For an explanation of Categories, please see: How to Blog... What are categories and why would I use them?

Using categories for you blog entries is easy once you understand the steps.

• Add a new Category to your account
• Mark the entry with the Category name
  

Okay, okay... you want to know "How" to do this... here it goes...

Login to your account.
Click on "Manage Categories" in the side bar.
Click on "Add Category".
Type the category name.
Click on "Add Category".

Repeat the above steps if you want to add several categories.

Once you have added the categories to your account you will be able to apply them to your entries.

Click on "Add New Entry" or "View Entries" and "Edit" an existing entry.
Scroll down to just below the entry window and look for "Entry Category".
The default is none.
Click on the down arrow to the left of the category name.
Hover your mouse over the appropriate category name that you have entered into your account and Click.
Save your entry as normal.

View your blog page to find the entry that you have just modified and look for the category name.  It should be displayed and CLICKABLE!  (are you excited?  having fun yet?)

Click on the category name in your entry and your blog will now display the entries that are in this category.  The number of entries displayed from this category will be limited to the number of entries that are shown on your home page.  So, if you normally show 5 entries on your home page, only 5 can be shown on your category page.  Most layouts will show a next/last options that you can click on, but it WON'T take you to the next set of entries in this category.  Sorry.  It will take you to your normal Page2.  (It's a limit of the system.)

There are 2 ways around this limit.  You can make your categories specific enough to not have the older posts fall off the bottom or you can change your "Entries Per Page" setting in your "General Setting" to a larger number.  Please don't make this number too large or your pages will take forever to load and remember some people have dial-up internet.

Also, you can check the number of entries in each category under the "Manage Categories" screen.  If you find that a category is growing too large, you might want to split it into more specific topics.

If you would like to create sub-categories and have them listed on your sidebar, please contact me for design work.   Your important posts will be easily accessible in the future and you won't be limited by the "Entries Per Page" issue.