data modeling

Chapter 5. Content types and introduction to data modeling

  • 5.1 Overview
  • 5.2 Introducing content types
  • 5.3 Drupal’s default content types: Basic Page and Article
  • 5.4 Data modeling for content types
    • 5.4.1 Data vs metadata
    • 5.4.2 Content type vs. taxonomy
    • 5.4.3 When to merge similar content types
    • 5.4.4 File types vs. content types
    • 5.4.5 User profiles vs. content types
    • 5.4.6 Drupal-based considerations for determining content types
    • 5.4.7 Drupal’s “title” field vs real-world titles
  • 5.5 Preliminary data modeling for the example site