Note: Test this feature at your own risk.

We're testing out a new feature called categories, a feature which has been suggested countless times by many members. This will allow you to organize your existing entries into categories that you define and create.

To create/edit/delete your categories, go to the "Plug-Ins" tab in the administrator's panel (which was previously called Content) and hit "Categories."

Note that you MUST hit "Enable Categories" in order for your journal to display the proper category data.

Create a category, then go to "Move Entries" to move existing entries into that category. You will also be able to set a category from the Advanced Mode for adding entries (underneath "sticky this entry").

Right now this feature *only* works on the default Tabulas entry styles. It will *not* work for any custom entry fields (yet). We want to test this feature on the default layouts and then add support for custom entry styles.

Edit: We've just added support for custom templates! If you go to edit/create a new entry format, you'll notice a new place for "Category Info." Once you enable your categories, use the in the MAIN area of your entry format ... the secondary box is the HTML that comes up if the entry has a category attached to it. You also use the command ... if you're still confused, autogenerate one of the default Tabulas templates and you'll see.

Edit 2: We've fixed up the category name problem where it says you've already created a category with a certain name when you haven't

When you post an entry with a category, it will say so within the entry. Clicking the category name will list all entries from that category. This will hopefully let people who have a wide range of writing interests to organize their entries.

You do not have to set categories to entries; those entries without categories will simply not have that designation. Also note that if you decide to disable categories, your entries will still have the categories set; disabling will only make these changes not visible to the end users.

In the future, we will be experimenting with features to allow for "global" privacy settings ... e.g. allow you to set an "overriding" privacy status (e.g. "friends-only) for all entries within a category REGARDLESS of what the entry privacy setting is.

Things to Do:
- Add support for custom entries
- Add support for global privacy settings for entries

Please let us know of any bugs you notice with the categories.