Currently, I’m running a promotion to find out who has the best workstation on the net and would really like to have this at the top of the blog, so you all can see it when you come visit the site. I’m testing it out right now, but the goal is to give as much exposure to this contest possible so that’s why I’m leaving it on the top of the front page.
A trick that I have just learned, which really isn’t really a trick involves using a plugin called Adhesive. You are suppose to be able to find the plugin at Owen Winkler’s site, but it’s currently down, so I’ve put it on my server just in case you want to download it:
To install Adhesive:
1) Download, Install and Activate your the Adhesive Plugin
2) Go to the Article under your Manage Tool and Click Edit.
3) You should now see a “Sticky” Checkbox in your “Post Status” box that looks like this:
4) Check the box and now your Post will be at the top of your front page.
*Tip - You might want to indicate the post is Static and will remain there indefinitely by typing “Sticky” in front of the Post Title. This lets your reader know that you have updated posts below your sticky post!*
Let me know what you think about Sticky Posts and if are as effective as I think they can be.
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To users that don’t know what a Sticky is.. they might think your blog is never updated!
I think it would be better to have something ’stuck’ on the sidebar. Like a little promotional image or something.
That’s a neat trick. But, as Jon Lee stated, those who aren’t familiar with online forums may not understand it.
Cool plugin. Although, I’ve found success with a simple sentence at the top under the masthead. Thanks for the link, Mr. Gary Lee. =)
Wow i was looking for somethign like this.
Under the common permalink structure which includes the date of posts, changing the post time to a moer recent time will put the post up front BUT it will mess up existing linkbacks to your site..
That’s an interesting plugin, thanks for sharing. I sorta agree with Jon though.
That’s pretty cool, but I too would wonder if it would effect your visitors thinking that you haven’t updated. Oh hell, never mind. We all use read feeds, and we know better, right?
i’d like to use the sticky for my current link promotion, but my posts are always kind of long
does anyone know how to reduce just the “stickied” post so that it’s summarized? thanks!