Blogs at Penn State Community

This section explains how to add categories and tags to your blog.

Tags vs. Categories

Categories are a fixed list of topics configured by the blog creator, while free tags are a set of topic words manually added to each entry.  Other differences are

• Tags are displayed below each entry and as tag cloud links and in the side bar. Pages for individual tags include an RSS feed by default.
• Links for Categories are displayed in the side bar. You can created nested subcategories in the sidebar.
• See Widget Manager for information on configuring the Tags and/or Categories sidebar options.

Both categories and free tags can be used in the same blog, but you should be sure to use words consistently.