adding in a second blogroll

Why is nonsense? In my ftp I open the style sheet to customize my template. The code in there is called html right? So what is nonsensical about that?

The code in the stylesheet is called CSS, not HTML.
The code in the template is a combination of HTML and PHP.
The stylesheet is part of the template, not the template itself.

And in any case, none of what you are talking about is necessary to make another Link category for a second blogroll.

See this:
get_links('-1'...
That will display links for *all* your link categories. All you have to do is to a) make the category and b) put links in it, and it will show up right there, all by itself. You don’t need to make another copy of that code.

Also, you talk about using get_links(). If you’re using wordpress 2.1 and up, you should switch to using wp_list_bookmarks() instead. More info here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_bookmarks

I think I said above that my current link categories in my dashboard do not separate my current links at all and they are all in one blogroll.

Right. You have to create a new category, like rudolf45 said above.

In other words, you’ve been given the right answer. All you have to do is to read it.

Go to Blogroll->Add Link. Over on the right hand side, you can create an entirely new category, right there, as you add the first link to it. Call it “Blogroll 2” or whatever the heck you like. Then add the link to it. Then add more links to it. And so forth.

After you have your other category for your second blogroll, then you can go change the template to show the links in a different place, if you want. Like I said, you should probably use the wp_list_bookmarks function, as it’s simpler to use and mess with.

Interestingly enough, the first part of your (and rudy’s) suggestion has already been tried several times on my blog and does not get the desired result.

Then you should explain what result it does get. Seriously, saying “it doesn’t work” over and over when it clearly *does* work… well, that’s not helpful at all.

You asked a question. It got answered. If the answer is unacceptable, please explain why it is unacceptable so that more information can then be given. Because repeating the same thing over and over and going off into other unrelated areas, well, that doesn’t get as good of a response, as you have learned.

We’re happy to answer any question you ask, but the answer will only be as good as the question is.

The Blogroll/Links are basically just a list of categorized Links. The get_links or wp_list_bookmarks functions are the calls in your template that actually display those links. Where you put them depends on your template and where you want them to show up.

You say you want a second list. Okay. So we told you how to create one. The get_links command you’re using will display those links. It might categorize them, it might not, but either way that’s irrelevant to creating a second list of links. The content and the display of the content are two different things. So, if you want to display it elsewhere/differently/etc, then please describe how/where you want it to be displayed. Then, maybe, we can tell you how to do that. 🙂

Okay…I add links to my blogroll. I choose a category for them. On my sidebar it shows as ONE list of links and is not categorized in any other way than within my dashboard organization. I don’t know how to make it clearer than that.

Okay, the problem is that up until now, you had not made it that clear. Furthermore, you act as if we could see what you’re talking about, when you had not posted the address of your blog until your last post.

All we have to go on is what you tell us. If you don’t say it, we don’t know it.

As for your particular issue, the problem is indeed the use of the get_links() code. You could probably replace that with just wp_list_bookmarks(); all by itself and see an immediate improvement.

What you’re going to do is to look at your theme’s “sidebar.php” file. You can get it via FTP or whatever. Ignore the style.css, you’re not going to modify that.

In the sidebar.php, you’ll likely find something like this:

<h2>Inspiration</h2>
<?php get_links('-1', '...
...blah blah...
?>

Replace that code with just this:
<?php wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>

Yes, get rid of the Inspiration. Why? Because the wp_list_bookmarks() is going to do that for you.

Save it, and FTP the updated sidebar.php file back to the site, where you found it.

Now, when you load your page, you’ll get something new. Instead of “Inspiration”, you’ll get “Blogroll” and your other link categories in separate chunks. You can rename the “Blogroll” or whatever the names of the categories are on the Manage->Categories admin page. You can add new Link categories, and they’ll all appear too (as long as they have links in them anyway).