My question is very specific, but I was curious if anyone had any ideas on the best way to structure media that would make it easier for a content manager to use and for Umbraco when it comes to traversing the media section for these media types. First I will give a scenario:
A user comes to the website and they search for a product. Each product is associate with one or more vehicles, so in their search criteria, they specify the Make, Model, Year, and Engine of the vehicle. So after they click search, I know all these things and I can use them as criteria for my search. In addition, I know the Part Number which is the unique identifier for each product I am going off. So what I am basically asking is what is the best structure for this:
Examples:
Part Number
Year
Make
Model
Engine
Year
Make
Model
Engine
Part Numbers folders
Something else. Not every part will have vehicle specific media, so some of it may be generic.
As far as Umbraco is concerned it doesn't really matter. And as far as the content manager is concerned, why not discuss it with them? They can tell you specifically exactly how they want it, as that can differ per person using it.
In my opinion though the most logical way is your first example.
Thanks for your input. If I go with the first way, that means I would have to have the vehicle folders repeated for every part number, for example:
PartNumber A
Year
Make
Model
Engine
PartNumber B
Year
Make
Model
Engine
Also, I was thinking of have a global features folder that applies to all products/part numbers where the content manager can create all the features and then if a feature exists for a certain vehicle, they would just add that vehicle at that time. Does this make sense?
Need recommendation on structuring media?
Hello Everyone,
My question is very specific, but I was curious if anyone had any ideas on the best way to structure media that would make it easier for a content manager to use and for Umbraco when it comes to traversing the media section for these media types. First I will give a scenario:
A user comes to the website and they search for a product. Each product is associate with one or more vehicles, so in their search criteria, they specify the
Make,Model,Year, andEngineof the vehicle. So after they click search, I know all these things and I can use them as criteria for my search. In addition, I know thePart Numberwhich is the unique identifier for each product I am going off. So what I am basically asking is what is the best structure for this:Examples:
Part Number
Year
Something else. Not every part will have vehicle specific media, so some of it may be generic.
As far as Umbraco is concerned it doesn't really matter. And as far as the content manager is concerned, why not discuss it with them? They can tell you specifically exactly how they want it, as that can differ per person using it.
In my opinion though the most logical way is your first example.
Hi David,
Thanks for your input. If I go with the first way, that means I would have to have the vehicle folders repeated for every part number, for example:
PartNumber A
PartNumber B
Also, I was thinking of have a global features folder that applies to all products/part numbers where the content manager can create all the features and then if a feature exists for a certain vehicle, they would just add that vehicle at that time. Does this make sense?
Thanks, Saied
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