Manage taxonomies

Managing effective taxonomies

Taxonomies gather lots of information associated with wide range of contents. To be managed properly, they have to be created after contents are identified and produced. 

Follow these two sequences to build and manage taxonomies the best way:

Creating a taxonomy:

1. produce all contents needed

2. identify similarities and chose namings for them

3. stucture similarities in groups and then structure groups

 

Building a taxonomy in Drupal:

Once taxonomy has been created

1. create first row groups items with names already chosen

2. create second row items (and groups) and build structure progressively

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Taxonomies dashboard

 

Taxonomies are used to manage filters items on the listing pages.

Remember that filters only show terms that are used by content of the listing, meaning that as long as no content is associated with a taxonomy term, it will not appear in front-end filters.

Example:
Taxonomy Activity is used for the Activity filter on the landing page of Solutions template.
By default available terms are: Water, Waste management, Energy and Mixed. But if existing solution nodes only use 'Water' and 'Energy' terms, then the filter in front-end will only show these two options.

The terms are specific for each site. A 'site manager' user is free to add/edit/delete terms for the taxonomies existing in his site.

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Creating a taxonomy term

• Go to Structure > Taxonomy
• Chose the taxonomy where you want to add a term and click List terms
• Click button Add term, then fill out the appropriate fields
   

  

  Name: term used both in back office for association and in front office for display in filters and navigation
  Relations: here is done building of structure in the taxonomy. Please refer to the dedicated zone below.
• Click Save. 

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Structuring taxonomy

 

As taxonomy is about classifying things into groups within a larger system according to their similarities and differences, Drupal brings capacity to structure taxonomy terms.

Structuring of terms is done with two dimensions:

1. hierachy position

2. order position

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