Best way to index place names on my blog?

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  kiwiannison · Member · Apr 2, 2012 at 4:50 am

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  I blog about travelling around New Zealand in a campervan and want to add a list of place names that link through to any relevant posts that mention that place.
  Not sure of best way to go about this.
  I already use my categories section otherwise I’d use that for place names instead.
  How can I best index place names?

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  raincoaster · Member · Apr 2, 2012 at 5:22 am

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  Try using tags, unless you’ll be visiting more than 45 places. If you will be, use Categories, but perhaps make them sub-categories of something like “Destinations” etc.

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  kiwiannison · Member · Apr 2, 2012 at 5:29 am

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  I already use tags for my topics and general tags

  http://www.kiwiblogbus.com

  Not sure how I could go about setting up sub categories with the ones I’ve already got…

  Am willing to change a few things but don’t want to alter a huge amount of my blog that’s just beginning to get regular following

  help!!!

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  raincoaster · Member · Apr 2, 2012 at 5:42 am

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  You don’t change existing categories and tags, you just add new ones. They don’t interfere.

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  kiwiannison · Member · Apr 2, 2012 at 9:50 am

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  ok…
  How do I add sub categories?
  I use Skeptical Theme and cannot see anything for sub categories??

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  raincoaster · Member · Apr 2, 2012 at 9:54 am

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  When you create a category, you have the option to make it a subcategory. You can also edit your categories on your Dashboard Category page (go to Dashboard and on the left-hand side is an icon for Categories).

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  kiwiannison · Member · May 4, 2012 at 10:31 pm

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  Ok – I’m now using sub categories for my locations but ideally I’d love to put a map of New Zealand on its own page with pins that link to relevant posts
  I’ve seen something similar done here… http://www.gonewiththewynns.net/?page_id=50
  any idea where I start???

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  raincoaster · Member · May 5, 2012 at 12:52 am

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  You can make a Google Map with pins in it and embed it into your blog.

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  kiwiannison · Member · May 5, 2012 at 1:05 am

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  Can I have the pins link to post on my blog about that location?
  and how do I do that?

  cheers

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  raincoaster · Member · May 5, 2012 at 1:13 am

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  No, you can’t. That’s not how Google Maps work.

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  kiwiannison · Member · May 5, 2012 at 2:16 am

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  but if you click on that link I gave above you will see that they have done it… they have the exact thing I want to do … I just don’t know how to do it!

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  raincoaster · Member · May 5, 2012 at 2:28 am

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  You can try, but I don’t think that the pop-ups will work here at WordPress.com. That’s not a WordPress.com blog; it’s a WordPress.org blog, and they allow code that is banned here.