Categories vs relationships
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The document compares using categories versus relationships to organize content in dotCMS. Categories involve assigning predefined values to structures, but only allow storing a title and key for each item. Relationships provide a more natural representation of associations between contentlets by linking them together, but the relationships need to be entered manually. Queries for related content are simpler using relationships compared to categories.
Categories vs relationships
- 1. Rela%onships vs. Categories Customized Training Lab Wed., April 14th, 2010
- 2. Categories • Staff lis%ng and detail pages
- 3. Categories
- 4. Categories • The values are the same in every structure • Any update id done just once • Queries are simple: #pullContent ("+structureName:Staff1 …… +categories:implementa%onTeams ….)
- 5. Categories • Job descrip%on detail page
- 6. Categories
- 7. Categories • Not possible to store more informa%on than a %tle and a key • Complicated to understand the rela%onship among your structures
- 8. Rela%onships
- 9. Rela%onships • More natural representa%on for the associa%on between two contentlets • Queries are simple: #pullRelatedContent(‘Staff –Division’ …… • Need to be entered manually
- 10. dotCMS 1.9: Custom Fields