Category Structure Taxonomy

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  • August 15, 2019 at 11:52 am #503218

    Matthew
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    Hi I am looking to restructure the categories as I am using far too many ad its slowing the site down.

    Can anyone share a category taxonomy with me that would be suitable for a town / small geographical region?

    August 15, 2019 at 2:19 pm #503227

    Kor
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    Hi Matthew,

    Thanks for your post. Not sure what you mean by this. Could you share your Website URL here and tell us a little bit more about your issues?

    August 15, 2019 at 2:38 pm #503231

    Matthew
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    August 15, 2019 at 11:20 pm #503305

    Alex Rollin
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    The 8 listed on the home page look good. Are those the parent categories? Using a smaller number of parents is a good strategy. Listings in the child categories will still show up on the archive of the parent, and in search (coming soon).

    August 15, 2019 at 11:28 pm #503308

    Matthew
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    I would like to add ‘Taxis’ to this block but I can’t, with the current functionality, without re-organising the cat structure.

    This is another reason why I am looking for a tried and tested cat structure to adopt. It will be a big job for me to move all existing listing into a new cat structure.

    And I appreciate that category taxonomies are a can of worms so I would prefer not to have to make my own as this will be a big undertaking without having to design the cat structure also.

    August 15, 2019 at 11:40 pm #503310

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    August 16, 2019 at 12:33 am #503313

    Alex Rollin
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    If you are looking for more flexibility for a category navigation structure, I think that is a different issue. You can always build a custom navigation with a builder.

    Taxonomy is important, for sure, but tags can get you far, too. A simpler category structure with more tags might be an alternative.

    A parent and 10 children for each parent is a good limit to work with.

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