RSS Feeds: Sidebar Clean Up Test
I removed the "Last 100 Posts" completely because the same information is contained in the "Extended Archives".
I moved the "Top 100 Posts" to the "Pages" widget and renamed it to the "Top 100 Articles/Posts".
I upgraded the "Top Commentators" plugin, moved the "Top Commentators" to the "Pages" widget and renamed it to the "Top 100 Commentators".
I moved the "Links Manager", which contains the blogroll, to the "Pages" widget.
I am considering putting some social widgets (like MyBlogLog) onto pages in the "Pages" widget.
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This test will last until at least the end of April. I want to find out how it will affect my readers as well as search engine optimization (SEO).
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Inspired by an article from Andy Beard, I took the clean up a step further. I used the same procedure as I did in WP Plugins: Exec-PHP, Smart Archives, and WP Categories and Posts except that I lifted the function calls directly from the theme's sidebar file.
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I did away with the "read.." because it didn't work right. I only used it for a short time until I saw what it did to posts under 1000 characters. Yuck.
Remember, I'm just testing until the end of the month. If it has no effect on anything as it is now, I'm going back to the way it was for quite a few things. I like "some" of the changes, but not all. Again, it's only a test right now.