Categorized recently updated blogroll links
Recently I've added a new feature to my blog. It is a blogroll for each of my 'link categories' in the sidebars. I had two criteria that needed to be met. Those being an easy way to add links and a way to indicate if they were recently updated.
It was a bit of a process to set up initally, but now it is a breeze to keep up. I used BlogRolling because they had the update feature. The downfall (only a downfall because I'm cheap) is the fact that with the free account you can only have one blogroll. The 'Gold' edition allows several blogrolls. I needed six, so my work-around was to open six gmail accounts (ie blogu.tweaks@gmail.com, blogu.templates@gmail.com, etc) . Then I opened six corresponding blogroll accounts (ie blogu.tweaks, blogu.templates, etc). Each of those matched a heading in my sidebar. Take a look at my sidebar to see it in action.
As far as upkeep, BlogRolling has a feature called 1 Click Blogrolling that puts a link in your Bookmarks or Links Toolbar. Click on that when you find a blog you wish to add to your blogroll. After you click on it, log in to the 'account/sidebar category' that you want the link to appear. That's it! Nifty, huh.
Labels:
Classic Blogger,
Design,
Hacks
9 Comments:
Wow, I like the new look with the sidebars.
Also thanks for the Greasemonkey tip. It's a gem.
Funny you should say that about the sidebars...it happened when I was trying to help you with your sidedbars. A mistake that I ended up keeping!
Greasemonkey is awesome. I use several of their scripts. And I check back on a regular basis to find new ones.
Yeah I think I had that happen on one occasion too when I was fiddling with it.
I thought about creating more than one account..... glad to see you can do one-click with it too, it takes me forever to actually update my blogroll.
mama duck, this method has worked great for me. Before I did this, it was a pain to add links to my sidebar. Now it is a click away!
I just upgraded to Blogger Beta and cannot figure out how to get my blogroll into the new template... any ideas?
figured it out. Thanks anyway
Rafi, I like it when things get solved while I sleep!
bloglines lets you do all the blogrolls you want. But it is more complicated, at least the first time when you are trying to figure out how to set them up.