Creating categories is just but a fun in a Blogger platform. Follow this simple steps on how to create categories in blogger and you never worry again.
Majority of Bloggers use their blog to cover many topics which may have different destinations or categories.
It is important to Categorize those posts according to their Categories to make it easier for your readers to find what they want to read or are looking for in your blog.
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Failing to do that will make it harder for your readers to navigate your blog.
After reading this post you should be able to:
1, Categorize your blog posts using labels in Blogger blog.
- Categorising existing post
- Categorising new post.
Take away
Know that Categories are labels in Blogger platform.
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1, How to create categories with labels in Blogger blog
Categorising existing post
Step 1
Go to Blogger.com and sign in to your account using your information and choose the blog you want to add categories.
Using the sidebar menu select "posts."
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Step 2
The list of your blog posts will appear.
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Now if you want to categorize each post individually use the label symbol options at the right end corner of every post you want to give it a label and the options will pop up.
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But if you want to label multiple posts, use "manage" at the top right of the "posts" section.
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Select the posts you want to give them the same label.
Step 3
Select "Apply Label" and you can now give your post a label name.
You can do this by just given it the name you want to use as category.
E.g
If you write your posts about common law and still write about consumer rights and another for financial act you may simply use these as your categories.
Just make sure that any other post you write you give it it's respective category and the categories most be spelled exactly the same to not read as a different category.
If you Categorize a posts as "Common Law" and you want to add another post to that label you must spell it as "Common Law" not "common law" otherwise, it will be readed as a different label.
If you want to add more than one label to the post(s) use commas to sperate the labels. E.g: Blogger, WordPress,wix,Firebase, and so on
For instance.
This post has "how to create categories in blogger with labels" as it's title and has Blogger,How to(s) as it's labels.
Now your post have labels.
Continue following to see how to add the labels you created to your blog.
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Categorising a new post
This method you can use it immidiately when you are writing your post in the post editor.
Step 1
In the post editor where you are just creating your blog, use the "setting"
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Step 2
Add the name of the category you are writing about
Write the content and then publish or write the content before adding the label any way you want it but make sure you add your labels before publishing your post.
Now your posts have a category!
Don't forget to separate labels with commas
2, Add categories/labels to your blog
Step 1
Go to your Blogger dashboard and select the blog you want to add categories and select "layout" in the sidebar menu.
Step 2
In the layout section, go to the sidebar, footer or any where you want to put the categories and click "Add a Gadget"
Step 3
A gadgets list will pop up. Select "Labels" gadget
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Step 4
A "Configure Labels" will pop up for the new gadget you have added.
Rename the gadget's title to "Categories" or just leave it to show "Labels" by default or give it any name you think is more good as you wish and scroll down to select the options to how your label will appear in your blog and then save it.
Now you are done learning how to create categories in blogger and have set up your Categories to your blog.
If you have difficulties setting up your labels, feel free to share it with us by commenting below.
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