That blogspot site appears to be deliberately hiding its linkbacks:
<li style='display: none;'>
<div class='blog-icon'>
<input type='hidden' value='http://www.james-baker.com/favicon.ico'/>
</div>
<div class='blog-content'>
<div class='blog-title'>
<a href='http://www.james-baker.com/news/' target='_blank'>
FALLOUT</a>
</div>
hmmm I wonder what that is about…
Well, here is another example which is my GIRLFRIEND’s Blog. Normally the blogroll updates in real time so the the most recently updated blogs move to the top of her blogroll (I have the same functionality on my own blog thanks to the WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING plugin)
Unfortunately this feature is not working in my case and my link is ALWAYS near the bottom even when I have new blog posts (my link is called JAMIE BAKER and is about 2 from the bottom of her blogroll):
http://julialundmanmidlock.blogspot.com/
WordPress can’t control how Blogspot lists its link backs.
Oh no, I appreciate that fact. My question is more about the possibility that there is something possibly wrong with my own theme that interferes with the links backs.
The reason I am wondering about it is that my girlfriends blogroll SUCCESSFULLY does retrieve link backs to OTHER wordpress blogs and move them to teh top of the list when they have new posts. For example THIS wordpress blog:
http://www.linesandcolors.com/
every time they make a new post it goes to the top of the list as it is supposed to do, Mine does not. Which makes me think that the problem is at my end Not with Blogspot or WordPress. But i cannot figure out what I am doing wrong.
thanks for your speedy response, by the way!
All I can suggest is that you try:
– deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
– switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
Wthout knowing what logic/code Blogspot uses, it’s difficult to determine where (or even if) the breakdown occurs.
OK, thanks. Is TWENTY TEN considered the most stable? I was already thinking of ditching my current theme but I was leaning toward using K2 next and using it as the basis to make something new.
Stable, yes – but it does have its quirks and bugs. On the positive side, it should also be regularly updated (which cannot be said for all themes). Because it’s the current default theme, it’s used as a “standard”. Any plugin that can’t work with Twenty Ten shouldn’t be used in a WP 3 site. The theme also doesn’t have a great deal of additional functionality beyond that offered by WordPress itself – so there are no scripts that might have “hidden” drawbacks to worry about.
For these reasons, it’s suggested as a troubleshooting tool in cases like these to try and pin down whether a given problem is theme-related. If the problem continues when using Twenty Ten, you’ve ruled out your usual theme as the culprit. If the problem vanishes when using Twenty Ten, you know where the root cause is (although not necessarily how to solve it).
So I’m not suggesting a permanent switch – just a short term one to see if it helps.
Thanks so much for that info, Esmi. I will use TWENTY TEN as my DIAGNOSTIC theme from now on…
My site has been in need of an overhaul for a while (my current theme was made on top of MINIMA) so perhaps I will use TWENTY TEN as my start-point for a redesign.
Do you have a short-list of OTHER themes you would recommend as a basis for customisation? Or, what is your opinion of K2? I was looking at that one because it has the 2-column/3-column switch-ability and I thought it might be a neat choice if I wanted to do a MULTISITE setup….
thanks again for all your help.
what is your opinion of K2
Never played with K2. I’m more of a theme creator than a theme user. 🙂
If you want to get your hands dirty with some code, you could have a look at the Thematic framework. If you want to avoid coding at all costs, have a look at Suffusion.
