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Create new categories and tags

Learn how to create categories and tags that will be assigned to articles before publishing. You’ll always be able to go back to these settings and add new categories and tags to the system or delete old ones if necessary

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Create categories

New category

  • Click the List module icon in your back end menu.
  • In the page tree, expand the subsection under the navigation item Blog and click the Blog Data folder.
  • You will now see all existing categories in the Category window of your workspace. In the title area, click + Title.

Name and sort

  • In the Title section, enter the term for a new category.
  • In the Parent area, tick the Blog checkbox.
  • Save your input.

More options

  • You will see the new category for your blog entries immediately after saving.
  • If necessary, add another category using + New.
  • Alternatively, Delete the created category or Close the workspace for this category.

Create tags

New record (only relevant for the first tag)

  • Click the List module icon in your back end menu.
  • In the page tree, expand the subsection under Blog and click the Blog Data folder.
  • Above the content area, click the first icon + Create new record.

New Tag

  • If you are creating tags for the first time, under TYPO3 Blog Extension click on the last item Blog: Tag.
  • If you have already created the record for tags, you will see a section called Blog: Tag. There you click on the + Title icon.
  • In both cases, the workspace for creating new tags will open, which we will explain  in the next step.

Assign keywords

  • Enter the desired keyword in the Title field.
  • Save your entry.

More options

  • If necessary, add another tag using + New.
  • Alternatively, Delete the created tag or Close the workspace for this tag.