Article categories and tags#
Two ways of sorting content. A category places an article in a structure; a tag is a free label.
Both live under Blog.
Categories#
Categories form a tree — they can have sub-categories. The site usually builds menus and landing pages from them.
An article normally belongs to one category, possibly several.
Creating a category#
- přidat above the list.
- Fill in the name (in every site language).
- Pick a parent category, or leave it empty for the top level.
- Add a description and the SEO fields.
- Save.
Reordering#
Use the Setřídit button and drag the rows.
Dragging changes parentage too
Drop a category under another and it becomes its child — and its whole branch moves with it, articles included. That changes addresses and menus on the site.
Deleting#
What happens to articles in a deleted category
They do not disappear, but they lose their classification — on the site you will not find them in any category listing, even though the articles themselves still exist. Reassign the articles before deleting a category.
Tags#
A tag is a free keyword. An article can carry any number of them, and they form no structure — they merely connect content across categories.
Example: an article in the Guides category can carry the tags backup,
security, beginners.
When a tag, when a category#
| You want to… | Use |
|---|---|
| Split content into sections that appear in the menu | a category |
| Connect articles across sections | a tag |
| Give an article one main classification | a category |
| Add a topic when an article has several | a tag |
Few tags beat many
A tag is only useful when several articles carry it. Invent a new one for every article and you end up with a list nothing can be found in — and links on the site that lead to a single article.
Merging duplicates#
The tags backup and backups are two different things to the system. They appear
easily when several people enter them.
The fix: settle on one form, correct it on the articles, and delete the unused tag. Deleting a tag does not delete the article — the label simply disappears from it.
Stick to one form
Agree in advance: singular or plural, lower case or capitalised. The difference
between Backup and backup is easy to miss in a list.