{"id":13264,"date":"2019-01-23T10:47:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T15:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/?p=13264"},"modified":"2024-06-25T13:58:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T17:58:47","slug":"categories-organize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/2019\/categories-organize\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Categories to Organize Your Website and Increase Usability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Use Categories to Organize Your Website and Increase Usability\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Categories are one of you website’s hidden superpowers! They offer a powerful way to organize content. Think of categories as your website\u2019s main topics. They help identify, to both the user and search engines, what your site is all about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits of Categories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are several good reasons to use categories on your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Better Usability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Categories allow you to organize your content <\/span>logically<\/span><\/span> for your users. Visitors  can more <\/span>quickly<\/span><\/span> and <\/span>easily<\/span><\/span> find content that is relevant to them.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helps with SEO (search engine optimization)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Google indexes categories to create a picture of what your website is about. This improves Google\u2019s ability to rank your site for those kinds of topics and searches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Create and Use Categories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So how you actually go about creating and using categories?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Categorize your content.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When you create a piece of content (post, FAQ, File etc.), you will see a categories area on the editor screen at the right. It will list existing categories that you can use by checking the box next to the category name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To create a new category, from within your post\u2019s draft, click \u201cAdd New Category.\u201d Or from your cms dashboard, navigate to Posts > Categories. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Add the categorized content to your site.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Add categories of information (listings) to your site by clicking “Add Post Element.” Then choose the kind of content you would like to list (e.g., FAQ) and select the relevant category. You can create a brand new listing page or to add listings to pages that already exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For further details and tutorials, visit our online help centre.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n