When implementing WordPress 2.1, the developers made some fundamental changes to the way links are handled.  In other words, they built in an association between links and categories and added a new table to the WP database called wp_link2cat, which entails making several changes to the database.  (Go here to see what I did.)  The upshot of the thing is that once you have the database fixed and WordPress 2.1 is running properly, you have to manually reenter all of your blogroll data into the database via the admin panel.  (Thank God I only have a limited number of links.)  The other concern is the fact that any code you had in your sidebar for displaying your blogroll becomes instantly obsolete (including widgets).  I was scratching my head about this one….

Until I found this simple, yet very effective, cure for widget-enabled blogs, that is.  It comes from Azmeen, who lives in Malaysia and runs a cool site called HTNet.  It’s a simple widget that displays all the links from a single blogroll category.  (If you’re already running WP2.1 you know what I’m talking about.)  It works perfectly for me, because I don’t foresee having more than one blogroll category, anyway.

So if you’re looking for a cure to the WP2.1 blogroll blues, go visit Azmeen at HTNet to download the Single Bookmark Category List widget.  It works like a charm.

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