WriMo Ireland

What are tags and categories for?

Categories are used to organise posts into groups. Authors and Contributors can only use existing categories for their posts, not create new ones – if you think you need a new one, set your post to Uncategorised for the moment, and drop me a note.
Tags are used for individual posts – on this site, they’re displayed in the tag cloud on the right-hand sidebar. Unfortunately, when you’re writing a post, there’s no way of seeing what tags have been used before; you’ll just have to take a guess (or check the cloud before you post). You can always edit your post, of course, to improve its tags.  You don’t have to use tags, but they’re helpful for readers.

I want to share some writing, but only with the members of the site. How can I do this?

1. Start writing a new post.
2. Upload a file of your writing (if it’s longer than a page) and include a link to it (Link to: File) in your post.
3. Finish the text of your post.
4. Click the Code tab so that you’re editing the HTML of the post (if you’re not already).  Put [hidepost] above the piece of the post you want to hide from unregistered readers (all of it, if you like), and put [/hidepost] after it.
5. Set the category to slush pile if you want comments on it or samples if you don’t.  You can deselect the Allow Comments check box if you definitely don’t want any feedback at all.
6. Publish (authors) or save (contributors) as appropriate.

How can I break up a post so that only part of it is displayed on the main page or in a feed?

If editing on the Code tab, put in <!–more–> wherever you want the break; if editing on the Visual tab, there’s a button to do the same wherever the cursor is positioned.