Comments on: New and less new blogs http://airminded.org/2007/03/12/new-and-less-new-blogs/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:27:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul Gilster http://airminded.org/2007/03/12/new-and-less-new-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-41179 Paul Gilster Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:30:41 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/03/12/new-and-less-new-blogs/#comment-41179 Another WP glitch: I used to be able to move back and forth between the editing field and the preview field while writing a post by simply clicking on a preview button. But the button is gone in the new version. Now I have to slide down the page each time to find the preview, then back up to continue editing. Most annoying! Another WP glitch: I used to be able to move back and forth between the editing field and the preview field while writing a post by simply clicking on a preview button. But the button is gone in the new version. Now I have to slide down the page each time to find the preview, then back up to continue editing. Most annoying!

]]> By: links for 2007-03-13 « Archaeoastronomy http://airminded.org/2007/03/12/new-and-less-new-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-41031 links for 2007-03-13 « Archaeoastronomy Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:22:24 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/03/12/new-and-less-new-blogs/#comment-41031 [...] Airminded · New and less new blogs Many interesting new weblogs to look at when I’m back to normal. (tags: blogging history) [...] [...] Airminded · New and less new blogs Many interesting new weblogs to look at when I’m back to normal. (tags: blogging history) [...]

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/03/12/new-and-less-new-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-41027 Brett Holman Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:45:01 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/03/12/new-and-less-new-blogs/#comment-41027 Yeah, it was most annoying -- seems they changed the function which deals with the links order (which is not itself the main problem) but then for some reason removed the ability to control that order from inside the WordPress admin pages. It seemed unnecessarily thoughtless to me. I suppose users are supposed to find other ways of controlling the link and category order -- either in the theme or with a plugin. I was nearly about to roll up my sleeves and start playing with PHP when first I realised I was wearing a T-shirt, but more importantly I found My Link Order, which elegantly solved the problem for me. I don't think it will work for a more dynamic sidebar like yours though! It still should be possible -- the new function <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_bookmarks" rel="nofollow">wp_list_bookmarks</a> has an orderby=updated option, which sounds like what you need ... Yeah, it was most annoying — seems they changed the function which deals with the links order (which is not itself the main problem) but then for some reason removed the ability to control that order from inside the WordPress admin pages. It seemed unnecessarily thoughtless to me.

I suppose users are supposed to find other ways of controlling the link and category order — either in the theme or with a plugin. I was nearly about to roll up my sleeves and start playing with PHP when first I realised I was wearing a T-shirt, but more importantly I found My Link Order, which elegantly solved the problem for me. I don’t think it will work for a more dynamic sidebar like yours though! It still should be possible — the new function wp_list_bookmarks has an orderby=updated option, which sounds like what you need …

]]> By: Paul Gilster http://airminded.org/2007/03/12/new-and-less-new-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-40974 Paul Gilster Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:26:13 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/03/12/new-and-less-new-blogs/#comment-40974 What on Earth happened with the new WordPress version anyway? I had set up a listing of 'Clippings,' which were just stories from various press sources about the things I write about. And it was easy to set that up with the newest stories on top and the oldest gradually disappearing, so that 15 were always available at any one time. Then with the new version of WP I found I couldn't order them properly, and I wound up doing away with the whole category. Aggravating! I'll look at the plugin you mention. -- Paul What on Earth happened with the new WordPress version anyway? I had set up a listing of ‘Clippings,’ which were just stories from various press sources about the things I write about. And it was easy to set that up with the newest stories on top and the oldest gradually disappearing, so that 15 were always available at any one time. Then with the new version of WP I found I couldn’t order them properly, and I wound up doing away with the whole category. Aggravating! I’ll look at the plugin you mention. — Paul

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