Comments on: Adding categories and tags to your posts

By: Earth Architecture.co.uk

Earth Architecture.co.uk — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:43:07 +0000

Just found the page area again and tried again and it worked!…no worries, Graham

By: Earth Architecture.co.uk

Earth Architecture.co.uk — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:37:01 +0000

How do I reorder my pages tabs at the top of my page? Where do I go to to find this facility? When set to zero it is in alphabetical order but I have tried putting in page 1 in the box but there is no change to the order…I have 4 or 5 pages. Sorry but I need absolute step by step guidance not being computer literate…
Many thanks, Graham

By: feifei91

feifei91 — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:20:42 +0000

Thanks a lot!!! Now I know what’s the difference between these two.

By: mummyinahurry

mummyinahurry — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:03:22 +0000

I have been trying to work out what tags are, and how to use them for the past week. Watching this, the penny dropped! Thankyou

By: icingontheangelfoodcake

icingontheangelfoodcake — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:57:30 +0000

This total beginner thanks you very much.

By: brigitteionis

brigitteionis — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:18:18 +0000

I kind of understood tags but thought they were only words that might be used in searches but now I get it!! Thanks so much a very good teacher you are.

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:38:21 +0000

You can read more about managing your categories here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/category-management/

By: yuliyanilssen

yuliyanilssen — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:07:38 +0000

Thanks! It was very helpful. But I have a problem:( I created a categorie and now I don’t want it, how can I remove it? Thanks

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:17:36 +0000

The sort is always alphabetical and there is no way to change this.

By: Seth Dominguez

Seth Dominguez — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:55:19 +0000

Is there a way to organize sub-categories? It seems to automatically do so alphabetically… Thanks!

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:28:16 +0000

How do I get my tags to appear in the actual post? Right now only my categories appear.

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:08:13 +0000

Any type of drop-down work from main categories is normally going to be a function of the theme you are using. Some themes will do so, and some will not.

By: Seth

Seth — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:55:15 +0000

thanks for the video. one question though. I want to have my sub-categories drop down from my parent categories. How do I do that?

Thanks!

By: Sun Sunich

Sun Sunich — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:35:03 +0000

Thanks, that explains it.

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:31:24 +0000

Both tags and categories where they appear with posts direct readers to the global tag pages, to help readers find similar content across WordPress.com. It’s working as intended.

Categories and tags function within your blog when they are utilized in the sidebar widgets designed for them.

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:45:42 +0000

Certainly! Tags help searches and indexing services find your blog, and other users and visitors on WordPress.com can find you by surfing global tags, which you can read more about here.

By: labonneviveuse

labonneviveuse — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:27:50 +0000

Thanks for the video. Still confused one point. Do tags on a wordpress.com blog help Web users to find our blogs?

By: Sun Sunich

Sun Sunich — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:45:48 +0000

Good explanation for those not in the know.

I experience some problems. I add categories, but when I click on one under one of the posts in my blog the system thinks its a tag and directs me to http://en.wordpress.com/tag/mycategoryname/

The only category that seems to be working right is the default ‘Uncategorized’

Am I the only one experiencing the same problem?
Could be a bug, team.

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:32:01 +0000

Whether or not tags show up alongside a post is determined by the theme itself—they can be included, or they can be left out. If you're using a self-hosted WordPress blog and would like additional assistance with this, your best bet is to go to the WordPress.org support forums and ask your question there.

By: equalcouples

equalcouples — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:43:09 +0000

I have tags that turn up in my list of posts on my dashboard, but they never show up on the post on the screen. How do I get them onto the actual post that people see. My categories are on the sidebar. I’m using a theme from the wordpress list, not the deault one. Would that make any difference. Anne

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:21:51 +0000

The best place to ask this question is in the WordPress.org How-To and Troubleshooting forum. Try to tell them both what you are trying to do and what happens instead when things don't work the way you want them to.

By: Arhammar

Arhammar — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:31:10 +0000

Nice video! Bur I have a problem that i can´t solve.
Im trying to add 5000 plus tags (They are words that no longer are used in sweden), but there seems to be a limit om how many tags you can have in wordpress?

By: Michael Pick

Michael Pick — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:43:28 +0000

I’m not sure who your instructor is, but it could be that she needs to upgrade to the most recent version of WordPress? Even with older versions, however, you should see a box (usually to the right hand side of the post editor in the Write Post view) for Tags. To add tags to your post, write them in the space provided, separating them with commas and that should see you fit.

By: billx

billx — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:51:55 +0000

having trouble using my instructor’s blog(laura). Cannot figure out how to add tag to post. Video shows different interface than what I see. Video makes sense, but it does not match what I see. Been maucking about with this feature for too long now. Help. Thank you.

By: simplycreatebeauty

simplycreatebeauty — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:38:39 +0000

What about a “sticky tag” what does “Sticky” mean?

By: Michael Pick

Michael Pick — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:53:34 +0000

Sorry to hear you were having difficulties. You can find the support page for Post Categories here.

By: Cowboy Bill

Cowboy Bill — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:29:22 +0000

I’ve been trying for an hour now to find the Category Post. Need some help here, please. The video — though I’m on roadrunner, etc. — interrupts every few seconds and is very hard to follow for that reason. Please put a sort of index on the main support page where words such as “setting categories” can be links to some specific 1, 2, 3 instructions.

Thank you

By: Sheri

Sheri — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:04:41 +0000

Pages do not use tags or categories. See http://support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/ to learn more.

By: Glenda Ainsworth

Glenda Ainsworth — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:52:20 +0000

How do I add categories to pages – not posts?

By: Michael Pick

Michael Pick — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:32:50 +0000

It seems to be playing here – might be worth clearing your browser cache or checking that your browser settings are not blocking flash/javascript

By: pathwaytoanamazinglife

pathwaytoanamazinglife — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:54:05 +0000

The video is not playing, is there something I need to be doing?

By: Michael Pick

Michael Pick — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:18:02 +0000

Glad to hear it! Best of luck with your new blog

By: terrehoute

terrehoute — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:58:06 +0000

I am about to be a first time blogger. Your tutorial was easy to comprehend. I appreciate the help. It gives me more confidence!

By: Michael Pick

Michael Pick — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:47:35 +0000

Great! Glad to hear that helped Chad

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:54:23 +0000

Finally! Tags now make sense. I don’t have enough posts yet to make this useful but I will now go back and make tags for all of my posts for future use so I don’t have to go back and make tags on 100 posts later.

Thank You WordPress TV.

By: emzis

emzis — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:40:26 +0000

Great vid
I’m still missing a quick and easy function for putting cathegorys to a static page. I’ve tried to follow some instgructions in the forum by putting the link with the cathegory as the title of the page, without any sucess. Looking forward to a smooth solution to that.

But anhyhows, great thing with the vids. Keep it up!

By: Michael Pick

Michael Pick — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:04:15 +0000

Glad it was helpful, Sister – many thanks.

By: Sister Julie

Sister Julie — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:53:22 +0000

This is a very clear discription of the difference between the two and how to effectively select words for tags. Thanks.

By: Youseph

Youseph — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:43:42 +0000

I have been struggling with understanding tags for the longest time. This was very helpful to me.