Tags 1.8

**Nick** · 08-13-2009, 06:51 AM

Tags
Version: 1.8
Author: Nick Ramsay
Created: 2009/07
Last Updated: 2010/06/10
Tested on: Hotaru 1.3.0
Plugins Required: Submit 1.9
Plug & Play: Yes
Supported: Yes

Description
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With this plugin you can add tags, see them on posts, filter posts by tag, and view an RSS feed for each tag.

Instructions
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1. Upload the "tags" folder to your plugins folder.
2. Install it from Plugin Management in Admin.
3. Enable tags for posts in Admin -> Submit

Revision History
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v.1.8 2010/06/10 - Alan - Added admin settings page, exclusion tag words for list and post page
v.1.7 2010/05/22 - Nick - Fix for home page title tags and moved Tag RSS from SB Base into this plugin
v.1.6 2010/04/14 - Nick - Top stories page name changed from "index" to "popular"
v.1.5 2010/02/20 - Nick - Meta description and keywords added for browsing tag pages
v.1.4 2009/12/28 - Nick - Updated for compatibility with Hotaru 1.0
v.1.3 2009/11/26 - Nick - Filter tag cloud to tags from "top" and "new" posts only. Added a cache.
v.1.2 2009/11/25 - Nick - Changes so you can get tags without a wrapper div and ul.
v.1.1 2009/11/04 - Nick - Updated install function for easier upgrading
v.1.0 2009/10/27 - Nick - Added tag cloud page and tag cloud widget
v.0.9 2009/10/18 - Nick - Bug fix for lost settings when Submit reactivated
v.0.8 2009/10/15 - Nick - Bug fixes for slashed apostrophes
v.0.7 2009/10/14 - Nick - Changed tags to show in a hidden div
v.0.6 2009/10/06 - Nick - Updates for compatibility with Hotaru 0.7
v.0.5 2009/10/01 - Nick - Updates for compatibility with Hotaru 0.6
v.0.4 2009/08/30 - Nick - Added a function to delete tags when a post is deleted
v.0.3 2009/08/28 - Nick - Updates for compatibility with Hotaru 0.5
v.0.2 2009/08/19 - Nick - Minor changes for compatibility with other plugins.
v.0.1 2009/08/13 - Nick - Released first version

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**davidshq** · 10-08-2009, 03:36 AM

How are you handling multiple word tags? e.g. "software as a service", "michael arrington", "hard drive"?
Dave.

**Nick** · 10-08-2009, 05:06 AM

Anything before the next comma is considered part of the same word, so software as a service, michael arrington, hard drive is three tags. The downside is that if someone doesn't use commas, it all becomes one long tag.

**davidshq** · 10-08-2009, 10:57 PM

hmm...maybe it would make sense to add a prompt if people enter tags over x (3?) words long, "Did you know you need to separate your keywords with a comma? Press Yes if you are happy with your tags or no if want add commas to your keywords"
Dave

**JonH** · 10-11-2009, 06:23 AM

I noticed there isn't a max character count in the textarea for version 0.6. but if you put too many it does give you an error message on submit step 3.

I seen "max_tags" in tags.php but couldn't figure out where to change it in admin - my tags plugin doesn't have a settings page.

**Nick** · 10-11-2009, 10:04 AM

The Tags plugin adds a "Maximum characters" option to the Submit settings page. When you say error, do you mean a real error, or the red notice that you've used too many tags?

**JonH** · 10-12-2009, 12:58 AM

Originally Posted by Nick

The Tags plugin adds a "Maximum characters" option to the Submit settings page. When you say error, do you mean a real error, or the red notice that you've used too many tags?

It was the red notice.

**JonH** · 11-22-2009, 06:30 AM

The "latest stories" tags show up but when clicked on it goes to a blank page.
e.g.
http://demo.hotarucms.org/tag/augmented_reality/

It does show up on the RSS though.

**Nick** · 11-22-2009, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by JonH

The "latest stories" tags show up but when clicked on it goes to a blank page.

I opened a ticket for this, looked into it and decided it's not a bug, but a feature!

The reason those tags don't show up is because it defaults to the "Popular" tab, but those tags (and categories, too) don't yet have "popular" posts because the site is so new. You can see them by clicking the "Latest" or "All" sort tabs. It should make more sense when the site has more content.

I guess we could change it to default to the "All" tab, but I quite like presenting the best quality posts first, though it does suck if there aren't any!