WordPress screws up royally, again

loomisnews · Member · Jul 18, 2009 at 8:37 pm
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I don’t know how or why, but EVERY SINGLE category or tag I put on my blogs simply links back to my own blog.

Click on one of the recent ones and see, like http://loomisnews.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/southern-strategy-redux/

where all the tags or categories simply go to:

http://loomisnews.wordpress.com/tag/sonia-sotomayor/

It does not link to the global tags/categories of WordPress — so my blog posts (brilliant, I might add) never get into the global stream.

The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
loomisnews · Member · Jul 18, 2009 at 8:39 pm
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Also the CHANGE BUTTOn on posts does not work
loomisnews · Member · Jul 18, 2009 at 8:43 pm
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the change button to the right
loomisnews · Member · Jul 18, 2009 at 8:44 pm
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why am I not surprised?
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jul 18, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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loomisnews,

In your dashboard, check your privacy settings (dashboard > settings > privacy)
Be sure that you have ticked:
“I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Sphere, Technorati) and archivers”

If you have a check mark beside either of these, then your categories and tags will be out of the global search system:
“I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors”
or
(“I would like my blog to be visible only to users I choose”—because I could see your blog you do not have this option checked)

As for the “change button to the right”
I’m not sure what you are referring to.
Clarify.
cogitoergocogitosum · Member · Jul 18, 2009 at 9:57 pm
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This looks normal to me. Mine does the same and Im happy with it.

You see, what its doing… is this… if you open a single article and then you click on a tag, where the link sends you is to your own blog, yes, but it lists all the blog entries that have the associated tag
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jul 18, 2009 at 10:03 pm
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cogitoergocogitosum

If this is you (Please, it is very helpful to provide a link to your blog, or to link your name to your blog as in the sticky post at the top of the forum), then this post:
http://cogitoergocogitosum.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/human-evolution-extinction/
leads to a global tag when I click on the “ethics” tag below it.
http://en.wordpress.com/tag/ethics/

Categories and tags in your sidebar always lead to your own posts.
tellyworth · Staff · Jul 19, 2009 at 5:08 am
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1tess had it in one.

loomisnews, you selected the “I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors” privacy setting. This includes global tag pages.
leetgamer · Member · Jul 19, 2009 at 6:58 am
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Looks like someone else screwed up royally.
loomisnews · Member · Jul 19, 2009 at 9:06 pm
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yeah, any faq topic or help note that tells you how changing one thing affects something totally different.

I see wordpress is for geeks & comic gbook guys only

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