Aug 29, 2013

Blogging - labels as tabs

Apparently the option to have tabs on your blogger blog using the labels isn't quite there just yet. But, there is a quite simple way to get around it. 

Basically you create a page that can be shown either at the top or on the sides of you blog and like it to the label of your choice. Just follow these simple steps:

Go to a post that has label you want to create a tab for. 
Click on the label at the bottom of your post
Copy the URL that gets displayed on your website address

Go to your blog's Design dashboard
Go to Pages on the left hand side menu
Click on the drop down list: New Page and choose Web address (instead of Blank Page that you would normally use for stationary pages like "About me", for example)

Write title of the tab on the Page title box 
Paste the label's URL that you copied earlier on the Website Address box
Save

The Show pages as drop down list, determines where your new page/tab will be displayed:  Top tabs or Side links.  (There is a Do not show option but, I can't really see the use of it! ) 

Et voilà!  
Your label's tab should now be showing next (or below) your main page tab. 

Additional tipYou have created a few tabs now but you are not happy with their order? 

No worries, you can easily change their order by hovering over each pages little vertical blue bar with 5 white dots until the cursor changes to a cross with fours arrows (I'm sure this icon has a name, but I don't know it - sorry!) and simply drag it up or down into your chosen order. 

Hope you enjoyed this post! Was it helpful? Did you encounter any issues?

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