Manage Categories (also known as Taxonomy Terms)

On a Drupal website, Taxonomy terms are categories that can be used to tag and sort content. 
Events may have event types such as conference, seminar, or workshop. Your publications may be sorted into publication types such as books and journal articles. Each of these items is a taxonomy term. By default, your site has taxonomies for News, Events, Publications, and People. This guide explains how to create taxonomy items and how to use them.
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Table of contents
Create a Taxonomy Term
Manage Taxonomy Shortcut
Adding a new term
Taxonomy Terms for Curriculum Maps
Create a Taxonomy TermTaxonomy terms typically cannot be created while adding a new piece of content (like a news item or a publication). Instead, you need to create the taxonomy term first, then it will be available to select when you add or edit content. 
Taxonomies are often used to sort content onto the correct page (e.g. faculty appear on the faculty page). Be careful with deleting taxonomy terms. If you are unsure, please ask the web team by  submitting a ticket .
Manage Taxonomy ShortcutTo add a new taxonomy term, go to your shortcuts menu, hover over Site Actions, and click Manage Taxonomy.
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Screenshot of the shortcuts menu, which is opened to "Site Actions." The first option within this dropdown is "Manage Taxonomy."Screenshot of the shortcuts menu, which is opened to "Site Actions." The first option within this dropdown is "Manage Taxonomy."
You'll be taken to the Taxonomy page, where you can click List Terms to see all of the terms in a vocabulary (like News Categories).
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The "Taxonomy" page shows a list of taxonomy terms. Each line contains a new term. At the far right of the line is a "list terms" button. The "Taxonomy" page shows a list of taxonomy terms. Each line contains a new term. At the far right of the line is a "list terms" button. 
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Screenshot of the taxonomy list items for the chosen taxonomy term. Screenshot of the taxonomy list items for the chosen taxonomy term. 
Adding a new termClick Add term to add a new term to the vocabulary.
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Screenshot of the taxonomy list items for the chosen taxonomy term. The "+Add Item" button is highlighted to show its location in the top right corner.Screenshot of the taxonomy list items for the chosen taxonomy term. The "+Add Item" button is highlighted to show its location in the top right corner.
Type in the new term name and click save. You can safely ignore Description and the items in the Relations menu. 
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Screenshot of the page to add a new Taxonomy term. The first field, "Name," and the last two fields, "Publish" and "Save" are highlighted to show what should be done on this page.Screenshot of the page to add a new Taxonomy term. The first field, "Name," and the last two fields, "Publish" and "Save" are highlighted to show what should be done on this page.
Ensure the toggle for "published" is on, and save your work. Repeat with additional terms as necessary.
Taxonomy Terms for Curriculum MapsCurriculum maps require various Requirement Types. Please reference the guide on ﻿ ⁠⁠Creating Requirement Types for Curriculum Maps⁠  for step by step instructions.