Tagging a post

Head over to MyBlog (URL) and log in with your UAL username and password

MyBlog homepage with login section highlighted

Select your blog from the Your Sites list

Site list with site to be opened highlighted

Open the dashboard of your blog using the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click your blog title, or hover over the title and select Dashboard.

Blog home page, with Dashboard link in top menu bar highlighted

In the left-hand menu, select Posts then All posts

Dashboard, Posts then All posts option in the left-hand menu

Click the post title of the post you’d like to add a tag to. This will open the post editor (link to other guide)

All posts page in Dashboard, post title highlighted

Click the Post tab in the Settings menu on the right-hand side.

Settings button and Post tab highlighted in post editor

Open the Tags section of the Post settings

Tags section of the settings menu in the post editor

Begin typing in the tag you’d like to add to your post.

If the tag doesn’t exist, this will create a new tag. If the tag already exists, the tag will appear as you start typing.

Press enter to add the tag. Repeat this to add more tags.

highlight of typing an existing tag into the tag field of the settings menu

Click the Save or Publish button to save the changes to your post.

Highlighted Save/publish button in the post editor

Managing tags

Tags can be managed from the Tags page in your blog’s Dashboard.

Open the Dashboard of your blog using the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click your blog title, or hover over the title and select Dashboard.

Blog home page, with Dashboard link in top menu bar highlighted

In the left-hand menu, select Posts then Tags

Dashboard, Posts then Tags option in the left-hand menu

Click on a tag title in the tags table to open the editing options

highlight of a tag in the tags table

Make any updates you need to the tag, then click Update to save your changes

Update button highlighted after making changes to an existing tag

Quick edits for tags

Tags for posts can also be changed quickly in the Posts area of your Dashboard. This is an easier method for making changes to lots of posts without opening the post editor.

Open the dashboard of your blog using the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click your blog title, or hover over the title and select Dashboard.

Blog home page, with Dashboard link in top menu bar highlighted

In the left-hand menu, select Posts then All posts

Dashboard with Posts > All posts link shown in left-hand menu

Hover your cursor over the table row for the post you’d like to update

Posts page with cursor over table row, extra options highlighted

Click Quick edit

Posts page with cursor over table row, Quick Edit option highlighted

Add or remove any tags in the tags text box

Posts page with quick edit options option, tags area highlighted and edit made

Click Update to save your changes

Posts page with quick edit options visible, update button highlighted

Using tags for navigation

Tags usually appear at the top or bottom of each post on your blog, depending on the theme you are using.

When users click on a tag on your blog, they will be taken to a page displaying all posts with the same tag.

Next steps

Using categories

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