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Re: Re: Structures vs Category

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> The way I see it, structures are strictly a navigation tool that enable wiki pages to be part of a hierarchy. They work especially well for pages in a sequence, like a tutorial or series of lessons, etc. But I think they are rather limited beyond that.
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> The strength of categories is that they can include not only wiki pages but almost any object at your site, including directory categories, forums, file galleries, blogs, etc. This enables you to have "horizontal" groups of objects, so to speak, that cut across the "vertical" divisions that are Tiki's features, if this makes sense.
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> Categories also can create a kind of site map, if you want to use the "Browse Categories" page that way.
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> You can put category paths at the top of the page much like wiki structure links, but to keep pages from getting too cluttered, it might be a good idea not to, but just to put the category block at the bottom.
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> Maybe it's good to think of categories as the main mechanism to organize your site's content, and then use wiki structures within that for particular groups of pages when that makes sense for navigation.
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> — Gary

Thanks Gary for your insight. Appreciate that...cool Category is the way to go for me.

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