eARNING TRICK: The Old Reader

<b>This article explains how to make new categories for listing and organizing feeds in The Old Reader.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="clear: both;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4MxejqL4ZSaY4IvB12mJunvEqwnYKPgaVHTYOquH6VCL4I2Kvg-3gHQhmFhtkEa3xJyloeQb4EnWClrq3NysR2YHd5DMqm9SxS6Wkbgm_S2ZKVyCmIif3IOAhUQ_K6TrZQEEVCBRPm8N/s504/folders-category-management-old-reader-groupings.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4MxejqL4ZSaY4IvB12mJunvEqwnYKPgaVHTYOquH6VCL4I2Kvg-3gHQhmFhtkEa3xJyloeQb4EnWClrq3NysR2YHd5DMqm9SxS6Wkbgm_S2ZKVyCmIif3IOAhUQ_K6TrZQEEVCBRPm8N/s320/folders-category-management-old-reader-groupings.PNG" width="280" /></a></div>Recently I <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2013/06/choosing-replacement-for-google-reader.html">migrated from Google Reader to The Old Reader</a>, in readiness for <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-2013-product-cancellations-from-google.html">Google Reader's upcoming retirement</a>. <br /><br />(If you're not sure why I bothered, you might like <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/08/why-rss-subscribe-to-posts-is-important.html">this simple explanation of RSS and why it matters for Bloggers</a>, in particular ones who want to research things).<br /><br />I used Google Takeout to migrate my existing subscriptions from Reader to The Old Reader.   (And yes, I did carefully file that exported file away, just in case I want to migrate to some other service.)<br /><br />Because my subscriptions in Google Reader were organized into categories, these categories were automagically imported into my The Old Reader account.<br /><br />But today I wanted to change my categories - and it wasn't obvious how to do this from either my settings or profile.<br /><br /><br /><h2>How to make a new category AKA folder in your The Old Reader subscriptions list</h2>To add a new grouping to the subscriptions in a The Old Reader account:<br /><ul><li><b>Click one feed</b> that you would like to move to into the new category - and <b>hold</b> it down.</li></ul><ul><li><b>Drag</b> it to the empty space <b>below your last folder</b>, and drop it into place.   <br />Note:   as you do this, the words "NEW FOLDER" appear at the bottom of the list of categories.</li></ul><br />To move other items from your existing subscriptions into the new category, just <b>drag-and-drop</b> them too.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHy0H9fjoHhg-7J-1NeeMjJ1jetHqTbMVcbPbcj6crcNn5xSiUXz2vs3No9WVuZhWH-MOy5-N2yvBDM-1fiXVXxOQ0U8AK4LvMiNNyma0Cxiz8Ncw_fevK7aSbPZxvYIgOp4lAB2f6Qkf/w957-h534-no/adding-new-categories-in-the-old-reader.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHy0H9fjoHhg-7J-1NeeMjJ1jetHqTbMVcbPbcj6crcNn5xSiUXz2vs3No9WVuZhWH-MOy5-N2yvBDM-1fiXVXxOQ0U8AK4LvMiNNyma0Cxiz8Ncw_fevK7aSbPZxvYIgOp4lAB2f6Qkf/w957-h534-no/adding-new-categories-in-the-old-reader.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>How to rename your new folder</h2>To change the name of a folder/category in The Old Reader:<br /><ul><li>Double-click on the existing name - this makes the name open for editing.</li></ul><ul><li>Type the new name, and press Enter to save it.</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19kfzXKP4QTwcnestZx-nDy3O3-xK5ihZlsNYuig31K5E00DJvHoqt0FT5VrxhMx6E3KMOhXoywkMCYzqmPtxfVBLQzg42rdj4T68rZCH6NK9PfqVz3CYZweUc7zAKoEcktrfrs7H9H4k/s749/renaming-folder-category-section-in-the-old-reader.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19kfzXKP4QTwcnestZx-nDy3O3-xK5ihZlsNYuig31K5E00DJvHoqt0FT5VrxhMx6E3KMOhXoywkMCYzqmPtxfVBLQzg42rdj4T68rZCH6NK9PfqVz3CYZweUc7zAKoEcktrfrs7H9H4k/s640/renaming-folder-category-section-in-the-old-reader.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to change the order of your categories</h2>You can re-organize your folders - but only one at a time.<br /><ul><li><b>Click</b> the folder that you want to move, and <b>hold</b>.</li></ul><ul><li><b>Drag-and-drop</b> it into the new place.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Putting feed-items into multiple categories?</h2>For the moment, this is <b>not possible</b>:  each item that you subscribe to in The Old Reader can only be in one folder.<br /><br /><br /><br /><hr /><h2>Related Posts</h2><br /><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/08/why-rss-subscribe-to-posts-is-important.html">Understanding RSS, and why it can make you a better blogger</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-2013-product-cancellations-from-google.html">Google Reader is being retired</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2013/06/choosing-replacement-for-google-reader.html">Choosing a replacement for Google Reader</a>

How to make a new category / folder in your The Old Reader subscriptions list

This article explains how to make new categories for listing and organizing feeds in The Old Reader. Recently I migrated from Google Reader ...