I have a single taxonomy that isn't much good, and would like to be able to merge terms from it into some new taxonomies, like so:

Recipes

  • Eggs
    • Boiled eggs
    • Fried eggs
    • ...
  • Potatoes
    • Boiled potatoes
    • Fried potatoes
    • ...
  • ...etc

I'd now like to have something more like this, with multiple taxonomies:

Cooking methods

  • Fried
  • Boiled
  • Sauteed
  • ...etc

Ingredients

  • Eggs
  • Potatoes
  • Squid
  • ...etc

Could it be possible to use this module to merge a term into another term from another taxonomy?

Comments

eli’s picture

eli commented
Assigned: Unassigned » eli
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Hmm, not easily. That's a tough one. By design, this only merges terms in the same taxonomy.

And actually, I think what you want is to split terms, not merge them! E.g. you want "Eggs>Boiled Eggs" to become two terms: "Cooking Methods>Boiled" and "Ingredients>Eggs"

I don't think you're going to find any out-of-the-box solution that does just that (though if you do, let me know). I think you're going to have to write a bit of PHP or do a lot of renaming by hand.

However, if you do end up in a spot where you've got a dozen terms named "Boiled" in the same taxonomy that you want to merge together, then this module is for you.

raena’s picture

raena commented

Yeh, I guess I *do* mean split. :)

I'll let you know if I find anything cool. I think this is going to have to mean some sql-fu, though...