Tags are built using Jekyll's native categories functionality and you need to add them manually as files before using them in posts. Read on to learn how.
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## How to add a new tag
Please make sure to do the following for each tag:
Create a .md file within `_my_tags` folder with the name of your category, e.g. `cool-stuff.md`. This file needs to look like this:
~~~
---
slug: cool-stuff
name: Cool Stuff
description: >
This is an awesome description of my cool stuff tag which will be display underneath the title of this tag's page.
---
~~~
`slug` is a mandatory field and defines tag's slug, accessible at `yourblog.com/tag/dactl/`, use `-` instead of spaces here.
`name` is a mandatory field and defines tag's name, e.g. `Cool Stuff`.
`description` is an optional field, it's visible on tag's page.
Click [here]({{ "tag/dactl" | relative_url }}) and [here]({{ "tag/howto" | relative_url }}) to see the difference.
## Optional
You can configure the Archive page to show 'Tag box' underneath the search box - this box will contain all of your blog's tags with links to them.