Comments on: Benefits of Adding Category Menu to Blog Header http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/ How To Grow Your Blog Traffic Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:31:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Ankesh Kothari http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-223 Ankesh Kothari Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:28:01 +0000 http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-223 Yes Jared. CrazyEgg is very helpful especially when your blog is new and you are testing a lot of different features and widgets out. Yes Jared. CrazyEgg is very helpful especially when your blog is new and you are testing a lot of different features and widgets out.

]]> By: Jared Schwager http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-222 Jared Schwager Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:07:38 +0000 http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-222 You've gotten me interested in Crazy Egg. I think I might try the service. It looks like I could use it to gather a lot of information on how to better place things like navigation on my blog. You’ve gotten me interested in Crazy Egg. I think I might try the service. It looks like I could use it to gather a lot of information on how to better place things like navigation on my blog.

]]> By: Kevin Rae Wood http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-217 Kevin Rae Wood Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:25:57 +0000 http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-217 duh......thats so simple. I don't know why I thought it would be complicated. Thanks for the how to! duh……thats so simple. I don’t know why I thought it would be complicated. Thanks for the how to!

]]> By: Ankesh Kothari http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-214 Ankesh Kothari Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:32:36 +0000 http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-214 Thanks Brian for letting me know. Its been fixed now. (I think there was an error because of using % sign in the alt tag...) Thanks Brian for letting me know. Its been fixed now. (I think there was an error because of using % sign in the alt tag…)

]]> By: Brian Vaughan http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-213 Brian Vaughan Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:06:42 +0000 http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-213 I'll have to experiment with this now. And as a side note, the links you have posted to crazyegg.com don't work. They both link to http://www.blogclout.com/blog/wp-admin/11.47%%20of%20* I cut off the end of the link cause its very long, but thats what they are linking to at the moment, just thought you would like to know. I’ll have to experiment with this now. And as a side note, the links you have posted to crazyegg.com don’t work. They both link to http://www.blogclout.com/blog/wp-admin/11.47%%20of%20*

I cut off the end of the link cause its very long, but thats what they are linking to at the moment, just thought you would like to know.

]]> By: Jared Schwager http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-212 Jared Schwager Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:24:06 +0000 http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-212 I'm working on a new blog design which will have the main menu under the header. After reading your post, I may just move the navigation above the header and then place the categories under the header. Horizontal navigation saves so much room. I’m working on a new blog design which will have the main menu under the header. After reading your post, I may just move the navigation above the header and then place the categories under the header. Horizontal navigation saves so much room.

]]> By: Ankesh Kothari http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-211 Ankesh Kothari Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:13:40 +0000 http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-211 Thanks for asking Kevin. <br> I went and edited the header file in my WordPress column. And added the direct category links under the title. <br> You could use special WordPress category tags/codes too - but then it comes along with junk categories like "Default" or "Misc" which you wouldn't want over there. Also, WordPress tags lists the categories in alphabetical order - instead of an intuitive/logical order. <br> So I chose to edit the header file using a href tags - without using WordPress category tags. Thanks for asking Kevin.

I went and edited the header file in my WordPress column. And added the direct category links under the title.

You could use special WordPress category tags/codes too - but then it comes along with junk categories like “Default” or “Misc” which you wouldn’t want over there. Also, WordPress tags lists the categories in alphabetical order - instead of an intuitive/logical order.

So I chose to edit the header file using a href tags - without using WordPress category tags.

]]> By: Kevin Rae Wood http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-208 Kevin Rae Wood Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:24:25 +0000 http://www.blogclout.com/blog/benefits-of-adding-category-menu-to-blog-header/#comment-208 I'd really like to my my categorys to the header. Any pointers on how to do this? I’d really like to my my categorys to the header. Any pointers on how to do this?

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