Within a community site, you can create categories that are
used to classify discussions. Unlike tags, which are used elsewhere
within SharePoint 2013, only a single category can be assigned to each
discussion. As a result, you should choose broad and easily assignable
categories. After all, if discussion authors have trouble choosing
categories when they add discussions, the organization of content
within your site will become increasingly arbitrary over time.
Non-owners and non-moderator users of your site cannot create
categories, but they can browse the list of categories and view new
discussions within a category. With categories, users can focus their
viewpoint on discussions and conversations relevant to areas of
interest.
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On the Home page of your site, in Community Tools section, click the Create Categories link.
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On the Categories page, click the New Item Link located above the list of categories.
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On the New Category page, type a name for the category you are creating.
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Type a description of the category.
The description displays when users hover their mouse over the category tile on the Categories page.
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You can choose to provide a link to an image that will be used for the category tile icon in the Categories page.
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Click the Save button to save the new category.
Tip
If you want to use special graphic tile to represent your category,
you can upload an image to the Site Assets library on the site. These
tiles are displayed to users who browse the category library.
