There are many reasons for using tags

1. Creating links to make it easier for your visitors to find what they want
2. Knowing what images are in what group
3. Help your visitors find what they want faster.

For keeping track of what images are in what group, I’ve found that the easiest way to do this is by Tagging the image with the group name. Then making a bookmark for easy access to Group lists, This method will also show new images as long as you add the tag when you enter the image to a group.
To add tags to images Click your “art” button or Here , Then next to the image click “edit”, The tag box is below the Description box.
Tag Example: All images that I’ve submitted to the Group “Animal Kingdom” , I’ve added the following tag “animal kingdom” remember to separate the tags with a comma ( , )
Search Example:The following will work for all users as long as you put your username, and tag in the places indicated in bold below
http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname
Once you get the results Bookmark it, Now the next time you try to remember what images you have in a group or have I reached the group limit you can click the bookmark and see what images are in that group and how many.
Bonus: Using the links from above to organize your images for visitors, Link an Image or text with the Links you created above.
You can see some of your links using tags by clicking your username in the top right hand side of any redbubble page (this takes you to your public profile page)
then click Art, Calendar, or T-Shirts then on the next page on the left there are text links with the tags that you have added to your work.
( if your not sure how to do this See this post Creating Links Etc…on redbubble )

EXAMPLES:
Linked text "Birds":http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname
Birds
Linked image
!www.imageishere.jpg!:http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname

You can click the link below, It will open in redbubble it won’t give you any results but then you can then change the username in the address bar click “go” or just hit enter bookmark the result or add it to your “favorites” for future tag making .
http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname

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How to tag your journals / writings

The above method does not work for my journls or writings
Example:I have a few How-to’s in the How to Redbubble group and I’ve tagged them with”htrb” So if i create a tag like above it would be
http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/art/everything/tags/htrb
unfortunately the results give me a blank page (click the link above if you don’t believe me)
Here is how we can get the results we need (want).
See Here http://www.redbubble.com/search/envelope150%20htrb/journals
If you have a lot of writings it might be a good idea to tag these for many reasons.

1. Keeping track of what groups they are in
2. Easy reference for other bubble members
3. sorting by topic
4. and many more….

I will try and explain the easiest way to do this and hopefully make it as painless as possible.
I will explain how I created the above results for my How to journals
Fist and most important tag all your work with your username
Step 1. Tag the journal I’m using “htrb”
Step2. Make a link to the list of journals with this tag
To do this we will need to use the search box
Enter your username and tag “click Search” I’m going to enter envelope150 htrb
Step 4. When you get to the results page copy the address from the address bar or bookmark it.
If your tags are fresh give it a little time for redbubble servers to catch up(up to 10-min)
Now you can use the address to make links to your journals for easy reference or group tracking.
I high lighted my username and tag below in bold, When copying the results you will have the %20 where the space is suppose to be.

• http://www.redbubble.com/search/envelope150%20htrb/
• Click Here to see the results if you like

Using the method above to create links for your images adds the ability to use more than one tag
Example: If I want to make a link to my osprey(bird) images I would use the search box and enter envelope150 bird osprey click “search” and I get this
http://www.redbubble.com/search/envelope150%20birds%20osprey only my images that include the 3 tags will show up
This method would be good for the Flower Lovers to separate their Flowers images not only by type of flower but color as well. Using tags like username flowers roses red and then searching those tags to make a link to their “My Red Roses Collection”.
Hope this tutorial helps in getting you started in fully customizing or just organizing your bubble profile.

Bonus Tip To make a text box appear when someone hovers over a link add text in (these) like below

"Landscapes(View my Landscape Collection)":http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname
See how it works below just place your mouse pointer on the link but do not click it
Landscapes
Happy Bubbling
Dan
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Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More

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