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thesacredpath on "Eliminating "Posted in" tag"

thesacredpath — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:41:08 +0000

Not without access to the underlying theme files, and we do not have access to those as everyone using a particular theme is working off of the same base theme files. If you changed something in the theme files, it would change it for everyone else as well.

workinginparadise on "Eliminating "Posted in" tag"

workinginparadise — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:02:13 +0000

Can I change the words "Posted in" to something else?

bubel on "Eliminating "Posted in" tag"

bubel — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:41:58 +0000

You cannot force your theme to not display the categories of your posts. Moreover, every post must be associated with at least one category.

workinginparadise on "Eliminating "Posted in" tag"

workinginparadise — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:05:47 +0000

I'm using Mistylook and would like to remove the "Posted in" tags and just have the regular tags instead. Is there a way to do that?

raincoaster on "Categories problem?"

raincoaster — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:19:35 +0000

This is absolutely not new. It's been that way since I got to WP.com more than two years ago, and people have been complaining about it for at least that long. The only way not to link to the Global Tag Pages is to have a private blog.

The reason it's set up this way is for SEO, so WP.com blogs have more google juice.

ravenlocks on "Categories problem?"

ravenlocks — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:11:46 +0000

Is this new? I don't recall this being the case in the past. I find it annoying and counter-intuitive. If I wanted to look at other blogs (or have my readers look at them), I would. I don't need to be directing people elsewhere when they're looking for all of MY posts on a certain subject.

raincoaster on "Categories acting as tags"

raincoaster — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:43:51 +0000

I absolutely 100% doubt this will ever be changed. For various technical reasons it's the key to WP.com's SEO and something of which the staff are very proud.

If you set your blog to Private, it will make all your tags and categories local, but you'll be off search engines, etc.

randomjcom on "Categories acting as tags"

randomjcom — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:33:55 +0000

Any ideas if this will be fixed or altered in the future? It seems odd to me and like it shouldn't work that way. A category should be a category and a tag should be a tag. I don't really want to have a sidebar widget with my categories listed in it. :(

It's strange, because I found that if you import posts from a Blogger.com blog into WordPress, it will display all of your old 'Labels' as 'Categories' and that if you click the categories in your post they will actually link to your categories.

mark on "Categories problem?"

mark — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:05:19 +0000

Categories / tags that are above/below a post all link to the main tags pages.

Categories / tags that are listed in your sidebar link within your blog.

This is intended behaviour.

louisproyect on "Categories problem?"

louisproyect — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:01:29 +0000

The categories I have assigned to my posts are not directing me to posts within my blog. For example, I have a number categorized as "economics" but when I click it at the top of one my posts so categorized, I am directed to other blogs with that category. Meanwhile, for categories that I created from scratch and that are not used on any other blog *nothing* turns up when I click the category. Unless I never understood categories to begin with, they are used as a filter *within* your own blog and not as a portal into other blogs. Right?

thesacredpath on "Categories acting as tags"

thesacredpath — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:57:23 +0000

The tags and categories links above or below a post have for a very long time taken you to the global tags pages.

f you click on the category name in the category widget it takes you to a listing of your own local posts - on your blog.

The tags and categories links above or below a post all lead to the global tags pages except on one particular theme, and I cannot remember which one it is.

bdraffin on "Categories acting as tags"

bdraffin — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:52:28 +0000

I have the same problem. I'm using the theme Andreas09, and I use categories exclusively on my blog. However, after the recent WordPress upgrade / design change, now when I click on a category following a blog entry, it automatically shows that category as a tag and takes me to the global WordPress tags page for that post.

Why did this change, and is there any way to get it back to Categories?

randomjcom on "Categories acting as tags"

randomjcom — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:39:02 +0000

I apologize in advance if this has already been covered. But the problem I'm currently having is that when I give a post a 'Category', you click on it and it's acting as a tag. I'm not sure why it's doing it, but it means I'm not able to group all of my posts of a particular subject together.

Any help is appreciated. I'm using the 'Pool' theme if it's of any help or relevance.

vivianpaige on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

vivianpaige — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:04:09 +0000

They are paying for what you get for free, like hosting and bandwidth.

marcys on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

marcys — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:46:19 +0000

As I said then, this is hypocritical--they can advertise, but bloggers can't? Whatsup with that?

raincoaster on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

raincoaster — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:50:09 +0000

Yes, WordPress runs Google Adsense on our blogs. You only see it if you're not signed in.

As I said above, the only upgrade that will turn Adsense off or give you the right to advertise on your blog for profit is the VIP upgrade, which is extremely expensive.

marcys on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

marcys — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:29:37 +0000

Just a minute. Are you all saying that WordPress runs Google ads on the site? Because my understanding is that they do not want us bloggers running ads, and I've been unable to put any ads up. That seems a little hypocritical to me, if that is the case.

Also, can one get an upgrade that will allow one to advertise on one's blog?

mattalgren on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

mattalgren — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:05:14 +0000

swein said: "I just wish WordPress would be upfront about the reasoning behind global tags, rather than using 'obviously some people like them' as an excuse."

That's exactly my issue with them. I totally understand the desire and need to make some money from the site, but the regular shoulder shrug from Automattic that they're just dutifully acquiescing to consumer demand is a bit dishonest and distasteful.

swein on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

swein — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:16:29 +0000

I stand corrected on the ad issue. I just wish WordPress would be upfront about the reasoning behind global tags, rather than using "obviously some people like them" as an excuse. Some people don't like them, Matt. Do we not matter?

As for paying for the privilege of local tags, no thank you. Look, I understand the need to subsidize a free service. I already pay for a domain and custom css. These have additive value to my site, and I'm happy to pay and help keep the servers humming. I'm even cool with the current ad policy.

But global tags are a counter-intuitive and user-hostile feature that shouldn't be there in the first place. Obfuscating a revenue stream behind them and calling it a "user feature" is just plain crass.

raincoaster on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

raincoaster — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:27:19 +0000

You do have that option and have had for some time, but only for the VIP upgrade, which is of course very expensive.

helpingself on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

helpingself — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:56:25 +0000

that would be very reasonable sonofbruce, but the option of a paid upgrade for no ads has been "in the works" for a very long time (over a year if I'm not mistaken) and we've seen no word of it yet. plus, it would be nice to have the tags go back to the blog rather than a global page.

sonofbruce on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

sonofbruce — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:52:20 +0000

It's not a conspiracy theory; it happens to be one way they pay for this service. I don't expect something for nothing. I just wish we had the option to pay for the privilege of local tags only, and for no adsense on our own sites.

helpingself on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

helpingself — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:44:00 +0000

It's not like there are Google ads on global tag pages.

Yes they do.

Just because you cannot see them, or have not seen them, do not mean they aren't there.

swein on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

swein — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:59:07 +0000

While I can't for the life of me understand why WordPress refuses to be more open about its philosophy behind global tags functionality, I don't subscribe to the "ad revenue" conspiracy theory. It's not like there are Google ads on global tag pages.

One can only hope they eventually "get" why this issue is such a big deal for some of us, and do something about it.

mattalgren on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

mattalgren — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:52:54 +0000

Oh my. That is priceless.

And by 'priceless' I mean 'a price that corresponds directly to ad revenue from Google.'

dishee on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

dishee — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:34:12 +0000

Matt!

Thanks for the quick fix. I know a few things about upgrades, bugs, and user complaints having implemented and rolled out ERP software for fortune 500 companies over the last 12 years. I also know "thanks" for all the hard work behind the scenes never comes often enough. So, a big thank you!

You guys are doing a great job. Keep your head up this weekend.

Dish

Love that you're a boot fan! ;)

swein on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

swein — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:30:48 +0000

At least consider making it a preference?

This functionality is so counterintuitive, it really makes no sense to me. When I clics a tag on a post, I *expect* to see a filter of that tag AT THE SITE, not be taken away from it.

auraman14 on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

auraman14 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:29:49 +0000

Thanks, Matt. Sorry I said WordPress preceded and followed by a bunch of expletives.

matt on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

matt — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:27:15 +0000

swein, obviously some people like them. We're not planning on changing that functionality this second.

swein on "Change in functionality? Tags on posts - redirecting"

swein — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:25:48 +0000

Woohoo, they finally fixed this! The days of global tags* in posts are over!

THANK YOU WP.

*I wish this was corrected for categories as well, but I'll take it.