will be displayed in your sidebar.

  Once your Links widget and Categories widget are positioned in your sidebar, the manner in which the links you entered into your Blogroll will be displayed is alphabetically in accord with the Categories you created and assigned to those links when you entered them into your Blogroll.

  Therefore as you will have multiple Categories it may look like you have multiple Blogrolls when you view your links in your sidebar. But in truth, you only have only one Blogroll, which is displays links as separate alphabetically ordered groups, in accord with the Categories that you assigned to those links when you entered them into your Blogroll.”

  * Note that the foregoing does not apply to the Blix theme which is coded to display all links in one alphabetically organized row and has some other quirks too.

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 11, 2008 at 6:19 pm

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  As well, it’s important to note that sidebars are cached and might not update quickly.