Adding Catagories

If by “adding categories” you mean create new ones, do as follows:

Log in to your wordpress blog. Click on Manage, click on Categories, click on Add New, fill in the information needed, click Add Category. Voila. Category has been created.

Thank you very much. now I have another question the links to the right that show what catagories are posted undere when I click on the link it gives me a page not found message how do I fix this? thx again in advance

I’m sorry, I don’t think I understand. Is this when you are viewing the “write post” screen? And when you click on the categories you get an error?

no on the 1st page that loads i guess it’s index over to the right I have search bar then I have a catagories section when i click the link for say the news catagory it gives me a page not found error. and I have editied nothing just did the install per the instructions.

First, which Theme are you using? If this Theme isn’t working, try selecting another.

Some Themes come with pre-set categories. If you have no posts within that category, and the category is visible, then you will get a page not found error. By default, empty categories should not show, but sometimes they are “forced” by the theme author. By switching to the default, classic, or any other theme, this might fix your problem.

Or make sure you have at least one post in each category visible on the sidebar.

As explained to you, on the Write Post panel in the Administration Panels, you choose the category for the post to be in from the list on the right side of the Write Post panel where it lists the categories.

If you still get errors when you click on the categories, provide us with a link to the site and we can check for errors.

It also sounds like you are new to WordPress so check out these sites for more information:

Introduction to Blogging
First Steps with WordPress
WordPress Lessons
New to WordPress – Where to Start
Finding Your CSS Styles
WordPress Blog Design and Layout
Using WordPress Themes
WordPress CSS Information and Techniques
Creating individual Pages
Stepping Into Template Tags

ok i am using the default theme i even switched to the classic theme and the same thing happened. Here is the web page address so you can see what I mean. thx for any help in advance https://www.grahamfamilytx.net/blogs

What do you have set for your permalink structure? You’ve got a lot of weird urls coming up.

i’m not sure how does the permalink work maybe i did something there wrong?

Good catch, oriecat. It looks like the permalinks are borked.

James2k1: Using Permalinks article might help you. You access permalinks and set them from the Administration Panels > Options > Permalinks. You might want to remove all of them by deleting the .htaccess file (save a backup copy first) and seeing if the categories “behave” right without permalinks.

And check that you have set the right URL (site address) in the Options > General settings.