Tags: | blog improvement | blog | software |

2007-07-23 20:41

New Blog Feature, "Newer Posts" and "Older Posts" Links

In the past I had an "Older Posts" link at the bottom of my index page, but it just linked to the Archive section of my blog; today I coded functionality that actually brings up the 10 previous posts when it is clicked. Also, if the reader is looking at an index of older posts, there is a "Newer Posts" link included to go forward rather than continually backward in time. Of course, this is a standard feature on any pre-fab blog software, and I have been hoping to add it for a long time - I am glad to say that today I found the time. I used a variable included in the link URL and the $_GET variable of PHP to keep all functionality in the index script. If you notice any bugs or weird behavior I would be glad to hear about it from you, but my own testing has shown that it is working properly. Hopefully this feature will encourage people to stay longer at my site and explore further what I have written in the past, without requiring them to click on the links found in the archive section.

- Kevin
Kevin (at) Upcsite (dot) Net

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