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Overview: Classify your content using taxonomies

Using classifications, you can organize content items, such as news, events, and comments.

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In Sitefinity CMS, there are two types of classifications:

  • Simple list
    Simple lists group content into a controlled set of categories. There is no relation between the classifications of the simple list. They are equal members of a single structure.
  • Hierarchical list
    By using this kind of classification, you can group content in hierarchy on more than one level. Relationship between a top level entry and a subentry in the hierarchy can mean group membership or refinement of the top classification by a particular characteristic or feature.

    EXAMPLE: Dogs can be one tag and Cats can be another. Both Dogs and Cats are simple lists, meaning that all items tagged with Dogs are equal members of Dogs structure, there are no relationships between dogs. On the other hand, you can have a category Animals, which has subcategories Dogs and Cats. This means that all cats are Cats and all dogs are Dogs, but also all cats and dogs are Animals.

IMPORTANT: Classifications are shared across different sites. If you are using multiple sites, changing a classification on one site will change the classification on every other site that uses it.

To view, create, edit, delete, and manage classifications, click Content » All classifications.
The system displays a list of the predefined classifications – tags and categories, together with all created custom classifications.
This section contains:
  • Use tags
    You use tags to filter content items according to some criterion. By clicking on different tags from the list of tags displayed on the webpage, the user can filter the content on the page.
  • Use categories
    The categories are presenting a hierarchical list. Use this procedure to create and manage categories.
  • Add categories and tags to content items
    You use categories and tags to filter content. By clicking different categories and tags from the treeview displayed on the webpage, you can filter the content of the page.
  • Create custom classifications
    In addition to tags and classifications, you can create custom classification. You can create either simple lists or hierarchical lists.
  • For developers: Taxonomies
    You use the API to perform tasks and operations related to flat and hierarchical taxonomies, as well as for associating content items with a specific taxon.
  • Tutorials: Taxonomies
    Using the Sitefinity API, you can perform basic operations related with classifications and taxonomies. You can add or remove taxonomies and add or remove synonyms to tags, thus enabling you filter your content items by the tag name or by the tag synonyms.

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