Categories - Manual Methods

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Contents 1 Platform 2 Author 3 Homepage 4 Skill Level 5 Description 6 Method 7 Sites Using This Hack 8 Extensions / Alternates

Platform

For use with Blogger blogs.

Author

Robin

Homepage

Article Categories the Easy Way

Skill Level

Must be able to create and edit blog posts.

Description

Manually maintain a list of all the posts in a given category by editing a special blog post each time you want to add or categorise a new post. There are multiple versions of this hack, and this manual method of categorisation is a straightforward but time-consuming process.

Method

• Create a special blog post for each category, perhaps dated in the distant past before you really started blogging.
• Edit that post and manually add a link to the new post that you want to categorise.
• Add a link to all the special category posts in your sidebar.

Sites Using This Hack

• Theatre of Noise

Extensions / Alternates

• Manual Categories with Expand / Contract sidebar menus
• Manual Categories with a Second Blog