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authorDries Buytaert <dries@buytaert.net>2003-06-05 18:09:39 +0000
committerDries Buytaert <dries@buytaert.net>2003-06-05 18:09:39 +0000
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- Bugfix: better charset support for non-ISO-8859-1 languages. Patch 0029.charset.fixes.patch by Al. Could East Asia test this please.
- Bugfix: made the "moderate" field behave. Patch 0030.queue.module.help.and.settings.form.patch by Al. - Documentation: revised a large part of the help texts / documentation! Al's 0024.* patches. - Documentation: added a glossary to the help module. Patch 0025.help.module.glossary.patch by Al and Michael. - Usability: first step towards unifying the terminology used in the cloud module. Patch by 0028.site.cloud.rationalize.name.patch Al. - Usability + CSS improvements: revamped the node form and removed all tables. Patch 0027.node.form.rewrite.patch by Al. - CSS improvements: patch 0026.admin.css.small.improvement.patch by Al. - Updated the MAINTAINERS file.
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@@ -798,8 +798,8 @@ function taxonomy_admin() {
function taxonomy_help() {
- $output .= "<h3>Background</h3><p>Taxonomy is the science of classification, acording to a predetermined system, where the results are used for analysis, discussion, or information retreival. In Drupal the taxonomy.module allows you to define a taxonomy which is then used to classify the Drupal nodes. The module can create classification that can include multiple lists of categories (controlled vocabularies), as well as thesauri (controlled vocabularies that indicated the relationships of terms) and taxonomies (controlled vocabularies where relationships arehierarchical). For more details about <a href=\"www.eleganthack.com/archives/002165.html#002165\">classification types</a> and insight into the development of the <i>taxonomy.module</i>, see this <a href=\"http://www.drupal.org/node/view/55\">drupal.org discussion</a>.</p>";
- $output .= "<h3>An example taxonomy: food</h3><p>Dairy<br />--Milk<br />Drink<br />--Alchohol<br />--Pop<br />--Milk<br />Meat<br />--Beef<br />--Chicken<br />--Lamb<br />Spices<br />--Sugar</p>";
+ $output .= "<h3>Background</h3><p>Taxonomy is the study of classification. Drupal's taxonomy module allows you to define categories which are used to classify content. The module supports hierarchical classification and association between terms, allowing for truly flexible information retrieval and classification. For more details about <a href=\"http://www.eleganthack.com/archives/002165.html#002165\">classification types</a> and insight into the development of the <i>taxonomy.module</i>, see this <a href=\"http://www.drupal.org/node/view/55\">drupal.org discussion</a>.</p>";
+ $output .= "<h3>An example taxonomy: food</h3><ul><li>Dairy<ul><li>Milk</li></ul></li><li>Drink<ul><li>Alchohol<ul><li>Beer</li><li>Wine</li></ul></li><li>Pop</li><li>Milk</li></ul></li><li>Meat<ul><li>Beef</li><li>Chicken</li><li>Lamb</li></ul></li><li>Spices<ul><li>Sugar</li></ul></li></ul>";
$output .= "<p><b>Notes</b></p><ul><li>The term <i>Milk</i> appears within both <i>Dairy</i> and <i>Drink</i>. This is an example of <i>multiple parents</i> for a term.</li><li>In Drupal the order of siblings (e.g. <i>Beef</i>, <i>Chicken</i>, <i>Lamb</i>) in a taxonomy may be controlled with the <i>weight</i> parameter.</li></ul>";
$output .= "<h3>Vocabularies</h3><p>When you create a controlled vocabulary you are creating a set of terms to use for describing content (known as descriptors in indexing lingo). Drupal allows you to describe each node of content (blog, story, etc.) using one or many of these terms. For simple implementations, you might create a set of categories without subcategories, similar to <a href=\"http://www.slashdot.com/\">Slashdot's</a> sections. For more complex implementations, you might create a hierarchical list of categories such as <i>Food</i> taxonomy shown above.</p>";
$output .= "<h4>Setting up a vocabulary</h4><p>When setting up a controlled vocabulary, if you select the <i>hierarchy</i> option, you will be defining a taxonomy or a thesaurus. If you select the <i>related terms</i> option, you are allowing the definition of related terms, think <i>see also</i>, as in a thesaurus. Selecting <i>multiple select</i> will allow you to describe a node using more than one term. That node will then appear in each term's page, thus increasing the chance that a user will find it.</p>";
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ function taxonomy_help() {
$output .= "<h4>Adding terms to a vocabulary</h4><p>Once done defining the vocabulary, you have to add terms to it to make it useful. The options you see when adding a term to a vocabulary will depend on what you selected for <i>related terms</i>, <i>hierarchy </i>and <i>multiple select</i>. These options are:</p>";
$output .= "<p><ul><li><b>Term name</b> (Required) -- The name for this term. Example: <i>Milk</i></li><li><b>Description</b> (Optional) -- Description of the term that may be used by modules and feeds. This is synonymous with a 'scope note'.</li><li><b><a name=\"parent\"></a>Parent</b> (Required) -- Select the term under which this term is a subset -- the branch of the hierarchy that this term belongs under. This is also known as the \"Broader term\" indicator used in thesauri.</li><li><b><a name=\"synonyms\"></a>Synonyms</b> (Optional) -- Enter synonyms for this term, one synonym per line. Synonyms can be used for variant spellings, acronyms, and other terms that have the same meaning as the added term, but which are not explicitly listed in this thesaurus (i.e. <i>unauthorized terms</i>)</li><li><b>Weight</b> (Optional) -- The weight is used to sort the terms of this vocabulary.</li></ul></p>";
$output .= "<h3><a name=\"taxonomyURL\"></a>Displaying nodes organized by term(s)</h3><p>In order to view the nodes associated with a term or a collection of terms, you should browse to a properly formed Taxonomy URL. For example, ". l("taxonomy/page/or/1,2","taxonomy/pages/or/1,2") .". Taxonomy URLs always contain one or more term IDs (tid) at the end of the URL (a.k.a the <i>querystring</i>). You may learn the term ID for a given term by hovering over that term in the ". l("taxonomy overview", "admin/taxonomy") ." page and noting the number at the end or the URL. To build a Taxonomy URL start with \"taxonomy/page\". Now add the querystring parameter, either <i>or</i>, which chooses nodes tagged with <b>any</b> of the given term IDs, or <i>and</i>, which chooses nodes tagged with <b>all</b> of the given Term IDs. Thus <i>or</i> is less specific than <i>and</i>. Finally add a comma seperated list of term IDs.</p>";
- $output .= "<h3>RSS feeds</h3><p>Every term, or collection of terms, provides an <a href=\"http://backend.userland.com/stories/rss\">RSS</a> feed to which interested users may subscribe. The URL format for an sample RSS feed is ". l("node/feed/or/1,2","node/feed/or/1,2") .". Built like a Taxonomy URL, ". l("see above", "admin/taxonomy/help#taxonomyURL") ." it starts with \"node/feed\", then has the querystring parameter, and finally the Term IDs.</p>";
+ $output .= "<h3>RSS feeds</h3><p>Every term, or collection of terms, provides an <a href=\"http://backend.userland.com/stories/rss\">RSS</a> feed to which interested users may subscribe. The URL format for a sample RSS feed is ". l("node/feed/or/1,2","node/feed/or/1,2") .". Built like a Taxonomy URL, ". l("see above", "admin/taxonomy/help#taxonomyURL") ." it starts with \"node/feed\", then has the querystring parameter, and finally the Term IDs.</p>";
return t($output);
}
?>