Content Structure, Hierarchy and Taxonomy
Hierarchy
Content on the GDL website comprises of pages and posts.
Following are examples of pages:
- Home
- About Godrej Design Lab
- Design Series
Following are examples of posts:
- Understanding Conscious Living in India
- Murubi: Jaymin Panchasara & Shwetha Iyengar
So what are the differences between pages and posts?
The distinction between pages and posts are based on conventions, and not on hard and fast rules. Let's compare them on various aspects:
Where links to pages/post are found
Pages contain content that the site authors want users to be able to access easily. Hence, links to pages are generally found at the header or footer areas of the website.
Posts participate and are found within listings (which are essentially a sequence/grid of links shaped as tiles/cards) on the main content area of a screen. They are organized either by their publish date, or their content.
A couple of examples:
- A list of posts in reverse chronological order of their publish date
- A lists posts that only belong to the "reports" category or the "interviews" category
You'll never find pages linked in listings, such as the following list of "posts":
- Home
- About
- Contact Us
- Privacy Policy
- Terms and Conditions
- Interviews
The above listed would need to be pages (not posts) and their links would be placed in the header/footer areas (not within listings).
The header and footer regions of a website can also contain links to posts (as seen on the GDL website).
Content of pages and posts
Pages tend to contain information about the entity being represented on the website (in this case, Godrej Design Lab).
They also tend to have listings of posts (for example, the home page, or a "Reports" page).
Again, here are some example of pages and posts on the GDL website:
Pages
- Home (has a listing of posts)
- About Godrej Design Lab (has information about GDL)
- Design Series (has a listing of posts)
Posts
- Understanding Conscious Living in India
- Murubi: Jaymin Panchasara & Shwetha Iyengar
Content Taxonomy
Taxonomies are a system to further organize content. They primarily aid in creating auto-populated post listings.
On GDL, we have just one taxonomy — Post Category (applies only to posts)
Posts can be categorised into:
- Reports
- Design Series
- Fellowship Projects
New ones can be added should the need arise.
The requirment for auto-populated post listings has been removed however the taxonomy feature has still been retained for the following reasons:
- It has found new use in sifting/filtering through posts on the CMS
- It might become a requirement again in the future
