1. Rela%onships
vs.
Categories
Customized
Training
Lab
Wed.,
April
14th,
2010

2. Categories
• Staff
lis%ng
and
detail
pages

3. Categories

4. Categories
• The
values
are
the
same
in
every
structure
• Any
update
id
done
just
once
• Queries
are
simple:
#pullContent
("+structureName:Staff1
……
+categories:implementa%onTeams
….)

5. Categories
• Job
descrip%on
detail
page

6. Categories

7. Categories
• Not
possible
to
store
more
informa%on
than
a
%tle
and
a
key
• Complicated
to
understand
the
rela%onship
among
your
structures

8. Rela%onships

9. Rela%onships
• More
natural
representa%on
for
the
associa%on
between
two
contentlets
• Queries
are
simple:
#pullRelatedContent(‘Staff
–Division’
……
• Need
to
be
entered
manually

10. dotCMS
1.9:
Custom
Fields