Categories

What is a Category:

When you publish a post you can direct where it is displayed on the website, by adding it to a specific category.

A category is the general topic the post can be classified in.

Generally, bloggers have 7-10 categories for their content. Readers can browse specific categories to see all posts in the category.

Adding a new Category:

1. Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard).
2. Click the ‘Posts‘ tab on the left hand side of the dashboard.
3. Click the ‘Categories’ Sub Tab
4. Start filling in the blanks.
5. Click ‘Add New Category‘

Allocating Category Posts:

1. Complete your post enrty (See ‘Posts’ Section)
2. Tick the appropriate category tick-box on the right hand side of the page
3. When you are ready, click ‘Publish‘.