Hugo: Site Hierarchy
Hugo websites let you organize content by sections and taxonomy terms.
- section
- a folder with _index file; structured, hierarchical grouping
- taxonomy
- a list field in the front matter; can be defined in config.toml; cross-sectional, attributive grouping; categories and tags are default taxonomies
- term
- elements in the taxonomy list in the front matter; defined by use in front matter; e.g., the different categories or tags used on the website
- value
- content (e.g., page) assigned to a term
This means that pages can be part of a section and have several terms assigned. One may use both to classify the content. For instance, I have a section called “blog” and all pages inside have one or more categories (terms) assigned. So, I can list all pages under section “blog” or all articles under category (term) “Code”.
The organization of content by sections and terms is better explained by the following diagram.
