Add a category:

1. On the WP dashboard, hover the mouse over the POSTS icon and click on the CATEGORIES popup. 

2. In the left hand column of the CATEGORIES screen, under ADD NEW CATEGORY, enter the name of the category you want to create. 

3. Do not enter anything under SLUG, and for PARENT choose NONE (we do not use subcategories yet). The slug is the category name as it will appear in the url, and WP will automatically assign an appropriate name. 

4. Do not enter anything in the DESCRIPTION box. We do not display this box anywhere at this time, but may in the future, so leave it blank for now. 

5. Press the ADD NEW CATEGORY button. You won't see much happening, but the new category should now appear in the list of categories on the right. 

That's all.

You won't see the category on the category pull down on the home page until you assign an article to the category. If you click on VIEW for the category on the CATEGORIES page of the dashboard, you will get a NOT FOUND message on the category display page ... this means that there are no articles to display, even though the category has been created. 

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To delete a category:

1. On the WP dashboard, hover the mouse over the POSTS icon and click on the CATEGORIES popup. 

2. Find the category you want to delete in the list of categories on the right hand side of the screen, and choose the DELETE option under the category. 

3. Articles assigned to the category that you deleted will automatically have this category removed from their posting. If there are no other categories for an article, then it will be assigned to the UNCATEGORIZED category. 

That's all.