# Taxonomies exemple

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/taxonomies-exemple/5323>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [February 3, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/taxonomies-exemple/5323 "2017-02-03T06:38:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![GoodToBeUgly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GoodToBeUgly](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/GoodToBeUgly)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/taxonomies-exemple/5323/1 "2017-02-03T06:38:13Z")

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Hi everbody!  
I am a new Hugo user and I have a problem with understanding the use of taxonomies. Could someone share a sample configuration?  
If this is important I use Hugo v0.18.1 and [liquorice](http://themes.gohugo.io/liquorice/) theme

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**Author:** ![Beny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/beny/32/1897_2.png) [@Beny](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Beny)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/taxonomies-exemple/5323/2 "2017-02-03T19:40:38Z")

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Hi GoodToBeUgly  
Pls be more specific.  
Or you can look in the Themes / Git repo for simple examples.  
Maybe this [Theme](http://themes.gohugo.io/theme/bootie-docs) will help

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**Author:** ![GoodToBeUgly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GoodToBeUgly](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/GoodToBeUgly)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/taxonomies-exemple/5323/3 "2017-02-03T22:01:27Z")

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Thank for respond! 🙂  
I would use categories and tags on my blog. I chose the theme liquorice, look in to the code, and this theme supports categories and tags. But I don’t understand configuration method. I read about using taxonomies ([http://gohugo.io/taxonomies/usage/](http://gohugo.io/taxonomies/usage/)) but i don’t know where I should enter categories and tags, which I want to use.

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**Author:** ![GoodToBeUgly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GoodToBeUgly](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/GoodToBeUgly)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/taxonomies-exemple/5323/4 "2017-02-04T02:10:24Z")

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Ok, I check this theme and now everything is clear:). Thanks Beny!

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**Author:** ![lws](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/lws/32/1825_2.png) [@lws](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/lws)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/taxonomies-exemple/5323/5 "2017-02-04T08:06:03Z")

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It’s great that you solved your problem!

What kind of example would have helped you?

Is there some way we can improve the documentation to help people if they have the same question in the future?

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**Author:** ![ominty](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/ominty/32/2716_2.png) [@ominty](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/ominty)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/taxonomies-exemple/5323/6 "2017-02-04T11:53:49Z")

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[quote=“GoodToBeUgly, post:3, topic:5323”]  
but i don’t know where I should enter categories and tags, which I want to use.  
[/quote] I think this was the core of the question.  
The answer: You have to set them in the frontmatter of your pages.

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**Author:** ![samozzy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/samozzy/32/1861_2.png) [@samozzy](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/samozzy)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/taxonomies-exemple/5323/7 "2017-02-04T15:31:18Z")

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You’ve only answered half the question - the _where_ to configure the tags/categories.

The other half - the _which_ to use, categories or tags, is really up to the creator in my opinion, as long as you’re consistent. In my view, categories look at the type of post (blog, review, tutorial, etc.) while tags relate more closely with the content (for review, that could be things like ‘marvel’, ‘film’, ‘captain america’, etc.).

Further taxonomies are necessary based on the content that you’ve got. I think it’s difficult to talk about this is in such general terms.

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**Author:** ![lws](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/lws/32/1825_2.png) [@lws](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/lws)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/taxonomies-exemple/5323/8 "2017-02-04T19:17:24Z")

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There’s also the missing _third_ part of the question - your chosen theme’s support for tags, or categories.

For example, [`blackburn`](https://themes.gohugo.io/blackburn/) expects you to use tags. It doesn’t show categories at all.

You can change `blackburn` use categories by tinkering with files inside the `theme/blackburn/partials/` folder, but new users don’t necessarily know how to do that. (I didn’t, when I first started evaluating / using Hugo.)