No More Previous Posts

The old 10 Previous Posts list is no more. Knowing that a blog was originally designed as a journal, it made sense that any post would link to previous posts only. You can't predict the future. But the limitation of 10 posts always bothered me, as it did many Bloggers. And every month, somebody would ask

• How do I get a list of more than 10 posts?
• How do I get a list of previous posts, in reverse order?
• How do I get a list of the 10 earliest posts?

So now, previous posts is combined with the archives. And you can see a list of all posts, in any one of three styles.

• A collapsible hierarchy.
• A flat list.
• A dropdown menu.

Each of the styles can list the selections in reverse order (oldest first). Each can display by month, by week, or by day. And the first, hierarchy, even has an option to display post titles, ie table of contents, with chapters by date. No more muttering to yourself

Now, I know I wrote that post sometime last month - but what did I call it?

So, as I described it elsewhere, it's not

New Blogger doesn't have a previous posts list.

It's

New Blogger doesn't need a previous posts list.

So How Do I Use This New Feature?
Adding the Previous Posts, in a Classic blog, required you to edit the template. With a New Blogger blog, properly migrated, you simply go to Page Elements, under Template. Then add another page element, a Blog Archive, and configure it as you like.

My Blog Archive is called "Other Articles", and is selected as

• Hierarchy.
• Show Post Titles.
• Archive Frequency: Monthly
• Date: 2006 and Month: January (this is key in the collapse mechanism).

Configure yours as you prefer. Experiment with different possibilities, and find which suits your needs.