Taxonomy is a core module in Drupal, playing a vital role in connecting, relating, and classifying your website content. In Drupal, terms are organized into “Vocabularies,” and Taxonomy helps them create, manage, and apply these vocabularies. Follow the steps below to create and implement taxonomy in your Drupal website.
Creating a Taxonomy:
Step 1:- Log in to your Drupal admin and go to Structure > Taxonomy.
Step 2:- To create a new taxonomy, click on the + Add vocabulary button.
Step 3:- Now fill in the value in the “Add vocabulary” section.
- Name:- Enter the name of the vocabulary.
- Description:- Enter the description of the vocabulary.
Step 4:- To save the vocabulary, click on the Save button
Adding terms to vocabulary:
After creating a vocabulary, it is necessary to add the terms to that vocabulary.
Step 1:- Click on the Add term button.
Step 2:- Enter the value on the “Add term” values.
- Name:- Enter the name of the terms.
- Description:- If you want you can add the description of the terms.
- Text format:- You can choose the text format between “Basic HTML“, “Restricted HTML” and “Full HTML“.
- Relations:- You can add the relations like “Parent terms” and “Weight“. Note: Terms are shown by weight in ascending order.
- URL alias:- Indicate a different path that can be used to access this data. When creating an about page, for instance, write “/about”.
- Published:- Click on this toggle button, if you want to enable or disable the terms.
Step 3:- Click the Save button once all the fields have been filled out.
It will look like this after saving the terms.
Assigning Taxonomy to Content Types:
Step 1:- To assign the taxonomy on content types, click on Structure > Content types.
Step 2:- Choose the content type you want to associate with the taxonomy. Afterward, select the “Manage fields” option.
Step 3:– Click the button and choose “+ Create new field” from the options. Next, choose “Taxonomy term” as the kind of field.
Step 4:- Enter the value on the required fields.
- Help text:- Enter ingredients that site visitors might want to search for.
- Reference type > Reference method:- Select the method used to choose allowed values.
- Reference type > Create referenced entities if they don’t already exist:- Whether the content editing form allows for the creation of additional ingredient words.
- Reference type > Vocabulary:- Select the vocabulary to choose allowed values from that vocabulary.
Step 5:– Choose the “Save settings.” option.
Display taxonomy in frontend.
Step 1:- Now go to the “Content” and choose the existing content to add the taxonomy.
Step 2:- In the Ingredients section search the terms that you created in the vocabulary section.
Step 3:- Click on the Save button, to save the content.
Result:-
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