Including a Link List in Your Blog
A Link List is a simple list of Web sites, blogs, or Web pages that you want to share with your blog’s readers. The Link List gadget differs from the Blog List gadget because the Link List gadget doesn’t provide an option to include an icon, snippet, or other feature from the Web site you’re linking to, which the Blog List gadget does. Instead, a Link List is exactly what its name implies — a list of links to other pages online.
You can add a Link List to your blog by following these steps:
1. In the Add a Gadget window of your Blogger account, click the + sign to the right of Link List. The Configure Link List window opens, shown below.
2. In the Title box, enter a title for your list. Choose a name that quickly tells your readers what the list contains.
3. In the Number of Links to Show in List box, enter the number of items you want to display in your list. If you leave this box blank, all the items in your list appear on your blog at all times.
4. From the Sorting drop-down menu, choose how you want your list to sort on your blog. You can choose to sort your list of links alphabetically, reverse alphabetically, or not at all.
5. In the New Site URL box, type the complete URL for the Web page you want to add to your Link List. Be certain to include the URL for the specific page you want your blog readers to land on when they select each link in your Link List.
6. In the New Site Name box, enter the text you want to appear in your Link List to represent the URL you input in Step 5. The site name you enter appears in your Link List on your blog. When visitors select that site name, they’re taken to the URL entered in Step 5.
7. After you enter your New Site URL and New Site Name in the designated boxes, click the Add Link button. The link to your Link List is added. From here, you can add more links to your Link List.
8. When your list is done, click the Save button. You return to the Page Elements window where you can follow the link to view your changes on your blog or continue editing your blog.
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