[wp-testers] "Categories"

[Sean Hayford O'Leary]

Hmm,
I guess I need to learn more Flickr.

So my argument turns to say that tags should exist alongside categories.
They are still a useful form of sorting and, as Gregory said, good
meta-information.

On 11/22/05, Dan Coulter <dan at dancoulter.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/22/05, Sean Hayford O'Leary <hayfordoleary at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > look at Flickr's sets and tags: each image can only exist in one set.
> > Because of the free-form nature of categories, they are closer to tags.
> >
>
> Actually, in Flickr, an image can exist in as many sets as you want, just
> as you can put a WP post in as many categories as you want. The difference
> between the free-form categories and tags is that tags don't have parent
> objects. In WP, if you put a post in a sub category, it will be displayed in
> the parent as well.
>
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