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What is the MakerHub Sandbox?

The Sandbox is a special Admin sub-category which is used for testing and experimentation. Generally speaking, the Sandbox shouldn’t be used for articles intended for publication as any article (and post for that matter) may be saved as an unpublished draft while in-progress.

When should I use the Sandbox?

Generally speaking, you probably won’t need to. However, if you’re learning how to implement new Shortcodes or want to test the comment system without adding comments to actual articles, this is the place to go. Super administrators may also use the sandbox to test upcoming functionality.

Sandbox Etiquette

Just as when playing in any sandbox, keep your hands to yourself and clean up when you’re done. That said, if you make something you feel proud of or which you want to refer back to as reference, you may leave it published and others will respect your work. And of course, keep it professional.

What’s the difference?

The Resource Center has two means of categorization: categories and tags. Categories provide a formal, hierarchical organizational structure to Resource Center articles, while tags show informal relationships between articles. For instance, an article describing how to create stickers might formally be categorized under the Vinyl Cutter category, but may also be informally tagged as a “How To” guide.

How many can I use?

As a rule of thumb, articles should be organized under only one or two categories, but may have several tags. How many tags are too many tags? If you find yourself wondering, you should probably stop adding tags.

Creating new categories and tags

Categories are managed by Editors. If you find a need for a new category, submit the category request using the MakerHub Improvement Form.

Tags, however, may be created on the fly. Please use existing tags before creating new tags to avoid near duplicates (e.g. “How To” and “How To’s”)