Beefing up the Blogroll

by Jay Thompson on January 13, 2007 · 6 comments
Written by: Jay Thompson

in Real Estate

One of my 2007 Blogolutions was to keep my blogroll updated. If you take a peak, you’ll see many new additions. (it is in fact, getting a bit too lengthy, but I’ll worry about that later).

I still have more to add. If you’re missing, say so (again if necessary).

Everything in the blogroll has something to offer. Great writing, local information, humor, news and insight. Take a peak. Take a trip through the Blogiverse. Enjoy the ride.

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1 Jim Duncan January 13, 2007 at 9:27 am

I have been looking for a “collapsible” blogroll plugin, but the ones I like tend to require Ajax – a bit beyond my technical scope.

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2 Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy January 13, 2007 at 9:55 am

Jim – I saw a blog yesterday whose blogroll displayed 10 random entries from a list, but for the life of me I can’t remember where it was! I kind of liked it (though I’d like to show more than 10, perhaps that can be configured?)

I’ll keep my eye out for something. It’s got to be out there. Like you, I don’t know if I want to delve into Ajax…

If anyone else knows a good WP plugin to manage a lengthy blogroll, please let me know!

Another option I’ve pondered is what RCG and the Tomato do, have a short list displayed, with a “more” link to another page with the complete list. Only problem with that is deciding who goes on the “primary” list. Maybe there is something that could randomize that?

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3 Andrew Maury January 13, 2007 at 11:37 am

Hey Jay. I think that was my blog that you saw, since you did leave a comment.

I believe that the 10 random links is standard in Wordpress. If you go to Links -> Link Categories and then click “Edit” on any category, you should be able to set a number to display. I actually just upped mine to 15. Let me know if that works for you.

Oh, and thanks for adding my blog!

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4 trev January 13, 2007 at 1:25 pm

Hiya -visiting via thegoodblogs.
I tidied up my sidebar using a drop-down for my blogroll and archives. Both plug-ins were from: http://tech.windsofstorm.net/wordpress/drop-links-widget/

Aa couple of notes on use
1) The drop down goes as wide as the longest name on the blogroll. Might want to edit titles for aesthetic reasons.

2) I found a tiny hack on the plug-in comments to make it open links in a new tab or window:
http://tech.windsofstorm.net/wordpress/drop-links-widget/#comment-1172

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5 Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy January 13, 2007 at 4:04 pm

Thanks Trev, I’ll give it a look!

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6 James Wheelock August 18, 2008 at 10:32 pm

@Jay – Can you tell me what is kept in a blog role on a normal basis. As I am not completly sure what items others like to find there and what it is normally intended to be used for.

James

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