Links not appearing

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  texaslonestarreader · Member · Jul 13, 2012 at 12:40 am

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  I created a link category and added a link to that category. However, it does not appear on my home page. What am I missing?

  http://readingtothemax.wordpress.com/ is my blog. Thanks for your help.

  Ann

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2012 at 1:40 am

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  Links you enter into your dashboard Links section are displayed in a sidebar or footer area in a Links widget.

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  justpi · Member · Jul 13, 2012 at 1:45 am

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  In other words, you need to go to Appearance > Widgets and drag a Links widget to Sidebar.
  Read this before you get surprised by the result:

  Widgets and the no-widgets paradox

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  texaslonestarreader · Member · Jul 13, 2012 at 12:22 pm

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  I have created the category, I have created a link, I moved the widget from the left hand side to the right hand side on the Widget page. But neither do Blogroll or my category appear on my blog page.

  I’ll reread the instructions.

  Thanks.

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  justpi · Member · Jul 15, 2012 at 5:04 am

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  Are you talking about http://readingtothemax.wordpress.com/ or not? If yes, you haven’t added any widget to your sidebar.

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  texaslonestarreader · Member · Jul 15, 2012 at 11:52 am

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  Yes, at least, I’ve tried. But the links won’t appear.

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  justpi · Member · Jul 15, 2012 at 12:24 pm

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  The sourcecode of your page shows that no widget has been added by you: the theme is displaying its default set of sidebar items.
  Please go here again:
  https://readingtothemax.wordpress.com/wp-admin/widgets.php
  Are you seeing the Links widget inside the “Sidebar Widget Area” module?

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  texaslonestarreader · Member · Jul 15, 2012 at 2:07 pm

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  I’ve tried, but on the right side of the screen is

  Primary Widget Area
  Secondary Widget Area
  First Footer Widget Area
  Second Footer Widget Area
  Third Footer Widget Area
  Fourth Footer Widget Area

  I move the Links Widget from the left side to one of these, but nothing appears.

  Where is the “Links widget inside the “Sidebar Widget Area” module?” that you refer to?

  Thanks.

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  justpi · Member · Jul 15, 2012 at 2:37 pm

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  In Chateau it should be:
  Sidebar Widget Area
  Upper Footer Widget Area
  First Footer Widget Area
  Second Footer Widget Area
  Third Footer Widget Area
  Fourth Footer Widget Area

  What you’re describing sounds like Twenty Ten, so you’re probably on the dashboard of a different blog.

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  texaslonestarreader · Member · Jul 15, 2012 at 2:40 pm

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  I’m confused. I’m using Chateau and what you just listed is exactly what I listed. What you listed is what I described? What do you think I listed? Where do you put links?

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  justpi · Member · Jul 15, 2012 at 3:31 pm

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  “what you just listed is exactly what I listed”.
  Is it? The first two items you listed are Primary and Secondary, the first two items I listed are Sidebar and Upper Footer.
  As I said, what you listed are the widget areas of Twenty Ten, not Chateau. Make sure you visit the dashboard of the Chateau blog.

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  texaslonestarreader · Member · Jul 15, 2012 at 5:18 pm

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  I swear on a stack of Bible I am using Chateau. I rechecked.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 15, 2012 at 5:24 pm

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  Twenty Eleven theme > http://allbooksconsidered.wordpress.com/
  Wu Wir theme > http://texaslonestarreader.wordpress.com/
  Chateau theme > http://readingtothemax.wordpress.com/

  Which blog is it that you are referring to?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 15, 2012 at 5:25 pm

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  “Wu Wir” was meant to be “Wu Wei”

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  texaslonestarreader · Member · Jul 15, 2012 at 5:30 pm

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  Twenty Eleven theme > http://allbooksconsidered.wordpress.com/
  Wu Wei theme > http://texaslonestarreader.wordpress.com/

  I didn’t know I was using these. I’m working on Chateau. Would the others be easier? The only other theme I knew I was using was Pilcrow, and I switched to Chateau because I was having so much trouble and wanted to start all over.

  Maybe somebody is changing things without my knowledge. Actually, I would love for someone to do this for me because I’m experiencing little more than failures.