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Lab 7.3: Displaying profile-based content
During this lab you will learn how to display profile-based content in a menu. You will also learn how to
create a taxonomy, how to create categories, how to use an option selection element, and how to profile
content items.
Time needed
It will take approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete this lesson.
Lesson 7.3.1: Taxonomies and categories
A taxonomy is simply a classification system. Categories are grouped into taxonomies. Taxonomies are
hierarchical and are built in a way similar to building a site framework. Unlike a site framework, you do
not define the order in which sibling categories are saved. They are simply displayed in alphabetical
order.
Categories are used to associate similar content and to describe the type of content. Individual pieces of
content can be categorized, or a category can be associated with a specific authoring template so that all
content created with that template has the specified category. Content can be profiled with one or more
categories. Remember that taxonomies cannot be used for profiling, so consider this when planning your
website.
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When building a hierarchy of taxonomies and categories, it is important to consider how a menu will use
your categories in a search. This is because menus search both upwards and downwards within groups
of categories. For example, suppose you use the following taxonomy:
v Financial
– Banking Solutions
– Interest Rates
- Personal
- Business
- Corporate
v News
The following profiling strategies will give you different results.
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