Taxonomies
In Drupal, taxonomies are used to classify content. An example of this is how tags are associated with news articles. By default, we set up multiple taxonomies (or vocabularies) that are used with the default content types outlined previously. An overview of each default vocabulary is listed below:
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Vocabulary |
Relevant Content Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
Position Type |
Person |
Use the position type vocabulary to define classifications of people within your unit, department or program. This taxonomy has default terms available (though you can expand the term set if needed). Example terms include: Leadership, Faculty, Staff, Students, etc. This term can be used for filtering persons on the Directory page of your site. |
|
Job Title |
Person |
Use the job title vocabulary to define available job titles of persons within your unit, department or program. This taxonomy is empty by default. Before you can add persons to your site, you must add terms to this vocabulary. Example terms include: Dean, Professor, Associate Professor, Department Chair, etc. |
|
CAFE Mission |
Person |
Use the CAFE mission vocabulary to define key mission areas. By default, the three key areas of CAFE’s mission are added as terms (teaching, research and extension). It is not recommended to expand this term set. This term can be used for filtering persons on the Directory page of your site. |
|
Area of Focus |
Person |
Use the area of focus vocabulary to define areas of focus within your unit, department or program. This taxonomy is empty by default. When adding person profiles, it is not necessary that profiles be assigned an area of focus. Example terms can vary from research areas to differing groups/sections within a department, unit or program. This term can be used for filtering persons on the Directory page of your site. |
|
Event Category |
Event |
Use the event category vocabulary to define types of events that are held within your unit, department or program. This taxonomy is empty by default. When adding an upcoming event, it is not necessary that events be assigned a category. This term can be used for filtering events on the Upcoming Events page of your site. |
|
Tags |
None |
The tags vocabulary is bundled with Drupal and is not used in our web platform. You can ignore this vocabulary and its respective term set. |
Adding a New Taxonomy Term
Follow the steps below to add a new term to an existing vocabulary:
- Click Structure in the admin toolbar.
- Click Taxonomy.
- Click the List terms operation for the vocabulary you want to expand.
- Click the + Add term button.
- In the name field, enter the name of the term you want to add. For example, if you want to add a new job title to the Job Title vocabulary, you will enter the respective job title in the name field (e.g., Associate Professor).
- Click the Save button.
Note: A description is not necessary for the new term. Simply ignore this field. Additionally, the URL alias will be automatically created based on a consistent pattern we’ve configured. Ignore this field as well.
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