Editing categories

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  shoreacres · Member · May 10, 2013 at 5:44 pm

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  When I started my blog, I didn’t have a clue about using tags and categories.

  If I go back and manually revise the categories for about half of my posts, can I then substitute a category list for my current tag cloud and have the updated categories appear?

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

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  thistimethisspace · Member · May 10, 2013 at 5:53 pm

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  Categories and Tags are treated exactly the same way by search engines. There is a means of converting Categories to Tags and visa versa. Go to Posts > Categories and scroll down to the bottom of the page.
  Note:
  Deleting a category does not delete the posts in that category. Instead, posts that were only assigned to the deleted category are set to the category ______default category______
  Categories can be selectively converted to tags using the category to tag converter. http://shoreacres.wordpress.com/wp-admin/admin.php?import=wp-cat2tag

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  shoreacres · Member · May 10, 2013 at 5:57 pm

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  Oh, you are an angel! Thanks!

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  shoreacres · Member · May 10, 2013 at 6:01 pm

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  Oops – just wondering – does that link to my admin page give other people access?

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  thistimethisspace · Member · May 10, 2013 at 6:05 pm

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  No it does not. Only you can use it. This is what I get when I click it:

  You are not allowed to import.

  You’re welcome and best wishes. :)