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kiwidutch on "Possible to differentiate between Parent Categories and sub Categories more?"

kiwidutch — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:19:22 +0000

Dear WordPress Staff,

I'm putting sub-categories into my blog and the little bullet point next to the sub-category is the same as the one of the Parent category which is confusing.

I'd like to request that for instance if the Parent category is a dot, then the sub-category could be a dash so that it's easier to differentiate between the two at a glance.

Many Thanks and kind regards... Kiwidutch

sixhours on "Add main Category and Sub Categories"

sixhours — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:35:54 +0000

Hi there! You can read about how to set up parent categories and child categories here.

You can change the name of the default category by going to Posts -> Categories and editing the default.

Hope this helps!

earnanswers on "Add main Category and Sub Categories"

earnanswers — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:43:32 +0000

Hi,

How could I add main category and then add Sub category under that main Category, link in my forum I have a Category named "Categories" and have sub categories, so what should I do if I want to make new category and sub category and how do I change the name of already make Category which is "Categories"

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

thegreytastendvor on "Convert Sub-categories to Sub-menus"

thegreytastendvor — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:58:30 +0000

Thanks thesacredpath!

I did manage to change the url linked to my username.

I thought since themes like Titan were able to include categories as menus and subcategories as corresponding submenus, there must be an easy way.

I agree that some might not want to necessarily include the subcategories as submenus.

thesacredpath on "Convert Sub-categories to Sub-menus"

thesacredpath — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:24:51 +0000

The custom menu has the option to add pages to the top level automatically, but on categories, and anything that you want on a dropdown, you have to do that manually since the program would have to take a wild guess as to where you wanted the sub menu items. Some might want to add a subcategory off of a page rather than a parent category.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

To change the URL linked to your username, go to the account details section at the bottom of users > personal settings. Make sure and click save changes when done.

thegreytastendvor on "Convert Sub-categories to Sub-menus"

thegreytastendvor — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:45:05 +0000

oh yeah, thanks for your interest to help out.

thegreytastendvor on "Convert Sub-categories to Sub-menus"

thegreytastendvor — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:44:29 +0000

Hmm....this one...https://thegreytastendvor.wordpress.com/

I guess I need to change that url somewhere in my settings. That would be an endeavor for some other day.

timethief on "Convert Sub-categories to Sub-menus"

timethief — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:27:22 +0000

Which blog are you referring to please? The one linked to your username produces this:

veggiendeavorld.wordpress.com is no longer available.
The authors have deleted this blog.

thegreytastendvor on "Convert Sub-categories to Sub-menus"

thegreytastendvor — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:55:49 +0000

I know how to manually add the categories and sub-categories and then make them into menus and sub-menus. How do I have it done automatically? For e.g. if I add a category as menu, how do I get the sub-categories for that category show up as sub-menus? the "TITAN" theme has that feature; tho I don't like that theme for my purpose. Thanks!

supportbot on "Custom Hierarchical Taxonomies"

supportbot — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:13:16 +0000

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jamygolden on "Custom Hierarchical Taxonomies"

jamygolden — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:13:15 +0000

I'm pretty sure no one has addressed this issue before unless my wording is incorrect.

I want all child categories of a specific category to display with the relevant posts within them.
I've created 2 images to convey my intentions.

I know this image isn't valid html or xml, I'm just trying to get across my point. Perhaps it would display in a

This is what I want the webpage to look like: http://i25.tinypic.com/6idttz.jpg

I've looked all over (for a couple of days) for a solution but I haven't been able to find one.

1tess on "I've Imported From Blogger, now want to assign categories - link breaks"

1tess — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:14:16 +0000

serkes

You are in the wrong forum. Our software at WordPress.com is different from your wp.ORG software with self-hosted blogs:

http://wordpress.org/support/

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-read-me-first-before-posting?replies=1

serkes on "I've Imported From Blogger, now want to assign categories - link breaks"

serkes — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:01:30 +0000

I've successfully imported my blog from blogger.

When doing so, it created a bunch of categories from the blog titles.

I've deleted all those categories and set up the ones that I want to use... for instance category of "Berkeley Living" .and. sub-category of "Only in Berkeley"

It takes the new categories just fine, but when I click on the new link (acual link below)

http://berkeley-homes.com/blog/2009/07/29/berkeley-living/only-in-berkeley/297/

I get the "You 404’d it. Gnarly, dude" error message.

So.. it seems that the blog post link was updated to reflect the new category and subcategory... but the blog wasn't "re-indexed" (my word, not an official term as far as I know) to reflect that the category has been changed from "uncategorized"

Is there an easy way to re-index the blog?

I think I have a workaround - to assign the new categories/subcategories to the posts, export them, and then re-import them. Will try that out if I have to - right now just setting up the Blog so I can readily redo it all.

Thank

Ira Serkes

thesacredpath on "Deleting sub-categories"

thesacredpath — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:44:46 +0000

Go to posts > categories, hover your mouse over the subcategory name and below it will appear an edit link or you can just click on the title of the subcategory - either way works.

lindasnyder on "Deleting sub-categories"

lindasnyder — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:13:30 +0000

How does one do that? I can't find a way to edit the subcategory. Or do anything except ADD a category.

thesacredpath on "Deleting sub-categories"

thesacredpath — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:28:47 +0000

Just edit the subcategory and take the child status off at posts > categories.

vcook1956 on "Deleting sub-categories"

vcook1956 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:10:47 +0000

I added a category and then I realized it went under another category that is totally not related. How do I delete the sub-category and make it it's own category? Thank you for any help as I am new to WordPress.

raincoaster on "Insert a text summary of each category"

raincoaster — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:26:53 +0000

You are in the wrong forum and need to be over at WordPress.ORG. Our software here works differently and we won't be able to help you.

thivil on "Insert a text summary of each category"

thivil — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:33:07 +0000

Hello :)

[img]http://lacabanedelaurinette.free.fr/sandBox/apprendre/images/capture_categorie_resume_readmore.png[/img]

I would insert a summary under each sub-category with a link "read more" (see screen capture).

The template tags "<? Php wp_list_cats ('...')>" lets you list the categories, but how to insert a summary of the article in each sub-category?

Thank you for your help :)

timethief on "Sub Categories Dissapearing!"

timethief — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:58:45 +0000

Please do not post into more than one thread. You can contact support using the support tab at the top right hand corner of your dashboard or go to http://wordpress.com/support/ during support hours 9-5 PM Pacific

caperaway on "Sub Categories Dissapearing!"

caperaway — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:54:02 +0000

I'm having similar trouble today. I created a new sub category and it appeared to save correctly but when I wrote a new post and wanted to put it in the sub category that sub category wasn't available. I tried this a few times this evening and each time the sub category got "lost".

timethief on "Sub Categories Dissapearing!"

timethief — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:53:03 +0000

You appear to have the ability to create sub categories on this blog http://christoepher.wordpress.com/ however, if you are still having problems please post again.

christoepher on "Sub Categories Dissapearing!"

christoepher — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:40:28 +0000

When i go to add a sub category to any of my categories, it appears to be successful as the little bar does that blue/yellow fadey thing, but when i view my site, or even refresh that page im on, the sub categories are just deleted. my blog is http://christoepher.com - im doing the same thing when i put sub categories to the "iDAT Year 1 Work" category, and as you can see by the heirachy appearance, it has worked. When i go to write a post, the categories that disappeared are NOT there to select so i really dont know whats going on.

This is for university coursework, any help is appreciated.

thestubonline on "Yet another category related quesiton (sorry!)"

thestubonline — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:43:07 +0000

Thanks for that! I decided to go with Garland in the end. That will do me for a while anyway.

raincoaster on "Yet another category related quesiton (sorry!)"

raincoaster — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:54:24 +0000

No, it doesn't work that way. You can change teh font and colour of the font by line coding or using the advanced toolbar in the Visual editor, but if you want to change the look of your blog in any substantial way you'll need to learn CSS and once you've learned it you'll need to buy the upgrade. Do NOT buy the upgrade if you don't know CSS.

If you choose Garland as a template you can play with the colours without getting the CSS upgrade, though.

thestubonline on "Yet another category related quesiton (sorry!)"

thestubonline — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:24:50 +0000

Hi kimikO,
Thank you for your speedy reply! That's solved one major problem for me anyway. I think I must be getting sleepy..I didn't even notice that the categories actually were in alphabetical order already! They're in hierarchy order now anyway.
I changed my username to a direct link..thanks for the tip.
As for changes, I started out with great ideas..imagining I would change the background colours and everything. I realise now that you would prob need the CSS upgrade for that so I'll stick to more basic changes for now. At the risk of sounding a bit clueless, are the style attributes something that you apply within the post itself? I noticed that there is a 'code' option when writing posts but I didn't experiment there yet.
Thanks again,
Gemma (the stub) :)

kimik0 on "Yet another category related quesiton (sorry!)"

kimik0 — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:39:37 +0000

Hi Stub.
I see your categories in alphabetical order in the Categories widget in your sidebar. In order to list child categories under their parent, you'll have to change that setting for the widget. Go to Dashboard → Presentation → Widgets, then click the little box at the right end of the Categories widget. There's an option there to display them hierarchically. Don't forget to click 'Save' when you're done.

What kind of changes do you want/need to make? If you want to change the style of just one HTML tag, you can do that by using the style="" attribute. If you want to change the look of things outside your posts and pages, you'll have to get the CSS upgrade though.

Btw, if you ask for help on the forums, it's convenient if you link your username to your blog directly. You can do that by editing your profile here (link at the top of the page). And you can omit the 'www.' part of your blog's URL. WordPress.com strips that out anyway.

thestubonline on "Yet another category related quesiton (sorry!)"

thestubonline — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:25:50 +0000

Like so many other people on this forum, I'm having category problems! I have a cutline theme site..(www.thestubonline.wordpress.com). Not much to see on there yet as I'm still sorting it out! The wordpress tutorial articles suggest that sub-categories should automatically list themselves under the parent category, but this is not the case for my site. In fact they don't even appear in alphabetical order. Is this a cutline problem? I did try a few other themes but with no difference.
And I am right in thinking that there is no possible way of making changes without purchasing the CSS upgrade?
Thank-you..:)

ippeiukai on "Sub-categories linked incorrectly from each entry"

ippeiukai — Sat, 12 May 2007 11:50:52 +0000

Any news on this?

ippeiukai on "Sub-categories linked incorrectly from each entry"

ippeiukai — Sun, 06 May 2007 10:11:34 +0000

You know, you don't have to use your user name for your blog. I've got the domain ippei.wordpress.com; somehow username 'ippei' was already taken, but there wasn't a blog of that name.