Why Is Blogroll A Category?

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    mbd1974 · Member ·

    Forgive my ignorance, as I am relatively new to blogging and WP. I don’t understand the reasoning behind one of the categories being named “Blogroll”. Isn’t the blogroll a list of links to other webpages?

    If so, then why am I able to assign a new post/article to the blogroll category and what happens if I do that. Does it link to the post?

    Thanks!

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    rsathya · Member ·

    To put it in a best way … U can have categories for ur blog roll entries in a very similar way to ur normal Posts.
    So how does that make a difference –
    When u have Blog Roll Entries under different categories, they are displayed as separate blocks in the side bar (depending on the theme). For eg , I have two blog roll categories ‘Blogs I Read’ and ‘My Links’
    I do not use these categories on my posts (but may be if u want u really can, thought it would not have any impact with respect to the blog roll)
    Hope that helps !

    Note : ‘Blogroll’ – is probably a default category provided by WordPress. and when used with ur blog roll entries, they would be listed under the caption ‘BLOGROLL’ in the side bar.

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    timethief · Member ·

    Blogroll is the default category. If you want more information on your blogroll which is displayed via your links widget in your sidebar this may be helpful http://bloggersblurt.wordpress.com/2006/09/17/widget-wizardry/

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