Links not in correct order

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  nassaupta · Member · Aug 3, 2012 at 12:46 pm

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  I created a link widget and put 5 links in it.
  I put a rating of 1-5 on the links, but they do not show in the correct order.
  They seem to be ordered by when they were created, oldest first.
  What am I doing wrong?
  I am using the paperpunch theme.
  Thanks!
  Blog url: http://nassaupta.wordpress.com/

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  justpi · Member · Aug 3, 2012 at 1:05 pm

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  You can go to Appearance > Widgets, open the Links widget you’ve added and specify the order option you prefer by selecting the appropriate item from the “Sort by” pulldown.

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  nassaupta · Member · Aug 3, 2012 at 6:01 pm

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  Thanks for the reply…I’m new to this so I forgot to say that I did set the “Sort by” to “Link rating”. I also checked “Show Link Name” and left the box blank next to “Number of links to show”, which shows all links.

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  justpi · Member · Aug 3, 2012 at 11:56 pm

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  You’re right: I tried things in my test blog and the option seems to be broken.

  Alternative solution: replace your three Links widgets with three Custom Menu widgets.
  You’ll need to go to Appearance > Menus and create three menus, add the appropriate custom links to each one of them, drag the links to change their order if necessary, save each menu; then go to Appearance > Widgets, remove the Links widgets, add the Custom Menu widgets, give each one a title and select the right menu from its pulldown, save.
  For more on custom menus see here:

  Custom menus

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  nassaupta · Member · Aug 4, 2012 at 2:39 pm

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  I followed your directions and it worked!
  (I put the new custom menu in inactive status for now)
  I do have a follow up question…is it possible to make the links open up in a new window? Thanks for your help! P.S. Is there any way to let WP know of this problem?

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  timethief · Member · Aug 4, 2012 at 3:22 pm

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  is it possible to make the links open up in a new window?

  I’m sorry but the answer is “no”. If you wish you can make this suggestion to Staff in the Ideas Forum.

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  justpi · Member · Aug 4, 2012 at 5:47 pm

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  Timethief’s reply is wrong.
  If you mean links in a Links widget, see here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/blogroll/add-a-blogroll-link/#target-module
  If you mean links in a custom menu, see here (under “Other options, special cases and tricks”):

  Custom menus

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  timethief · Member · Aug 4, 2012 at 5:49 pm

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  Yikes! Thanks for that correction.

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  nassaupta · Member · Aug 6, 2012 at 2:38 pm

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  Thanks justpi…Worked like a charm!