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In Blogroll, Text displays beside the Image

  1. ychittaranjan
    Member

    In my Blogroll, if I've added an Image to a link, the Image should show up and NOT the text (the description of the link that I provide). It has been working fine for oh-so-long but today it seems broken!

    Currently, on the Blogroll, the Image shows up and the text ALSO shows up beside the Image. AFAIK, ONLY the image should display and in case the image is unable to be loaded, the text should show up as "Alt Text".

    I've tried changing themes and it occurs with most themes (Albeo, Unsleepable, Contempt, K2, Journalist, Tarski to name a few). Only the Blix themes seems to be unaffected by this problem.

    To help you understand it better, here's a screenshot - http://is.gd/4Rzw

    My Blog address is http://ychittaranjan.wordpress.com

  2. rosclarke
    Member

    You can't add images to blogrolls, only links.

  3. vivianpaige
    Member

    Hmm - that is very strange. I thought you could only have the image OR the text, but not both. Perhaps something has changed on the back end. Have you checked the links to see if there is a setting there somewhere?

  4. maestrina
    Member

    I'm having the same problem, see http://alicealocombia.wordpress.com, it appeared just today but nothing has changed in the settings, don't know what to do.

  5. raincoaster
    Member

    Report it to staff via your dashboard Support button. It's probably something they've changed.

  6. cherylfree
    Member

    I noticed the same thing on my blog within the last hour too. It looks horrible!

    I'm hoping I'll wake up in the morning and find it back to normal.

  7. useibert
    Member

    Starting today, I have had the same problem. I, too, hope that this won't be permanent, since it really looks horrible.

  8. raincoaster
    Member

    Have you reported it to staff?

  9. cutkillavince
    Member

    Same problem here, did someone report it to staff?

  10. raincoaster
    Member

    No. YOU have to report it to staff for staff to know you're having the problem. If you are having the problem, you should report it to staff. Most people are not having this problem. The only way for staff to know that you are having it is for you to report it to them.

  11. ychittaranjan
    Member

    @rosclark and vivianpaige: One can have both the text AND the image. Image will take priority over the text. This has been working fine since the past three years I've been using WordPress and has broken just a few days ago.

    Curiously, the Blix theme has this intact. If I switch to that, the text beside the images goes off and only the images show up.

    I have reported this to support and their reply was that the 'links' will link by default to any text that is input into the 'Name' field. I should edit the links and remove the name/title and the text wouldn't show up. But My point is, it was working well with both the title and the image....why tweak it now?

  12. ychittaranjan
    Member

    I just noticed the same issue on Raincoaster's blog (Its NOT a wordpress.com blog!) The blogroll images for 'Blogged' and 'Site Meter' show the Image AND the text beside it :(

  13. cutkillavince
    Member

    @ychittaranjan: Impossible to remove inputs from the "Name" Field from my side

  14. cherylfree
    Member

    I just wrote to Support and am waiting for an answer. My sidebar graphics are still showing text links this morning :(

    You can't leave the Name field blank when managing links, and this problem shows in All of my graphic link categories - not just "blogroll".

    I browsed through WordPress blogs early this morning after reading this thread and DID see the same problem on many blogs with graphic sidebar links.

    WordPress seems to be running a bit slow for me this morning. I wonder if "something's" under way.

  15. ychittaranjan
    Member

    @Cutkillavince & cherylfree: yeah....I too noticed that the 'Name' field can't be left blank :(

    Maybe if I change the name to something very small...like just an underscore [_] or a dot [.] but i'm waiting for WordPress folks to fix it sooner rather than later.

  16. maestrina
    Member

    I've reported to staff and they solved my problem, today it works normally

  17. ychittaranjan
    Member

    Oh. I just noticed. Its fixed on my blog too.

    Thanks WordPress. Great and quick job.

  18. cherylfree
    Member

    Yay! I just went to write a new post and see that it's fixed :) *Thank You* for the quick resolution WordPress!!

  19. bubel
    Staff

    Sorry for the issues; the problems with the Links Widget should now be resolved. If you are still experiencing otherwise, please contact support.

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