Drupal - Taxonomies

Taxonomy can be thought of classifying website content which display specific content based on taxonomy terms. Drupal taxonomy is made up of −

• Term − It is used to manage or describe the content.

• Vocabulary − It is set of terms.

Following are the steps to work with Drupal Taxonomy −

Step 1 − Go to Structure and click the Taxonomy option.

Step 2 − You can create a new vocabulary for Drupal taxonomy by clicking on Add vocabulary link.

Step 3 − You will get a screen with Name field for adding name for your vocabulary which is mandatory and Description field is used for adding description for the vocabulary. Click the Save button.

Step 4 − Click add terms to add new terms to the created vocabulary as shown in the following screen.

Step 5 − The screen shows some fields as seen in the following screen.

Following are the details of the fields present in the preceding screen.

• Name− It specifies name of the term.

• Description− It is used for adding description for the term.

• Text format− It provides different types of formats by using dropdown menu.

• URL alias− It optionally specifies an alternative URL by which this term can be accessed.

• Relations

• Parent Terms − In this field, you can set a term as the parent term.

• Weight − Specifies weight for each term which will then display in ascending order by weight.

After filling all the fields, click the Save button.