| | Rearrange your blogrings
*** UPDATED ***
Bug fix; the script had difficulties dealing with blogringnames containing an asterisk. That problem has been solved now. I owe thanks to Master_Bob for bringing this to my attention!
I have found the following question on Xanga Help:
"Can I alphabetize my blogrings? Or customize the order of them by hand?"
"Sorry... we don't yet have support for alphabetizing or re-ordering blogrings in your blogrings module. "
I believe that's where a little tweaking comes in handy  ... I have written a script that will allow you to rearrange your blogrings, just as you see fit! 
As an aside, I think it's quite fortunate that customization through JavaScript by users is still allowed on Xanga, but how much longer that fun is going to continue, is likely to depend on the measure in which everyone on Xanga is willing to respect Xanga's JavaScript Policy...
Anyway, the script to rearrange your blogrings allows you to:
- sort your blogrings in reversed order.
By default, your blogrings are listed by subscription date, the first blogring you joined being on top of your list, but it's not unthinkable that you would rather prefer it the other way around -- the blogring you most recently joined being the one on top.
- sort your blogrings in alphabetical order.
If you have your subscriptions sorted alphabetically (A-Z), then perhaps you would like to do the same with your blogrings? Continuity rules! 
- sort your blogrings in random order.
If you like change or randomness, or if it doesn't really matter to you in what order your blogrings are listed, then this option may be your preferred way of sorting your blogrings. They will appear in a different order each time you reload the page.
- sort your blogrings in a customized order.
You decide in what particular order the blogrings will be listed in your blogrings module, regardless of subscription date. And the blogrings you leave out, won't even be listed at all (though they are still there when you view the source of your site). You are in complete control!
Currently, I have set the option to sort my blogrings in alphabetical order.
You can copy the source code below, and paste it in the website stats box at your look and feel page, but before you do, read the comments in the script, especially on how to use it. The settings are rather self-explanatory.
The website stats box however, is rather narrow, and thus not the best environment to edit a script. So, before you select and copy the script from the box below, you may want to edit it's settings first. Alternatively, you can copy and paste the code in Notepad, edit it there, and then add the edited version to your site.
Enjoy!
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