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Categories in AxCMS.net

First, when we think about the possibility to classify the objects in AxCMS.net, we think about the medium-database as potentially usable for the feature. Actually, categorization gives much more possibilities than only the capture of meta data.

Categorization is the core-feature of AxCMS.net, enabling capture and administration of arbitrary hierarchical data. The nodes of category-tree will be stored in SQL-database and can be manipulated through business-logic-classes. Furthermore, it is possible to put desired objects (also only some) into one or more categories (M-to-M relation). The module will be completed through user interface and workflow-tools, which allows administration, search and publication of the category-tree (or any desired sub tree), just as association of category management in WebForms.

This generic category management can be used in multiple situations.

Here are some examples:

Navigation for a website

Navigation controls of different web-sites look almost always different. Not only the look, but also the operation-logic/behavior differ. And it does not allow to develop generic solution.

But it is possible to separate data-model from presentation and to manage over AxCMS.net. The hierarchical structure of the category-tree suits quite well for this task.

The navigation-tree of AxCMS.net is based on categories, so the navigation-tree is entirely a subtree of general category-tree. Sites and assets will be assigned to navigation-points, so that navigation-control recognizes, which site or which asset must be opened, if navigation-point is clicked.

User rights

User rights need tree counterparts: a user has a rigth for an object. At a theoretical number of objects it is meaningful to group the objects, respectively to capture a tree-relation for a group of objects.

The rights-system in AxCMS.net is hence based on categories. If a user has some rights for a category, it means the user has all the rights for the object, which are assigned to this category. As the navigation-points are not different from categories, rights can be given for navigation-points just like for individually created categories.

Personalized Web-Shops

In AxCMS.net, Live-System customers can be managed as members. They are objects and can be categorized as desired.

The customers can be classified to categories like „New customer”, „Main customer” and „Premium customer”. Discount groups and price calculations can be assigned to the current customers over the according categories.

So, also completely individual catalogues can be made to all customers.

Registration of customers' data

The most cost-saving way to register customer data, is to let them do it themselves. With AxCMS.net it can be implemented simply and practically.

First a category „Customers” with subcategories will be made, which presents the single customers, for example customers attached to categories „Issue Type” (with subcategories „Mistake”, „New Feature”, „Extension” and „Task”) and „Issue State” (with subcategories „Unsighted”, „Under work” and „Done”). An issue can be realized as a CMS-site.

Customers will log into CMS and create a new site. Therewith they will fill out with required information according to the sites outline. By attaching the site to any Customer-category, Issue Type category or to Issue Status category, you will let the Standard-Filter for sites to use AxCMS.net, to search for issues. User rights are given so, that the customers cannot change the sites in state „ Under work” or „Done”.

Related offers/References

„You have ordered article XYZ, so next offers would interest you …”. Surely you know such messages from different Web-Shops. Subsequent to this, a list of articles, which match your interests amazingly good will be presented.

The creation of these lists in AxCMS.net will be made by using categories. Related articles are classified under one category and the listmodule of AxCMS.net will generate its elements over these categories.

In the same way, lists of refences, invitation-texts, technical documents and other context sensitive article-sites in web-shop or product catalogues can be offered.

Dynamic Contact Forms

In AxCMS.net, editors without any HTML - or programming knowledge can integrate contact formulas to websites fast and easily. For editors, AxCMS.net makes work over categories easier:

For example, if you want to add a dropdown of countries to the registration form, a category „Country list” will be made and under that subcategories for every country. Editor assigns to the drop down-menu the category „Country list” and the drop down will show subcategories. The same way, radio button-lists or checkbox-lists are generated.