themes & widgets to display titles instead of posts when you click a category

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  everydocumentationuser · Member · Aug 25, 2011 at 10:52 pm

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  If the user clicks a category widget, I want them to see a dropdown of available posts. I also want to control the order those posts, in order to tell a story. Is this an option, either using the Elegant Grunge template for wordpress.com, or some other template?

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

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  timethief · Member · Aug 26, 2011 at 12:07 am

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  No that’s not possible here.

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  timethief · Member · Aug 26, 2011 at 12:09 am

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  What is possible re: categories widget display is found in the support documentation.

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  everydocumentationuser · Member · Aug 27, 2011 at 8:08 pm

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  Am I asking the right question? I assume that many wordpress bloggers have lots of categories and lots of posts.

  Can you suggest a blogging application/Wordpress theme/custom widget which is ABLE to display post titles in a dropdown after the user clicks the category?

  Should I conclude that I will have to use an application other than WordPress.com to host my blog?

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  timethief · Member · Aug 27, 2011 at 8:12 pm

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  I have supplied a link to what is possible on a WordPress.com blog above. See: WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences

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  timethief · Member · Aug 27, 2011 at 8:15 pm

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  Also note this.

  In the majority of themes, posts in category or monthly archive pages show up just as they do in the main posts page. But in some themes only the beginnings of posts are shown, and in a few themes you only get titles or thumbnails. Category/archive pages: full posts or not