How to create categories with labels in Blogger blogspot step by step like pro for beginners
Average 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 are related to what they are reading in your blog.
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, Create categories with labels on Blogger blogspot website.
- Categorising existing post
- Categorising new post
Know that Categories are labels in Blogger platform!
1, How to create categories with labels in Blogger blogspot
Categorising existing post
Step 1
Go to Blogger.com and sign in to your account and choose the blog you want to add categories. Using the sidebar menu select "posts"
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| sidebar menu |
Step 2
The list of your blog posts will appear
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| screenshot of blog posts |
Now if you want to label single post use the 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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| adding label to single page |
But if you want to label multiple posts, use "manage" at the top right of the "posts" section.
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| manage posts |
Select the posts you want to give them the same label.
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| apply multiple label using manage |
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.
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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| applying label using post editor |
Step 2
Add the name of the category you are writing about
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| apply your label |
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 label before publishing your post.
Now your posts have a category!
Separate labels with comma
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
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| sidebar menu |
Step 2
In the layout section, go to the sidebar, footer or any where you can add a Gadget and click "Add a Gadget"
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| add a gadget |
Step 3
A gadgets list will pop up. Select "Labels" gadget
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| gadgets list |
Step 4
A "Configure Labels" will appear in the new gadget you have added.
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| configure Label |
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 with how to create Categories with labels on Blogger blogspot.
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