Using Tags

[vgnwtch]

Just a friendly reminder to use tags when you post. It means that you'll find it much easier to search the community for recipes, ingredients, techniques, gadgets, product reviews, recommended websites and cookbooks, menu inspiration, and so on. It took me almost 2 hours this morning to make sure that every post on this page alone had tags (I

Comments

[cailin_t]

.. what is a tag...lol. is that just a subject line? thanks.

[misfit]

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=226

See the two links for --admin and --tags? They're sort of like keyword links to an entry. :)

[supercarrot]

if you're still confused, click on the "--tags" tag and look in the comments of those entries for more explanations.

(also, all members of the community can tag anyone else's entry. so if you're utterly confused, feel free to not tag. if someone else sees that it's not tagged, they might tag it for you. but i wouldn't rely on that.)

[vgnwtch]

I do it by making the post, and then coming into the community to look at it. I then click on 'Edit Tags' (at the bottom of every entry). This takes me into a new window where the community's existing tags are listed. I scroll down the tags and click on the appropriate tags (i.e. for pot pie and cherry cake, I might choose: ethnic-food-american, desserts-cake, fruit-cherries). To choose multiple tags, hold down the 'ctrl' key while clicking. Then click 'Save Tags'. Then I come back to the community page to look at the post and make sure it worked :)

You'll see the community's current tags listed at the right-hand side of the community page - have a good look through them, and you'll see that there are lots of options to choose from. By clicking on the "admin" and "tags" tags, you'll get basic instructions on using them.