Title: regarding Blogroll
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# regarding Blogroll

 *  [RichDevman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdevoman/)
 * (@webdevoman)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regarding-blogroll/)
 * 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

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regarding-blogroll/#post-1405963)
 * 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
 *  Thread Starter [RichDevman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdevoman/)
 * (@webdevoman)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regarding-blogroll/#post-1406216)
 * It is just a bit confusing, why would a series of links be listed as a category?
 * Thanks for your reply Michael
 *  Thread Starter [RichDevman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdevoman/)
 * (@webdevoman)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regarding-blogroll/#post-1406218)
 * 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
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regarding-blogroll/#post-1406220)
 * Look in your WordPress admin. There are posts and posts can have categories (
   [Administration](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels) > [Posts](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Categories)
   > [Categories](http://codex.wordpress.org/Posts_Categories_SubPanel)).
 * Also, there are links/blogroll ([Administration](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels)
   > [Links](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Add_New_Link) > [Add New](http://codex.wordpress.org/Links_Add_New_SubPanel))
   and links are assigned link categories [Links](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Link_Categories)
   > [Link Categories](http://codex.wordpress.org/Links_Link_Categories_SubPanel).
 * Might also review [WordPress Semantics](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Semantics)
 *  [henkholland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henkholland/)
 * (@henkholland)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regarding-blogroll/#post-1406226)
 * 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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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [henkholland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henkholland/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regarding-blogroll/#post-1406226)
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