Let the Blogroll Roll
By reflexes May 24, 2008
I have to admit that when I started this blog, I have underestimated the power of networking! In a matter of weeks, my blogroll has grown tremendously in length. The list is a mix of friends, family, and even new acquaintances with blogging parent(s) like me.
While most bloggers would generally enjoy having this long list, many would probably agree that there has to be a way to better manage and display this list on the webpage. I’m not really a techy so I went out to look for a good solution. There are indeed several plugins or widgets out there but the solution I was eventually after was keeping the entire list but managed in display space through a scrollbar. Again, I’m not a techy so while this method may not be the most efficient, it works for me.
Ingredients:
- Wordpress
- Daiko’s Text Widget
- Blogroll Links Plugin
1. Using Wordpress, maintain your Links/Blogroll as usual.
2. Install the Blogroll Links Plugin by Rajiv Pant. This will allow you to create a mirror of the Wordpress Blogroll as a page.
3. Create a Page (for example, call it “blogroll”). Inside this page, enter the following code:
<!--blogroll-links category-slug="blogroll" sort-by="link_name"--> <!--/blogroll-links-->
4. Install Daiko’s Text Widget by Rune Fjellheim as this will allow you to write the php code to query the page and display it in your sidebar. Add the widget to your sidebar and enter the following code in the options:
<div style="border: 0px outset #000000; padding: 5px; overflow: auto; width: 178px; height: 200px; font-style: normal; text-align: left;"> <!--p $the_query = new WP_Query('pagename=blogging friends'); while ($the_quer-->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?> <!--p the_content();--> <!--p endwhile;--></div>
That’s it! With the help of these tools, I am able let my blogroll “roll”. Now, who would have ever thought that writing code is now related to parenting =)
7 comments
again, thanks! been waiting for this! muchos gracias!
have updated my blogroll link na..thanks to you..
Same here, I’m not a techy person too..I also want to have the scrolling type of blogroll but I’m using blogger..anyway, maybe if maging masipag ako, I’ll research about it..akala ko andito na sagot kaya lng wordpress pala ang gamit mo..:)
i can’t seem to make the last part work…would you mind telling me where is that ‘options’ found?
thanks
another not-so-techy mom:(
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