In the previous versions of Drupal, there was a very popular suite of modules called CCK (Content Construction Kit), the main purpose of which was to make it easier for administrators to create new customized content types, with more options and fields available to them. Much of the Content Construction Kit code has now been brought into the core Drupal 7 installation, negating the need to install the module. As a result of this, the core taxonomy module has been updated to make use of this feature, to make it easier to define how content can be categorized.
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What is taxonomy?
Taxonomy is a powerful module which makes it easy for us to group and categorize our content. This could be by entering a keyword, a series of keywords, or selecting a category from a drop-down list. Categorized content can then be aggregated and displayed together through useful lists of content.
Let's have a look at customizing content types and how taxonomy links into...