[documentation] [task] Taxonomy Garden: Taxonomy_defaults

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Taxonomy_defaults
Purpose


This module automatically tags posts for which the taxonomy is not
activated (in the categories admin section). For posts where the
taxonomy is active, the tags are simply preselected.
UI


In admin/settings/taxonomy_defaults, a section is created for each
content type. Each content type can set preselected tags in any
vocabulary. For enabled vocabularies, the word "active" is not
italicized. For non-enabled vocabularies, the word active is
italicized. When entering a node, in-active vocabularies are not shown,
but the term(s) are automatically added to nodes. For active
vocabularies, the terms are pre-selected. In either case, the terms are
visible when the node is rendered.
Pros


   1. Simple and clean UI for adding default terms.
   2. Easy way to automatically tag nodes passed on type. This is more
powerful than just searching by node type because it can group
arbitrary kinds of nodes (say, story and blog nodes are both
automatically tagged as news).


Cons


   1. The UI surrounding whether a vocab is active or not is unclear.
Instead of changing the italics of a word, the word itself should
change.
   2. If this were moved to the category creation screen, it would be
more useful.


Conclusion


This is an example of simple module that does a dedicated task well.
The UI could use some minor tweaks, especially to help inexperienced
admins understand what an "active" vocabulary means. This module is a
great way for admins to force (through automatic tagging) or encourage
(by having terms preselected) content creators to categorize terms.




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