Stuart...have I mentioned that you're a genius? Is this what you DO for a living? I'm awestruck, really I am. This is a wonderful addition, but then so is each and every thing you've rolled out in the past week or two. More tips of the ol' garden hat to you, and many thanks for all you do.

I SOOOOO wish it was what I did for a living jodi. I enjoy it so much a I'm glad that the last few additions have all been received so well. I'm still working on the forums - little by little - so they will hopefully rolled out very soon as well.

Cheers for the thanks. I am grateful for the appreciation.

Thank you for including the flags - I do like to know where people are in the world. I often use the map to find locations.

So even though I don't have a blog to use this on it is going to be useful to me.

Thank you

Thank you SO much !!!

I have been wanting to add all of my favorites but haven't had the time ..

It took 2 seconds tops .. and is a pretty addition to my blog.

thanks again for all you do ..Cherry

This is perfect. I love it. Thanks.

Stuart, if you ever start to suffer from burn-out, we're going to miss you ...

Sorry to seem dumb, but what's link-love? I hope it's something a respectable site should be aiming for :)

Awesome Addition- I was just thinking about how to manage my links on the blog.
Thanks.

The Rock and Roll Gardener!!!

This is great! Now, can I nudge you again about that idea we discussed a while back about having a button we can add to our blog posts so people can Pick our posts directly from our blogs? Nudge, nudge.

WOW, what else can I say. WOW! I love this blogroll and will be adding it right away. I also love the little flags as I'm rather partial to Canadian and British blogs, with the odd Australian one thrown in too! I'll be able to get rid of the old blogrolls that I had.

I'm really looking forward to the forums.

Thanks for everything you do here. You know, pretty soon, you will be able to sell this site and make bags of money!

Dear Stuart

Here's a request - I would like something like this for blogs I visit.

Blogs I visit and 'Favourites' are not necessarily synonimous.

Esther Montgomery
ESTHER IN THE GARDEN

Esther - Really? You visit blogs that you wouldn't link to? How would you differentiate the two? Very interested in this.

Crafty - cheers for the gratitude. Just to keep upfront though, I have no intention of selling Blotanical. I completely love working on this site almost as much as I love gardening - and I'm not about to sell my garden either.

My dream would be to resign from my current job and work on this full-time but that's still a ways off. For the time being, I'm just keen to make this the best gardening site that I can possibly create.

Claire - nudge understood and working on it. A few people have been asking after this and I'm keen to have this option available in the very near future.

Stuart - you've ticked off something I had on my to do list. Thank you :D

That's good news then, VP. I hope it proves helpful.

Stuart, I love the idea, but am having problems with the widget with my Blogger blog, and had to delete it. It's too wide using the Blogger "add a page element tool," and covers up text in the left margin of my blog posts. Is there any way to make it narrower to fit better on blogger blogs? Or is it just my blog layout? Are other Blogger blogs experiencing this problem? I'm not good with HTML, and didn't see a way to adjust the width of the widget or move it over slightly to the left to prevent it obscuring text in my posts. Maybe it works with other Blogger templates, but it's not properly positioned with my template. I think this is a great new tool, and am disappointed I can't use it, (not to mention that I had deleted my garden blog roll before I realized the problem, and will now have to re-create it.)

I hope this comment doesn't come across as complaining. I love Blotanical, and all the innovative new things you come up with. I can't imagine where you find the time for all you do here, and I'm a very grateful, happy Blotanical member.

Cheers for bringing this up Linda.

I checked your layout and your blog sidebar is very thin (150px wide). This may or may not be something you want to change in the future however, I have made alterations to the widget so that you can now opt to have it created in a differing size.

Let us know how you get on with this.

I figured out how to adjust the sidebar width and reduced the width of the widget thanks to the optional adjustment you provided. With those two tweaks my problem is solved. You rock! Thanks for your help!

Stuart,

Perhaps I use the lists in a different way to others - I like to scan down it quickly to find articles I like the look of. I can cope with the red star but I find the addition of the flags on the new blogs list is putting things out of alignment just a bit too much. How about putting the flags after the Blog name and article title instead - if that's possible? That way you keep both me and Cherry happy?

This is a great idea. Is anybody else having trouble embedding it into Wordpress? The wordpress widget system is kind of stinky, but I can't get this widget to show up after pasting the script into a text widget.