Link widget issue

flosplace · Member · Apr 4, 2010 at 12:30 pm
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I’m trying to set up a “Blogroll” on my main page for everyone to see. I’ve entered all the links I have at the moment and yes even remembered to add the “links” widget. Even so the links are not showing up on the main page. I get the message “There are no options for this widget” when I click on the links widget, after adding it to the list of other widgets that do show up on the main page.

There is probably one small step I overlooked and that is hopefully where you come in. What have I overlooked or is it the “theme” that doesn’t support this particular widget?? If the issue is the particular theme I’ve picked then please advise me as to which them/s can be personalized and that will also support the “Links” widget.

Thanks so much, ahead of time, for your help!! You guys are phenomenal!!!

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flosplace · Member · Apr 4, 2010 at 1:13 pm
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Ignore my first question about the blogroll showing up on the main page in the sidebar. Don’t know what happened but it is there now.

What I would like to know now is whether it would be best to leave the blogroll as if (every link showing) or would a drop down menu be better?? How would I change this if the drop down menu would be best??

Sometimes I even surprise myself!! :) :) :)
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Apr 4, 2010 at 1:19 pm
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I can see your blogroll. It has the following category titles, each with links listed below:
Blogroll
Government
Hair Care
Makeup and Skin Care
News
Politics

All themes (except monotone) support widgets, though some themes don’t display them all the time.

It is odd that MistyLook says that there are no options for the links widget! I tried a few other themes (by no means all of them!), and they allow for options as described here:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/links-widget/
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Apr 4, 2010 at 1:24 pm
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Ok, I’m glad you can see your blogroll. Should have refreshed before submitting comment: I was busily testing different themes because it surprises me that MistyLook doesn’t allow for options on the links widget! Strange quirk, that.

It doesn’t appear that you can make your blogroll into a drop down menu.
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Apr 4, 2010 at 1:35 pm
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Sorry, re-reading that I think it’s not clear:
blogrolls on any theme don’t have an option for a drop down menu.
hanni · Member · Apr 4, 2010 at 1:57 pm
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@flosplace MistyLook doesn’t have the link widget options I’m afraid, yoav is looking into perhaps introducing them.
flosplace · Member · Apr 4, 2010 at 6:38 pm
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Thank you both for your further comments.

1tess, you’re right, refreshing the screen would have been a good idea in that case. Will try to remember this next time.

hanni, yes, the option of a drop down menu would be a nice feature. For now though, could someone add a comment under the “blogroll”, “links”, and “categories” instructions to the effect that for now there is no drop down option. This would be most helpful.
timethief · Member · Apr 4, 2010 at 6:42 pm
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@Hanni
I’d like to suggest that the support documentation have a notation to alert bloggers to the fact that the Links widget in the Misty Look theme lacks the configuration options that are available in the other themes.
timethief · Member · Apr 4, 2010 at 6:49 pm
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Below are the missing options from the Links widget in the Misty Look theme that are available on the other themes. Please take note that a drop down display option is not among them.

All Links
__ All Links
__ BlogRoll

Sort by:
__Link Title
__Link Rating
__Link ID
__Random

___Show Link Image
___Show Link Name
___Show Link Description
___Show Link Rating

Links to show: ___ (number)

No items found.