category module

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category module

• c.h.u.d.
• july 20 2006

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goodbye to taxonomy

• replaces taxonomy
• backward-compatible with some (most?) taxonomy
  modules using wrapper
• new lingo
• vocabulary container
• term category
• every container and category is a node
• theme-able, revision-aware, everything a node can
  do
• rss feeds for containers and categories

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other stuff 1

• creates menu items for you (optional)
• creates breadcrumbs (with disabled menu item)
• works with pathauto
• add new categories in context
• hidden containers
• set depth of child categories / assigned nodes
• book module features
• toc
• prev/next links

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other stuff 2

• works with views
• bulk editor mass updates
• outline view edit categories in tree
• cac_lite access control
• makes a nice sitemap with sitemenu module
• make sure you install active select module

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hydrid structure tutorial example
http//category.greenash.net.au/node/91
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3ring.com category structure
Legend
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issues

• limited to single menu for all containers/categori
  es
• performance?
• changing settings sometimes does not
  retroactively update existing c/cs
• ui confusing for end-users
• unpublished node has visible menu item?

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stuff i dont understandyet

• distant parents, multiple parents
• transforming other content types to behave like
  c/cs

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proposed enhancements

• ability to assign a default menu for each
  container
• add nodes in context. i.e.
• add page, add story, add blog post, etc
• based on enabled content types for the container

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reference

• http//www.nicklewis.org/node/851 - propaganda
• http//category.greenash.net.au/ - category
  module homepage docs (do the painful Creating a
  basic hybrid structure tutorial)