Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

The Backlash Cometh

(41,358 posts)
Thu Mar 15, 2012, 02:48 PM Mar 2012

First post first, or first post last?

When you're putting together a blog, should the top post be the earliest post so that new comers can read the articles in the order they were written? Or should the top one be the latest to catch the eye of frequent visitors?

7 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
First post first, or first post last? (Original Post) The Backlash Cometh Mar 2012 OP
Spam deleted by Ian David (MIR Team) AngelaE7654 Mar 2012 #1
Most recent first: reverse chronological order klook Apr 2012 #2
Spam deleted by Warren DeMontague (MIR Team) xsheba97 Sep 2012 #3
Spam deleted by Violet_Crumble (MIR Team) halumvai11 Sep 2012 #4
First post first, or first post last? MichaelKelley Nov 2013 #5
Latest post on top carlwheathersiam Dec 2013 #6
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #7

klook

(12,157 posts)
2. Most recent first: reverse chronological order
Tue Apr 3, 2012, 10:44 PM
Apr 2012

Same logic as email threads.

This is the default order of posts on Wordpress, although you can change that if you're willing to muck around with the code.

MichaelKelley

(55 posts)
5. First post first, or first post last?
Thu Nov 28, 2013, 09:54 AM
Nov 2013

In my opinion top one be the latest post so that looks like your blog is updated time to time. Also it is possible that you can show your popular post in right side so that people can see this popular post. It's depend upon you but this is good practice i think.

Response to The Backlash Cometh (Original post)

Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»Bloggers»First post first, or firs...