can’t see my categories

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  tonimclean00 · Member · Jun 7, 2009 at 12:58 pm

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  Just set up a new blog. Have set up 7 categories, and have posts in 2 categories. The category appears under the post heading in each of the posts.
  When I click on “Site Admin” to go to the Dashboard, under the “Right Now” heading it shows 7 categories. But when I click on the word “category” in this list and a list of the categories appears on the right hand side, the column for no. of posts shows zero for all categories.

  As far as i can tell, I have set up categories correctly, but whether I select drop down or not I am not able to see the categories. Help would be most appreciated.

  Many thanks
  toni

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jun 7, 2009 at 1:14 pm

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  The Categories widget in your sidebar shows nothing, and the Categories list in your dashboard shows zero, because you have zero published posts.

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  tonimclean00 · Member · Jun 7, 2009 at 1:21 pm

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  Just worked the problem out. Because I intend this blog to be a research tool for myself and not for public viewing, I had opted for the posts to be private. This also means the categories don’t show up, even though there are posts in two of the categories. Mystery solved.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jun 7, 2009 at 1:28 pm

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  Then you should make the whole blog private (in Settings>Privacy), not the posts.

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  tonimclean00 · Member · Jun 7, 2009 at 1:33 pm

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  Thanks. I just worked it out.