The scrolling blogroll box!
Thanks to Mrs. Mecomber, there is a new option for Frugal Blogroll members! Instead of showing the badge or the entire Frugal Blogroll (500 members and counting!) you can now use Mrs. Mecomber's easy script to create a scrolling box and show just as much of the blogroll as you want.
The box is set by default to be 250 pixels high, but you can change the number to make it as tall or short as you like. I made it 750 in my own sidebar to show plenty of links without entirely taking over the sidebar. To learn more about customizing your scrolling box, read Mrs. Mecomber's easy tutorial here. She has also volunteered to answer questions about using the scrolling box, so let her know if you run into problems.
If you are on WordPress instead of Blogger you can delete the second line (<p class="sideheader">Frugal Blogroll</p) and just name your widget "Frugal Blogroll."
Find it here, and be sure to tell her thank you!
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4 Responses to “The scrolling blogroll box!”
April 18th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Kim: I was wondering if there was any way to have the blogroll on this site in alphabetical order. I read a few and sometimes have a hard time finding them in the list. Thanks for your consideration.
jules
April 19th, 2008 at 5:36 am
I’ve put this on my blog. It’s a fantastic. Thanks.
April 19th, 2008 at 11:39 am
jules,
I went with random ordering to give everyone a chance to be near the top. I can see why alphabetical could be useful, but certain bloggers would find themselves parked at the bottom of a very long list.
If you’re looking for a certain one, you might try doing a quick search for a particular word or phrase: in most browsers you can hit ctrl F to bring up a search box, then type in Frugal Mom, for example, and it will take you directly to that phrase anywhere on the page.
Does this help?
April 21st, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Ah, yes. I didn’t think of that. Thank you. Your idea sounds best, about making it random. That way no one gets slighted. Thanks.
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