{"id":3746,"date":"2014-11-08T07:48:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T12:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=3746"},"modified":"2015-01-03T07:49:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T12:49:45","slug":"categories-vs-tags-chapters-vs-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=3746","title":{"rendered":"Categories vs.Tags = Chapters vs. Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3188\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea_Tags_Vostok_Uri_converted.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3188\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3188\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea_Tags_Vostok_Uri_converted-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"tags, tea\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea_Tags_Vostok_Uri_converted.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea_Tags_Vostok_Uri_converted.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea_Tags_Vostok_Uri_converted.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea_Tags_Vostok_Uri_converted.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea_Tags_Vostok_Uri_converted.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(photo: wikimedia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>No doubt this blog would benefit from a better system of categories and tags (the words that appear at the bottom and let readers search for similar content). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elegantthemes.com\/blog\/tips-tricks\/best-practices-for-using-categories-and-tags-in-wordpress?utm_source=Elegant+Themes&amp;utm_campaign=4dd98f951b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c886a2fc0a-4dd98f951b-50364225\">Here\u2019s a guide<\/a> from the Elegant Themes blog on how to make those improvements. My tags alternate between the too general (\u201cbook\u201d) and the too specific (the name of a person I\u2019ve written about once). Time for a clean-up.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a blogger, you may have been as mystified about the difference between categories and tags as I still am, and this post will help there, too. It asks you to think about your blog as a book, with your categories as chapter titles and your tags as the index\u2014more detailed, in other words. That means it\u2019s easier to change and add tags than it is categories, if you already have a lot of content. (Ideally, this should have been done two years ago, when I started, but there you have it. Perfection is elusive.)<\/p>\n<p>The link provides a helpful list of do\u2019s and don\u2019ts, too. Many of which this blog violates. Faced with such a situation I always hear the immortal Jonathan Winters calling, \u201cWe\u2019ve gotta get organized!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No doubt this blog would benefit from a better system of categories and tags (the words that appear at the bottom and let readers search for similar content). 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