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The power and flexibility of Drupal's taxonomy (classification) system is one thing that sets it apart from other CMSs. Yet many Drupal builders fail to fully harness what Drupal gives them in taxonomy. This session will help you get the most from it.Session Overview:- Introduction to taxonomy: what it is.- Clearing up some terminology: what it means.- Current uses, by Drupal core modules, by contributed modules, and on live sites.- How taxonomy relates to the rest of the Drupal framework.- When to use taxonomy and when to use something else, such as custom fields or custom content types.- Modules that further expand the usefulness of taxonomy.
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Drupal TaxonomyGetting the most out of Drupal’s taxonomy system
Session format
• Conversational
• Ask Questions
• “Meetup Style”
Session parts
1. Concepts
2. Implementations
3. Alternatives
Taxonomy is not:
photo by Orin Optiglot
Taxonomy IS:
• Classification
• Categories
• Tags
• Naming
Why Taxonomy
• To organize content (in multiple ways)
• To make it easier to find things
A few live examples
• http://www.developmentseed.org/tags/meetup
• http://www.discerningreader.com/
• http://www.foreignaffairs.com/regions/Africa
• http://www.lynda.com
developmentseed.com
discerningreader.com
foreignaffairs.com
lynda.com
Terminology
• taxonomy "system"
• vocabulary "facet"
• term "category/tag"
• nodes
Terminology
• Taxonomy » Vocabulary » Term
• Taxonomy = Multiple groups of categories
• Vocabulary = Attribute Area (or Category Type)
• examples: “Genre” “Tags” “Color”
• Term = Actual Attribute or Category
• examples: “Romance” “Africa” “Purple”
Basic StructuresFlat Hierarchical
demos
Alternatives
• CCK text fields (dropdowns)
• CCK content_taxonomy fields
• Custom content types (posters vs images)
CCK Text Fields (dropdowns)
• If the list will very seldom change
• Harder for hierarchies
content_taxonomy module
• Maintain lists using taxonomy system
• More separated from the taxonomy system
Content Type
• When you need lots of meta-data, attached fields
• e.g. Actor: Name, Age, Photo, Awards
Questions
• Be kind :)
