As your collection of articles and/or blog postings grows, it will be helpful to readers if they can find posts based on common topics or interests. These are similar to keywords, but because you (as the blog owner) specify the topics for your blog, you can retain more control over them.

In order to use topics, you must first create a blog. See Creating a Blog for more information.

Creating Topics

Topics can be created before or after you have created posts in your blog. However, we recommend creating topics as early as possible, to avoid later work.

From the Admin Console:

1. Choose Edit Site > Articles/Blogs.
2. Choose the group that owns your blog.
3. Click on the name of your blog to edit its settings.
4. Click the "Topics" tab.
5. A list of existing topics (if any) will appear. To add a new topic, enter its name in the "New:" field and click the "Add Topic" button.

Managing Topics

You can change the names or appearances of topics after they have been created. From the screen above, click "Edit" next to a topic to change its name. This will affect any posts that are currently using that topic.

To delete a topic, click the Delete button next to that topic.

To sort the topics so that they appear in a different order on your Website, use the up/down arrows.

To remove specific posts from a topic, click the "plus" sign next to a topic, then click the "Remove" button next to the topic(s) you wish to remove from that topic. NOTE: This will not delete those posts; it only removes the association between the posts and the topic.

Associating a Post with a Topic

There are two ways to include a post in the list for a specific topic.

1. From the screen above, you can drag a post from the right side of the screen and drop it on top of one or more topics.
2. From the Edit Posts screen, you can also choose the "Topics" tab and check the boxes for the topics that apply.