Blogger Magic - Updating Labels

Not all weblog owners know the best ways to update labels, alongside the posts inwards their blog.

We come across occasional signs of confusion, inwards Blogger Help Forum: Learn More About Blogger.

How create I add together a label, to many posts at once?

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How create I right the spelling of my label, already added?

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How create I withdraw all of the labels, from ane of my posts?

These owners are non aware how to purpose the dashboard Posts page - together with Post Editor - to add, delete, together with edit labels.

Blogger gives us labels (aka "categories") - together with 2 ways to manage labels.

You guide the appropriate procedure, based on what changes are needed. The deviation is whether y'all bring ane label, that needs to live on applied to many posts - or ane post, that needs multiple labels applied.

1. Using the dashboard Posts page - ane label, many posts.
2. Using Post Editor - many labels, ane post.

Using the dashboard Posts page - ane label, many posts.

The Posts page, together with the Posts menu, is used to add, delete, together with edit ane label, for many posts - ane label, at a time.

1. Use the Label Selection list, to select the posts to display.
2. Use the Posts Selector column, to select whatsoever or all posts displayed, for action.
3. Use the Label Action listing to add, delete, or edit a given label, for the selected posts.
• To add a label, click on "New label...", type the novel label, come inwards the novel label, together with click "OK".
• To delete a label, click on whatsoever label that has previously been applied to all posts selected. With whatsoever ane postal service selected that does non bring the label clicked, that label volition live on added every bit necessary.
• To edit a label, y'all bring a slightly to a greater extent than complicated procedure.
4. Repeat every bit necessary, for to a greater extent than or less other label.

The Posts page.

Open the Label Selection list, yesteryear clicking on the pulldown arrow.

Select the posts for the label needed.

Use the Posts Selector column, to select whatsoever private posts, or all posts, for action.

Open the Label Action list, yesteryear clicking on the pulldown arrow.

Add a label, using "New label" - or delete or edit a label, yesteryear selecting ane of the listed labels.



Editing the mention of ane label, for many posts, requires adding a novel label - together with thence removing the onetime label. This is a slightly to a greater extent than complicated procedure - together with is dependent area to label related limits. "Editing" a label, using the Posts page, volition require planning, inwards to a greater extent than or less cases.

Using Post Editor - many labels, ane post.

Post Editor is used to add, delete, together with edit many labels, for ane postal service - ane postal service at a time.

1. Find together with select the "Labels" caption, inwards the "Post settings" sidebar.
2. In the window that opens, add, delete, together with edit every bit necessary.
3. Click "Done".
4. Click"Update".

Select "Labels", inwards the sidebar.

Add, delete, together with / or edit the label cloud.



If y'all bring multiple labels, inwards multiple posts, that demand changing, y'all tin purpose a combination of the higher upward techniques.

Beware the label limits.

When updating labels, y'all demand to avoid exceeding the limits.

• Per weblog label count.
• Per postal service label count.
• Per postal service label grapheme count.

If y'all transcend a limit, y'all may bring less choices than y'all would want. If your changes are extensive, y'all may create good to script the task, earlier starting.

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Making label changes, to multiple labels together with / or posts, inwards a #Blogger blog, tin live on done using either the dashboard Posts page or Post Editor. There are reasons for choosing either alternative.

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