How do I change the order of posts in my sidebar?
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How do I change the posts in my sidebar? They seem to be set to list the most recently published first, but I want to list them in order of importance.
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Yes, the “recent posts” widgets displays your posts with the newest first, followed by older posts.
If you want to list your posts in a particular order, then try using the custom menu widget instead. You can choose which posts you want to display, and in what order you’d like to show them.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/custom-menu-widget/ -
Thank you. I tried that but don’t see how to add the posts.
Also, I have a menu already at the top, and worry this would interfere.
I even accidentally hid all the posts for awhile…
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You add the URLs of each post manually to the custom menu widget. You have to update it every time you add a new post.
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The menu widget is completely separate from the custom menu. The widget is visible in your sidebar. The custom menu is visible across the top of your site..
The process for both navigation custom menus and for custom menu widgets is similar: http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
BTW, a lot of what you are showing in your custom menu at the top of your site would look more organized if you included those links in your sidebar in a menu widget. All that white text on black is difficult to read—note: that is just my humble opinion.
You can have multiple custom menu widgets in your sidebar.
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Thank you so much. I’m afraid of making irreparable mistakes like when my entire list of articles disappeared for hours.
I really agree, so now will try to see if I can figure this out…..
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I’ve done a separate menu, but it looks like to add the newer posts, I’ll lose the main menu of our book, since I says I can have only one menu.
Is there a way to change the old menu also, to make it white on black, like the first line, instead of grey on black?
If I could add these to the side, I could add the others.
It seems strange that there is no set up to just re-arrange the sidebar other than deleting everything and re-posting. Can’t see how house to do it….
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Now I’ve added a widget, but it won’t show in hyperlink.
I realize that if I delete every post to try to rearrange, I most lose my main menu.
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Sorry…. my thought of desperation to delete everything and start over would meaning losing all comments on the posts.
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I managed to post it just right, but went to delete the widgets in black that didn’t have hyperlinks, and it’s all gone now, including the original posts by date.
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I got it back, and don’t know how. Am now trying to figure out how to find the indivual titles to edit.
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