By JackThompson on

Assuming I am selling products and have Manufacturers and Product Names.
If I make each manufacturer and each product name a taxonmy term the -

Later I can easily associate other product which have related taxonomies?

Thanks for the clarification!

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jix_’s picture

jix_ commented

The products should probably be nodes. That way you can associate the content type product with vocabulary manufacturers.

shady_gun’s picture

shady_gun commented

True, this is how the taxonomy works... it is best practice to term or group your products..this helps in tag clouding and faster search based on your terms..

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JackThompson commented

What do you mean term or group?
You mean categorize the products?

Also replying to above...
The products would have to be Nodes...but should I also make the prodcut name a taxonomy vocabulary?

Thanks for the help!

jix_’s picture

jix_ commented

Having product names in node titles and terms should not be necessary—always try to keep DRY :)

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JackThompson commented

I am not sure that I get it. If I have the product name in the title, how could I reference it like I would a taxonomy. For example if I wanted to reference all instances of the product name on another page or somewhere else.

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jix_ commented

You could make a view which filters nodes based on their title.

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JackThompson commented

So whats the point of taking the extra time and making a taxonomy vocab?

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solipsist commented

Taxonomy is used for categorization. Say you have categories of products.

Garden (category)
 - gnomes (sub cat.)
 -- German gnomes (sub sub cat.)
 -- Finnish gnomes
 - hoses
 -- reinforced hoses
 -- thick hoses
 - pots
 -- clay
 -- metal
 -- glass

Item properties should be fields. These are specific to the product and doesn't not describe a property you can group or categorize items by,

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jix_ commented

I was probably thinking a bit in the wrong direction here, thinking you wanted to create terms like these:

  • cranberry juice
  • apple juice
  • orange juice

But you probably meant:

  • drinks
  • food

With products like cranberry juice (node) related to drinks (term).

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JackThompson commented

Its still alittle fuzzy but your explanation seems to be helping me understand.