Comments on: Using blog categories to your best advantage http://www.scribefire.com/2008/05/18/using-blog-categories-to-your-best-advantage/ ScribeFire: Fire up your blogging Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stanley http://www.scribefire.com/2008/05/18/using-blog-categories-to-your-best-advantage/#comment-28427 Stanley Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:49:52 +0000 http://www.scribefire.com/?p=111#comment-28427 Great tool - just started using this with my FlatPress blog - and it works just fine. I'd previously used Windows Live Writer, which brings me to my question. WLW can be set to nag you before it publishes a post, if you've failed to select a category. The few test posts I've made with SF have seen some go through without categories checked. A simple setting to test for unchecked categories before publishing the post would be great. Great tool – just started using this with my FlatPress blog – and it works just fine. I’d previously used Windows Live Writer, which brings me to my question.

WLW can be set to nag you before it publishes a post, if you’ve failed to select a category. The few test posts I’ve made with SF have seen some go through without categories checked. A simple setting to test for unchecked categories before publishing the post would be great.

]]> By: William Dicks http://www.scribefire.com/2008/05/18/using-blog-categories-to-your-best-advantage/#comment-23169 William Dicks Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:04:39 +0000 http://www.scribefire.com/?p=111#comment-23169 BTW, I use Blogger. BTW, I use Blogger.

]]> By: William Dicks http://www.scribefire.com/2008/05/18/using-blog-categories-to-your-best-advantage/#comment-23168 William Dicks Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:04:11 +0000 http://www.scribefire.com/?p=111#comment-23168 Speaking of categories, I have two blogs, and when I installed ScribeFire, I realized that it hadn't pulled in all the categories of my two blogs. In fact, it didn't pull in all the categories of either of the two blogs, only some of each. Is there a way of getting all the categories into ScribeFire? Speaking of categories, I have two blogs, and when I installed ScribeFire, I realized that it hadn’t pulled in all the categories of my two blogs. In fact, it didn’t pull in all the categories of either of the two blogs, only some of each. Is there a way of getting all the categories into ScribeFire?

]]> By: Olivier - 7 laws of attraction http://www.scribefire.com/2008/05/18/using-blog-categories-to-your-best-advantage/#comment-5933 Olivier - 7 laws of attraction Thu, 22 May 2008 15:25:02 +0000 http://www.scribefire.com/?p=111#comment-5933 Excellent post. My categories are at the bottom of my page, but after reading this, I wonder whether I should not bring them up a bit. Olivier. Excellent post.

My categories are at the bottom of my page, but after reading this, I wonder whether I should not bring them up a bit.

Olivier.

]]> By: Lane http://www.scribefire.com/2008/05/18/using-blog-categories-to-your-best-advantage/#comment-5932 Lane Tue, 20 May 2008 03:17:24 +0000 http://www.scribefire.com/?p=111#comment-5932 Good points. However, sometimes I find the Wordpress categories a little overwhelming . . . particularly on large and/or product blogs. Do you go with manufacturer? Or product type? Features? What? I find that Archive pages work better than categories alone. I can direct attention to topics better than categories alone. Some blogs are focused enough to categorize everything neatly. Broader niches need more shepherding than WP categories allow. Good points. However, sometimes I find the WordPress categories a little overwhelming . . . particularly on large and/or product blogs. Do you go with manufacturer? Or product type? Features? What?

I find that Archive pages work better than categories alone. I can direct attention to topics better than categories alone. Some blogs are focused enough to categorize everything neatly. Broader niches need more shepherding than WP categories allow.

]]> By: Jarrod - BudoLife http://www.scribefire.com/2008/05/18/using-blog-categories-to-your-best-advantage/#comment-5931 Jarrod - BudoLife Sun, 18 May 2008 23:02:40 +0000 http://www.scribefire.com/?p=111#comment-5931 Nice post. Recently I started reorganising my categories. This was because I've built up enough posts that the original categories were now covering too much stuff. But I couldn't expand them earlier because then it would have been too little content in each category. I guess categories are something you have to re-visit as your blog develops. Nice post.

Recently I started reorganising my categories. This was because I’ve built up enough posts that the original categories were now covering too much stuff. But I couldn’t expand them earlier because then it would have been too little content in each category.

I guess categories are something you have to re-visit as your blog develops.

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