Comparing Collections, Menus, Taxonomy, and List Summary

A menu, a collection, a taxonomy, and the ListSummary function are similar in that they let you add a list of links to a Web page. The following table compares these features to help you understand which one is best suited to your needs.

Note: To implement these features, the assistance of a developer is required.

	Collection	Menu	List Summary	Taxonomy
Display all content in a folder. As folder’s content changes, display changes.		(folder items appear on a menu)
Can display all content in a folder’s subfolders
Display selected content
Display external hyperlinks & library assets
Display content summary (optional)
Display additional content information: comment last modified date start date end date user who last edited it ID number path relative to your site’s root
Can be multi-leveled
Main purpose is navigation
Main purpose is classification

For a detailed guide to Ektron CMS400.NET navigation, see the “Best Practice – Navigation for your Web site pamphlet,” available from http://dev.ektron.com/uploadedFiles/Resources/navigation%20best%20practice.pdf.