right hand side of blog … tags or catagories?

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  upwithmarriage · Member · Jul 31, 2011 at 5:06 pm

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  hi, i’m just setting up my blog and i wanted to put catagories on the right hand side on the lower part of the blog (at least i think they are called catagories. i’ve read the info on tags/catagories … it is still unclear to me)

  i’ve seen them on other blogs, and they are also on this forum page as well (on the bottom left of the page)

  how do i add those on?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2011 at 5:22 pm

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  Where the theme you chose displays Categories and/or Tags is not something you can change without a custom design upgrade ans sometimes not at all. We cannot edit themes and templates on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. . To assign Categories to posts see > Categories > http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/
  See also > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/categories-widget/ and note that until you publish a post in a Category the widget will have nothing to display.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/blogroll/link-categories/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2011 at 5:25 pm

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  This is the link to the main page for all widgets that can be used in your sidebar >
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/topic/widgets-sidebars/
  This link is to a step by step tutorial prepared by Staff for new WordPress.COM members > http://learn.wordpress.com/
  Best wishes with your blog.

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  upwithmarriage · Member · Jul 31, 2011 at 8:52 pm

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  hi timethief, thanks for responding; i tried adding tags … they do show on my post however, it doesn’t do the ‘moving thing’ … like the ‘cloud tag’ shows? also, i should have two people following (i know, not many, but its a start lol) … how do i find out where they are listed?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2011 at 9:01 pm

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  We do not have “moving” tag clouds here. We do have a static tag cloud widget.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/tag-cloud-widget/
  You can set up blog subscriptions. See here >
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/blog-subscriptions/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/blog-subscription-widget/
  You can locate subscribers on Stats page by using the link that appears there >

  Jetpack Stats

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  upwithmarriage · Member · Jul 31, 2011 at 9:17 pm

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  hey thanks timethief … much appreciated !!!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2011 at 9:20 pm

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  You’re welcome.