Taxonomies are ways we organize various types of content across each site and across the system. Below, taxonomies are broken down and explained based on what template or page type they’re available on.
Program Pages
(See recommended options for each category here.)
Level
Used to categorize programs by learning level. May not be needed on all sites, but available.
Modes
Used to categorize programs by online, in person, and/or hybrid. Shows up in program finder filters and can be used to power program listing blocks. Choose all that apply if there are various options available.
For example: A graduate Extension school program would be hybrid if there’s a required in-person course, but a certificate might get checked as all three (online, in person and hybrid) since the student can choose course by course.
A note for PDP: Use this to indicate every option available for this program across all dates. Date specific mode is available in the template for each date you add.
Subject Areas (Brand Specific)
The broad categories each brand uses to bucket their programs. Usually a program is just assigned to a single subject area. Shows up in program finder filters and can be used to power program listing blocks.
Subject Areas (Shared Across DCE)
These subject areas are more extensive, and each program might fit into more than one. Used to power the filters on the DCE-wide program finder. (Note: Each site with programs has its own set of these. An update to one must be made across each site, including DCE.)
Student Stories
Subject Areas (Brand Specific)
These are the same subject areas used to organize programs. This doesn’t power anything on the front end related to subject areas, but could be used to do in the future.
Blog Posts
Categories
Categories should be a focused list of the types of content or topic areas you post content around. You can choose more than one and will be prompted to indicate which one is primary.
The primary category shows up:
- On the blog post itself
- As an overline on any pages that list blog pages
- As a filter on the block search
Categories can also be used to power editorial section front page templates. That template allows you to build a page and include related content. That said, category pages that simply list in reverse chronological order are automatically generated for every category. See an example here.
Subject Areas (Brand-Specific)
These are used to aggregate related blog posts onto program pages. So for example, a program page that’s associated with the subject area Life Sciences and set to show related blog posts will pull in any blog post with the subject area also set to Life Sciences.
Tags
Tags are meant to be more broad than set categories and subject areas. They may be a helpful tool for organizing content on the back end, or noting more broadly what topics are covered in a blog post. They don’t show up on the front end in any way.
Authors
Blog posts are also organized by its associated author. When an author is added and assigned to blog posts, a page is automatically created to list in reverse chronological order every story associated with that author. This can be especially helpful or useful for authors who are also teaching programs/courses.
