Links Menu (Blogroll) » Add a Blogroll Link
You can manage a set of links, or a blogroll, using the Links menu in your WordPress.com blog. These links will show up on your blog if you have added the Links Widget from the Appearance -> Widgets page.
Add New Links
To add a new link click on Add New from the Links menu.
The Add New Link page will load, which should look like the image below.
Use the Name module to add link text. This is the text that will be clickable. For example, if you were creating a link to http://amazon.com/ you would likely type Amazon into the Name text box.
Web Address is the URL of the web site. If you browse to a site you can find the URL in your browser’s address bar.
Add text that describes or explains what the link is in the Description module. If you were linking to Amazon you might write a description that says ”Cool place to shop online.”
Add New Link Categories
Use the Categories module to organize your links into categories. Maybe you will create links to ford.com, toyota.com, and gm.com and assign a category of Automobiles to each of the links. When the links are displayed they will be grouped together the Automobiles category.
The Target module lets you choose where a link will open when it is clicked on.
- _blank can be used to force the link to open in a new window or browser tab, depending on how the visitor has configured their browser.
- _top would open the link in the top frame. WordPress.com doesn’t use frame, so you would only use this if you were showing your blog inside a frame on another web site. If you don’t know what a frame is, you don’t need to worry about the _top option.
- The default option is none, which loads a link in the current window or browser tab.
The Link Relationship (XFN) module is a simple way to represent human relationships for hyperlinks. See the XFN site for more details.
In the Advanced module you can set an image to be associated with the link, the RSS Address, add any notes, and choose a rating.
In the Save module there is an option to keep the link private so that it won’t be show on the blog. Use the Add Link button when you are finished editing the link details on the page.
After adding links, you will want to add the Links Widget to your sidebar to show the links on your blog.
Last modified: December 23, 2008
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