former widget affects blogroll

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  anagasto · Member · Dec 13, 2007 at 8:16 pm

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  I placed a text widget for a Cluster map on my sidebar. Then I took it away, which was not easy, but seemed to work. Next, I put the same widget back in. — Now, however, the place where my widget was before acts as if the widget were still there so that the names on my blogroll have become links to that Cluster map.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 13, 2007 at 8:25 pm

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  I see your blogroll at the bottom of your sidebar and the links do not go to the cluster map. Sidebars are cached and sometimes take a little bit to update. Try clearing your browser cache and then force reloading the page and see what happens.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 13, 2007 at 8:38 pm

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  {wave to tsp}

  @cantueso
  I likewise clicked all the links in your sidebar Blogroll list and they did not go to clustr maps.
  (1) This is how to force refresh your browser http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/09/06/force-refresh/

  (2) If that does not work then try this
  The Cookie Dance
  step 1. log out
  step 2. clear your browser cookie
  step 3. clear your browser cache/temporary internet files
  step 4. close your browser
  step 5. go back and test

  Lastly, as thesacredapth said, it takes time for the cached data in sidebars to update so wait awhile and see what happens.

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  anagasto · Member · Dec 14, 2007 at 7:45 am

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  sacredpath and timethief:
  Thank you very much for your replies. I will try out your suggestions now and report back later.

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  anagasto · Member · Dec 16, 2007 at 10:03 am

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  Good morning, timethief and thesacredpath:

  I tried both your suggestions, but right now (Sunday morning) the four blogs that I put on my blogroll still open up only to the ClustrMap. However, since this is so only on my computer and not on other people’s screen, it also does not really matter, as I can access these blogs any other way without problem.

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 16, 2007 at 10:21 am

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  Have you done a full restart? I would expect following TT’s second suggestion AND doing a full restart between step 4 and 5 would fix things.

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  anagasto · Member · Dec 17, 2007 at 10:49 am

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  Just now, this minute, the bug disappeared, though two minutes ago it had actually spread to another region on the sidebar!

  Strange. I saw in the forum that many people had trouble taking a widget off the sidebar. I could not do it either. So I first eliminated the text in the widget. Restarted. Then moved the widget.

  Anyway, thank you very much for your suggestions. I think the problem is really solved now. (Touch wood).

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  timethief · Member · Dec 17, 2007 at 4:45 pm

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  YAY! I’m happy to hear that this is no longer an issue. Happy blogging. :)