I want to develop a taxonomy module for our project, since I could not find a ready-made counterpart.
The module will be of a tree of elements with any number of levels.
For example:
1) Locations (group):
Europe:
Austria
Belgium
...
North America:
USA
Canada
...
...
2) Languages (group):
Arabic
Bengali
Cantonese
....
How can I better organize this module?
I want:
1. Control module structure of the CMS, but also I should be able to get the data in the code .cs (where and how to store the structure?)
2. I need a new Data Type, in which I will be able to choose a group (Locations or Languages) as well as to specify whether it is multiselect. (I already have experience in creating its Data Type, but I do not know where and how to store and how to organize the structure of group selection.)
3. When I create a new page that hosts the Data Type, I should be able to show the user a tree structure (Europe:Austria,Belgium,... North America:USA, Canada ), as well as give an opportunity to choose one or more elements.
I will be glad of any information, how to write a module.
1. Better to create a custom section (Taxonomy like Content, Media, Setting) and to keep the whole structure in a custom table or create a Property Editor and save the entire structure as a JSON object?
2. If I choose custom table, I can easily get all the structure using an SQL query. Can I get a JSON object from a Property Editor, knowing his name?
3. How to make a similar list in the right window, but for my data?
I want to develop a taxonomy module
Hello everyone!
I want to develop a taxonomy module for our project, since I could not find a ready-made counterpart.
The module will be of a tree of elements with any number of levels.
For example:
1) Locations (group):
Europe:
Austria
Belgium
...
North America:
USA
Canada
...
...
2) Languages (group):
Arabic
Bengali
Cantonese
....
How can I better organize this module?
I want:
1. Control module structure of the CMS, but also I should be able to get the data in the code .cs (where and how to store the structure?)
2. I need a new Data Type, in which I will be able to choose a group (Locations or Languages) as well as to specify whether it is multiselect. (I already have experience in creating its Data Type, but I do not know where and how to store and how to organize the structure of group selection.)
3. When I create a new page that hosts the Data Type, I should be able to show the user a tree structure (Europe:Austria,Belgium,... North America:USA, Canada ), as well as give an opportunity to choose one or more elements.
I will be glad of any information, how to write a module.
Thanks.
Hi Vitaly,
If you are using Umbraco 4 or Umbraco 6, you should take a look at this new package delveoped by Morten Bock called Taxonomy Picker https://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/taxonomypicker.
And if you are using Umbraco 7, I think you need to build your own property editor, but maybe you can get some inspiration from Morten´s package.
Hope this helps,
/Dennis
Hi Dennis,
I use umbraco 7.2
I saw this plugin to 6.x and was surprised that there is nothing similar to 7.x.
Thank you.
Ask additional questions:
1. Better to create a custom section (Taxonomy like Content, Media, Setting) and to keep the whole structure in a custom table or create a Property Editor and save the entire structure as a JSON object?
2. If I choose custom table, I can easily get all the structure using an SQL query. Can I get a JSON object from a Property Editor, knowing his name?
3. How to make a similar list in the right window, but for my data?
Hi Vitaly,
You could take a look at the Categorisation package?
https://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/categorisation-for-umbraco
I believe it was built for Umbraco v4/v6, but the source-code is available on the project page - if you wanted to use that as a starting point?
Cheers,
- Lee
Hi Lee,
Thanks, I will look at how this plugin.
But you do understand that a lot has changed in version 7, especially working with the UI.
Thanks
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