Hey jammers! Popcorn here :P
This post was one requested by Dogo, and I feel is a simple yet good-to-know piece when it comes to Blogger and organizing your posts!
Let's get started!
What are Labels?
Labels are little tags, if you will. They can be used to organize post categories, find similar topics in all your posts, etc. On an editor's screen, they look like this when you are adding them:
On a viewer's screen, they appear at the bottom of a post like this:
How to Add Labels (2 Methods)
First Method
1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard and hit "New Post" at the top left of your screen (or click an unpublished post if you would like to edit that one instead)
2. Add your text, images, whatever to your post!
3. Look to the right white sidebar under the orange "Publish" button. The first "section" says "Labels" and if you haven't added any Labels yet, it should say "Separate labels by commas" in a light grey font and "No matching suggestions" under that.
4. Add your label! If your post is about the RIM today, I recommend putting just "RIM" or "Rare Item Monday". Labels are only supposed to be keywords from your post. "This post has the weekly RIM" is not a good label.
5. Make sure you separate your labels with commas!
Do: RIM, Animal Jam, Fun or RIM,Animal Jam,Fun
Don't: RIMAnimalJamFun or RIM Animal Jam Fun
Blogger will assume that labels without commas at the end are all the same word!
6. When you've finished entering your labels, click "Publish" to Publish your post!
Second Method
1. Once you've completely finished writing your post, click the little left arrow above your post title to go back to your Blogger Dashboard
2. Now look at one of the "rectangle previews" of your post that you would like to add labels to. Click on the little tag next to the paper airplane icon! (Ignore the pink square in this picture)
3. Follow the same procedures for step 4 and 5 in Method 1 and click "Apply"!
Now you have labels! Sorry if this post is a little rushed; I had a short window of time until my class, and I just decided to write it now! :)
Thanks for reading and happy blogging!
~popcorn
Thank you, Popcorn! Now, just about every post has a label XP
ReplyDeleteI marked the 'Really Helpful!' reaction :>
~Dogo
Yay!! Haha, thank you! >:>
DeleteThanks for the post, Popcorn! A distant goal of mine is to go through my blog and tag literally every single post. Of course it's gonna take a million years, but a panda can dream xD
ReplyDeletexD That's a good goal!! I think it definitely will take a while, but I guess if you do it gradually you'll probably get something done!
DeleteHey nice blog you have here. I noticed you left a little message on my blog and I am so sorry I didn't respond sooner. Check it out when you have a chance :)
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