Nobody else has this same question? I can not believe that. If you do a search in google many have this problem. So why can’t this be done?
Anyone????
28 minutes doesn’t exactly give a lot of time for people to respond. Patience, grasshopper…
wp_list_bookmarks('orderby=rand&limit=n')
where n = the number of links you want to show at a time would seem to be one solution.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_bookmarks
esmi,
Thank you for your response. Sorry about being a little impatient. Just getting vary frustrated when a simple option like this is no where to be found.
The above option has been removed from WP ver 2.7.1 and there is not a wp_list-bookmarks.php in the system. Even though it is a great option and on the right track. Maybe it would also help to know that I do not host my WP blog at wordpress.com.
So if anyone has any other ideas I am still looking…
Thank You,
icyents
The above option has been removed from WP ver 2.7.1 and there is not a wp_list-bookmarks.php in the system
Pardon? wp_list_bookmarks isn’t a file. It’s a template tag. Did you look at the link above? As for where your blog is hosted, why would I think it was at wordpress.com?
Ok, I understand wp_list_bookmarks isn’t a file. And that I would need to edit the wp_list_bookmarks(‘orderby=rand&limit=n’) or the “n”.
But where do I find this to edit? Sorry for my ignorance. I am new to wordpress and trying to learn. The above link explains what to edit, but does not tell me what file this information is located in. I have been threw every screen in my WP ver.2.7.1 and have not found any place to edit this. As well as I have been looking threw the folders and files on the server and have not found this information to edit.
Anymore information or direction would be appreciated.
Thank You,
icyents
Still hoping that I am not the only person with this problem.
Couldn’t you list all your links out and then add some CSS classes with overflow:hidden; to your
Sorry, that should read:
“Couldn’t you list all your links out and then add some CSS classes with overflow:hidden; to your li tags to create a scolling list?”
daveFCA,
Unsure what you mean. I understand CSS. But my blog is using php with the wordpress widget. There is no option to add scrolling to the blogroll. As well as the code in previous comments (ie: wp_list_bookmarks(‘orderby=rand&limit=n’)) I have not been able to locate this code in any of the css or php’s within the blog files.
But I will take your comments in consideration and think about this more.
Still looking for a good solution and will accept constructive comments and direction from people.
Thanks,
icyents
It’s normally in sidebar.php but, almost certainly, as soon as you add 1 widget, any standard template tags in sidebar.php will be ignored. And you can’t customise the Links widget in the same way.
@icyents: How many widgets do you currently have in your sidebar according to Admin/Appearance/Widgets?
@icyents
Use the Widgets Reloaded plugin if you’re using widgets. It’ll allow you to control exactly which categories, bookmarks, or number of bookmarks you want to show.
esmi,
There are 6 widgets in the sidebar total and one of them is the BlogRoll that I am trying to get scrolling. As far as the sidebar.php I have went the the code and there is no wp_list_bookmarks(‘orderby=rand&limit=n’)
greenshady,
Thank you for the input on the Widgets Reloaded. I have tried and am running this widget as we speak. It is a nice widget with alot of features. But the one feature I am looking for still is not an option with the BlogRoll. And that is to have a scroll bar on the BlogRoll with a set width and height.
So I am back to looking again. I know this can not be this difficult. It is done vary easy and is common with a sidebar and blogroll within a competitors system.
icyents
Has anybody givin anymore thoughts to a scolling BlogRoll? And how we can accomplish this. I am looking for something that will allow me to set a size to a scrolling window in a sidebar and within that window go out and pull the information from the wp_list_bookmarkes. This way you can use the WP to organize your BlogRoll list and display it in a controled size on your wp blog.
I have been able to create the scrolling window. But have not been successful in pulling or getting the information from the wp_list_bookmarkes.
Still searching for ideas?
Thank You,
icyents
You must create multiple dynamic sidebars if you want to accomplish this and still use widgets in the sidebar. Or you can do everything via PHP and follow the tutorial below to organize your blogroll
http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-organize-your-wordpress-blogroll-links/
I am looking for the same thing for almost more than a year. I can do that with custom HTML code but that’s not the ans. I am looking for a fully functional link scrolling blogroll widget. There is a same plugin available for joomla CMS but not for WordPress that’s bad. If anybody finds anything like this don’t delay to inform us. Thanks
