Edublogs Help and Support » Tags http://help.edublogs.org Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:10:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Adding Tags and Categories to a Post http://help.edublogs.org/2009/07/29/adding-tags-and-categories-to-a-post/ http://help.edublogs.org/2009/07/29/adding-tags-and-categories-to-a-post/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:39:08 +0000 Sue Waters http://help.edublogs.org/?p=231 Tags and categories on posts are used to help readers locate information in different ways.

Categories are like chapters of a book; they provide a general overview of the topics you blog about. Whereas tags are more like the index at the back of the book and explode the topic into a million bits.

On a post you can add as many tags and categories as you need to make the post easier to locate.

The categories and tags you use are displayed in your blog sidebar using the categories widget and tag widget (via Appearance > Widgets).

When your readers click on a categories or tag link on a post or in your sidebar it loads a page with all posts that use that tag or category.

Categories

Categories can have unique names and be wordy; you want them sufficiently descriptive so your reader understands the type of subject matter they will find when they click on the link.

As a general rule you tend to limit the total number of categories you use on a blog.

Below are the categories used on The Edublogger.

Add Categories

Categories are added when you write posts by either:

A.  Select the checkbox next to a category you want to use

B.  Creating a new category

  1. Click on the + Add New Category link.
  2. Type your new category in the Add New Category text box
  3. Click Add New Category

To remove a category from a post just unselect the checkbox to the left of that category.

Tags

Tags are displayed on your blog attached to posts or as a tag cloud in your sidebar.  Clicking on a tag name will take your readers to all posts tagged with that term.

Tags are normally short, one or two words, and are generally keywords (i.e. terms readers would be likely to use if they searched your site); terms that your readers will understand.

Below are the tags used on The Edublogger.

The larger the size of the word in the tag cloud the more posts that have been tagged using that term.

Adding Tags

Tags are added when you write posts by typing your desired tags in the Add New Tag text box and then clicking Add.

Each tag needs to be separated with a comma otherwise the system considers the words to be one tag.

To remove a tag from a post just click the X to the left of that tag.

 

]]> http://help.edublogs.org/2009/07/29/adding-tags-and-categories-to-a-post/feed/ 0 What Are The Properties Of A Post? http://help.edublogs.org/2009/02/13/what-are-the-properties-of-a-post/ http://help.edublogs.org/2009/02/13/what-are-the-properties-of-a-post/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:42:08 +0000 Sue Waters http://help.edublogs.org/?p=28 There are key differences between pages and posts that are important to understand when working with them.

Properties of posts are:

  • Blog posts appear in reverse chronological order so that the most recent post is the first post that your readers see
  • Posts are dynamic (updated regularly) and have time stamps i.e. display the date posted
  • You can assign tags and categories to organise blog posts
  • Posts appear in RSS feeds i.e. your readers who subscribe to your blog will receive your latest post in their feed reader

See Also: What Are The Properties of A Page?

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