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Hugo documentation theme as simple as plain book
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[question] what is the difference between tags and categories? #435

Closed TheChymera closed 2 years ago

TheChymera commented 2 years ago

Seems like it is a redundant distinction, no?

chrillek commented 2 years ago

I'm thinking maybe it would be better for the default to make it bold?

It's not, and it is not related to Hugo themes at all. Also, you can turn it off. Check out the Hugo doc for more information on tags, categories and taxonomies in general.

TheChymera commented 2 years ago

check out the Hugo doc

Best I could find is:

categories currently auto-populated with ‘functions` for future-proofing and portability reasons only; ignore this field. tags only if you think it will help end users find other related functions

Dunno what to make of it, sounds like neither is defined as meaning anything really. Do you how they're fulfilling different purposes in this theme?

alex-shpak commented 2 years ago

Hi! So, tags and categories are just default taxonomies from hugo, there is no specific support for them in theme, just generic support for taxonomies: https://gohugo.io/content-management/taxonomies/

You can disable either or both tags and categories in hugo config. https://gohugo.io/content-management/taxonomies/#example-removing-default-taxonomies