Gord715 on "Cannot Categorise a Post"

Hello
I am currently using the 2016 theme and I have written my first post and followed the instructions and ticked the box under blog on the right hand side of the admin page so that I could categorise this post. It shows on the home page but not under the category 'blog'.
I am still leaing and sure it's something simple and assume that all new posts appear on the home page also by default but were also categorised in 'blog' (for this particular post anyway).
I have tried editing the post - ticking and unticking the box in the categories section but still no joy.
I would be very grateful if anyone had a simple fix, I cannot find the answer anywhere.
Thanks

Hello Gord715!

I'd be happy to try to help. Would it be possible for you to provide a link to your site so that I can see what's happening on the home page?

Thanks!
Anne

Hello Anne

Very kind of you to offer to help and it's much appreciated. I have now deleted the page 'blog' and think possibly because it's a page that was the reason why I couldn't put posts in there.
I did make an extra category for blog originally as I had seen on other blogs how you could click on 'blog' and then the different posts would show and be clickable but gave up when I couldn't work it out and reverted to the action I took which I explained in the first paragraph.
I would still be grateful if you have any ideas but I accept I am still leaing and know very little about wordpress, but hey it's a jouey and what I find difficult now, I will hopefully find easy in six months or a years time!
I am now having issues with uploading a featured post and the way it sits on the page and how to position it and how to get clear photos on my blog. I have changed the header image for the site and also used the same image as a featured image in my only post.
Please let me know what you think if you have time and I assume I will have to use plug ins to place photos and text where I want. I will get there....and thank you so much for your reply. The website (it's still a baby) is http://www.clumsytraveler.com

I have now added 'blog' to my site as a category and think I have worked it out but just need to work out how to tidy it up and gradually make the site look better. Any Idea are really appreciated though :)

Your site looks great, What an adventure! Looks like you are making progress :)

One suggestion I have is that since you are showing your most recent posts on your home page, and it seems as though all your posts will be part of your blog, you may not need a 'Blog' category.

Here's a good article with tips for organizing your blog:

Categories vs Tags – SEO Best Practices for Sorting your Content

Good luck in your joueys!

Hello Anne

Thank you so much for your replies. Hopefully at some point in the future I will be able to help others.
I thought that I should place the posts on my website but couldn't understand how to categorise them under the 'blog category'. I tried to do this by clicking on the right hand side under the category option with my first post but nothing happened. I think I created 'blog' initially as a 'page'and when I tried to categorise retrospectively, I couldn't do it.
I wanted the category 'blog'to appear at the top of the page but not worked out how to do that. As I add more posts over time I thought that this would be the best way going forward, but starting off with the generic category blog!
If you get time to answer would appreciate that and no rush :) if you are busy thanks for your tips up to now.
Regards
Gordon