You can organize your blogroll into categories so that you can display resources specific to a particular topic instead of everything all together in one list.
Note: You do NOT have to create link categories for your blogroll to function properly. Using the default “blogroll” category is just fine.
This tutorial shows you how to create a blogroll and add it to your site.
Creating Link Categories
You are able to make multiple categories for links in addition to the default blogroll. You can even change the name of blogroll to something else (Helpful Hints, My Industry Partners, etc.). Perhaps I want to list Web design resources and marketing resource separately. No problem! The process is very similar to creating post categories:
- Log into Wordpress and go to Links»Link Categories in the lefthand menu.
- Enter the name of your category in the Link Category Name field.
- Enter the category slug in the Category Slug field. This allows you to control the Web address for this link category.
Tip: Giving your slug a clear and descriptive name that incorporates relevant keywords makes your site much more search engine friendly!
- You can enter a description of the link category if you like. Some Wordpress themes display this information (your JiffyBat! site probably will display this text as a tooltip when a user hovers over the link with his/her mouse). I add a description when I want a reminder to myself about what the category is to be used for.
- Click Add Category.
Add a New Link Category
You’re finished! Now you will see the new link category on the right side of the Add Link Category screen in your list of saved categories. You can edit and delete categories in this section.
Example of Saved Link Categories
