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1. webdevoman
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hey everyone,

   This is going to most likely seem like a stupid question but I really need to know this.

   Can someone explain just what the "Blogroll" category is meant for? Purpose? best uses? Etc...

   Thanks,

   Webdevoman

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Blogrolls are just a series of links you want to provide your visitors. Each link (blogroll entry) can be categoried.

   Examples of categories of links (blogroll)
   1. Sites I recommend
   2. Partner Sites
   3. Sites related to topic xyz

3. webdevoman
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It is just a bit confusing, why would a series of links be listed as a category?

   Thanks for your reply Michael

4. webdevoman
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I am still confused with this Blogroll category. What types of posts should I use this for? All of them plus place them in other categories?

   I know this sounds stupid but I have been using this category in a different way for all of this time while not really exactly sure of the purpose and I believe I am not alone...

   I am also a bit confused by your answer,"a series of links"... By links you basically mean a series of links to blog posts I categorize with this category? No?

   Thanks again... I just want to understand this category thing before I go and organize..

   Webdevoman

5. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Look in your WordPress admin. There are posts and posts can have categories (Administration > Posts > Categories).

   Also, there are links/blogroll (Administration > Links > Add New) and links are assigned link categories Links > Link Categories.

   Might also review WordPress Semantics

6. henkholland
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Actually I use this handy feature, having five categories of external links showing in seperate locations on my site in my right sidebar and my right-column.
   The only thing that was a bit confusing once, is that the link-category-id's are in the same numbered list in your database as the post-category-id's. But you will never notice that in the Dashboard.
   You can only select post-categories when writing a post and link-categories when adding a link.

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