Organize blog posts with categories
This guide shows you how to create, rename, reorder, and delete blog categories. It also shows how readers use them to filter your public blog. Categories keep a busy blog tidy. They help members find what they care about.
Who can do this: Admins with the blog editing permission (website:edit-blog). Any admin who can open the Website area can view your categories, but only editors can change them.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”- You manage categories right from your blog list, so there’s nothing to set up first.
- Categories are optional. Posts can also carry free-text tags, which readers can filter by as well.
Create a category
Section titled “Create a category”- In the left sidebar, select Website, then Blog.
- Select Manage categories. A panel opens on the right.
- Type a name in New category name.
- Select Add category. The new category appears at the bottom of the list.
Rename a category
Section titled “Rename a category”- Select Manage categories to open the panel.
- Find the category, then select Rename category.
- Type the new name, then press Enter or select outside the box to save it. To keep the old name, press Esc instead: the panel closes without saving the change.
Reorder categories
Section titled “Reorder categories”In the Manage categories panel, drag a category by its handle to move it up or down. The order you set here is the order readers see on your public blog, so put your most useful categories first.
Delete a category
Section titled “Delete a category”- Select Manage categories to open the panel.
- Find the category, then select Delete category.
- If the category has no posts, it’s removed right away. If it has posts, MapleGather asks you to confirm. Deleting the category does not delete those posts. They just become uncategorized. Select Delete category again to confirm.
Verify
Section titled “Verify”You’ll know it worked when your new category appears in the Manage categories panel and in the Category filter on your blog list. When you edit a post, you can now pick it from the post’s Category list.
How readers use categories
Section titled “How readers use categories”On your public blog, each category and tag appears as a chip readers can select to narrow the list to matching posts. The web address updates with the filter, so a reader can copy and share a filtered view — for example, a link that shows only your “Fundraising” posts. To clear a filter, a reader selects the chip again or selects Clear filters.
If something goes wrong
Section titled “If something goes wrong”- Manage categories opens but you can’t add or edit — you don’t have the blog editing permission. Ask an admin to grant it.
- A category name is refused — a category with that name already exists. Pick a different name.
- A category disappeared from your filter — if you deleted the category you were filtering by, the filter resets to All on its own.