Category Issue and Post Photo

• 

  letstalkpetfoods · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 5:06 pm

  • Copy link
  • Add topic to favorites

  Hi,,
  I am trying to set up a new blog. I am having a category issue. It allows me several categories, but no matter where I put the widget, they all keep showing the same post even though they have different names. Also, my photo in the post is not showing up, only the text! I am baffled. Can you help please :) Thanks

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

• 

  letstalkpetfoods · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 5:08 pm

  • Copy link

  Well, that is interesting! The photo is now showing for you, but even if I refresh *my direct page, it will not show me the photo!

• 

  letstalkpetfoods · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 5:10 pm

  • Copy link

  OK, photo part is solved! Must have been a glitch! But, the other part is not solved! I still have 3 exact same categories listings.

• 

  timethief · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 5:44 pm

  • Copy link

  When you create a Category do note that widgets cannot display null data. Unless or until you assign the Category to a post that has been published the Categories widget has no data to display.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/categories-widget/

  You cannot have multiple Categories widgets with different title unless you created them yourself. You can remove the unrequired widgets you created here > Appearance > Widgets

• 

  letstalkpetfoods · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 5:47 pm

  • Copy link

  Thank you. I was coming to that conclusion. So, I will remove the extras! Not sure how to create them myself, but I will attempt to figure it out, unless I have to use HTML, as I know very little HTM <G> Thanks

• 

  timethief · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 5:53 pm

  • Copy link

  This is not about HTML. WordPress.com bloggers are not required to be coders. Please see here > Appearance > Widgets and select and set up the widgets of your choice.

  This is the main page to widgets & sidebars in support documentation > http://en.support.wordpress.com/topic/widgets-sidebars/
  On that page you can click the individual links and find individual widget descriptions as well as instructions for installing them in your sidebar.

• 

  letstalkpetfoods · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 5:57 pm

  • Copy link

  Thank you Time thief :)

• 

  timethief · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 6:04 pm

  • Copy link

  You’re welcome. I recommend bookmarking the main link to support documentation. http://en.support.wordpress.com and this link too Tutorials and Walkthroughs
  http://learn.wordpress.com/

  Both links are found on the Admin/Dashboard side of your blog at the very bottom of the page:
  Thank you for creating with WordPress | Support | Forums | Learn WordPress — Tutorials and Walkthroughs

• 

  letstalkpetfoods · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 9:30 pm

  • Copy link

  Will do —