Taxonomies in the admin UI

Before you enable content editors to assign tags to content, you need to create taxonomies and tags.

1. Create a taxonomy
2. Create tags in a taxonomy

Create a taxonomy

To create a new taxonomy:

1. Navigate to the Taxonomies application.
2. Select New taxonomy.
3. Enter details about the taxonomy.
   • Taxonomy name – the name that is displayed to users in the administration interface.
   • (Optional) Identifiers – specify the code name if you wish to use a code name different than the pre-filled value.
   • (Optional) Description – an explanation of the taxonomy and its intended use. This field is intended as an internal guide for other content editors to understand where the given taxonomy is used, and is not intended to be displayed publicly.
4. Save the taxonomy.

The taxonomy is now created and you can add tags.

Create tags in a taxonomy

To create new tags:

1. Navigate to the Taxonomies application.
2. Select a taxonomy under which you want to create tags.
3. In the taxonomy tree on the left, select a node under which you want to create the new tag.
4. Select New tag.
5. Enter details about the tag.
   • Title – the name that is displayed to users and visitors.
   • (Optional) Identifiers – specify code name if you wish to use code name different than the default.
   • (Optional) Description – an explanation of the tag that can be displayed publicly depending on the implementation.
   • (Optional) In the Translations section, you can localize the Title and Description fields of the tag for any languages that are configured in the system.
6. Save the tag.
   • If you with to save the tag and continue creating other tags in the same location, select Save and create another.