Need help with tags

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  petura · Member · Oct 8, 2011 at 1:42 am

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  I am so new to blogging. sigh. I need help again. How do I add a tag to my blog. I want my blog to show up as an option when people click on say, Writing. How do I do this?

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

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 8, 2011 at 1:47 am

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  Organize Posts with Tags

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  petura · Member · Oct 8, 2011 at 1:51 am

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  Thanks raincoaster. The only probelm is that I want to tag the entire blog, not just posts within the blog. Is that even possible?

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 8, 2011 at 3:04 am

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  No.

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  michiecat · Staff · Oct 11, 2011 at 12:19 am

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  Hi petura,

  Welcome to WordPress.com. We’re glad you’re here and we hope you enjoy blogging.

  Are you referring to our Global Tags Listings? If so, as raincoaster mentioned, it is not possible to tag an entire blog. Instead, the system works by aggregating all posts tagged with a specific word (or assigned to a specific category), such as “writing”. You might have some posts that are specifically related to writing, but other posts that focus on a separate subject entirely. Since your blog is new, it may take a while for it to appear in the Global Tag Listings. I recommend reading the Global Tags documentation for more information.

  I hope this clarifies things. Let me know if we can help with anything else. :)

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  petura · Member · Oct 15, 2011 at 2:28 am

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  Thanks so much for your input. Actually I do need help with something else. can anyone show me how to make the comments box NOT require peole to log in? I unclicked all the things in the DIscussions section that said not to require a log in, but when I logged on to l
  Testrun it still prompted me for an email address. I would like people to have the option of not having to give addresses. Please help.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 15, 2011 at 2:39 am

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  can anyone show me how to make the comments box NOT require peole to log in?

  Comment author must fill out name and e-mail – When this setting is on, anyone leaving a comment will be forced to leave a name and a valid email address. If the setting is off, visitors can leave anonymous comments. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#other-comment-settings

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  timethief · Member · Oct 15, 2011 at 2:44 am

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  Note that if you intend to choose that setting then I also recommend choosing to moderate all comments ie. An administrator must always approve the comment. Because if you do not moderate your comments your blog will be an open invitation to spammers and scammer who are only to eager to send out their army of bots and paid human beings to submit spam comments so they can get their links on your blog. If you are new to blogging then you probably aren’t aware that over 80% of all comments submitted to blogs on this .wordpress.com domain are spam.