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devguru
04-10-2006, 03:50 AM
I never wrote php code before until I wanted my vbulletin forum to have tagging support, At the time (March 2006), tagging plugins for vBulletin were virtually nonexistent. Hunting around the web, the only thing I could find was boardtracker.com with phpbb support and doesn’t come built into forum.

So I figured “it’s just a little php – I can do it.” Many, many hours later, I had a initial version to release into my forum last month with below core features:

* Tag any thread with an unlimited number of tags(use spaces to separate tags,ajax with no refresh page,autocomplete)
* List all the tags associated with an thread
* List all threads tagged with a given tag
* List top 5 tags associated with an thread in forumdisplay thread list
* Generate a popular tag cloud or simple tag list in any period (1 day, 1 week, ...)
* Generate a top tag contribution user cloud in any period (1 day, 1 week, ...)
...

Since that time, I’ve been too busy to consider contributing this feature to vbulletin community. To publish this feature as plugin , I’m aware of some homework to be done :
* transfer Chinese to english
* adminstration and configuration UI in control panel
* clear a number of bugs and annoyances to much simpler and beautiful code.

I like to know it's meaningful to support this plugin in the vBulletin community.

see screenshot (I am sorry it's Chinese)

hambil
04-10-2006, 04:24 AM
I've actually considered writing a tagging solution myself - like what google mail has. I'm glad I didn't now - since you did :) I definately think it's a good idea, and I look foward to seeing what you do with it.

GetGamer.com
04-18-2006, 10:45 PM
This would be awesome! Tag clouds are a fantastic way to gauge what people are thinking about and discussing.

SHANE-D-PAIN
04-19-2006, 09:08 AM
Not to mention good for SEO and making things look pretty. :)

Can't wait for this to be completed. Drop me a PM and I'll test it for ya. ;)

Rehan
04-19-2006, 09:21 AM
Since that time, I?ve been too busy to consider contributing this feature to vbulletin community. To publish this feature as plugin , I?m aware of some homework to be done :
* transfer Chinese to english
* adminstration and configuration UI in control panel
* clear a number of bugs and annoyances to much simpler and beautiful code. How much work is required in transfering it from Chinese to English? I can help with some of the subsequent work, but I'd have to find someone else to do that first step.

Gord
04-21-2006, 10:10 AM
Yeah - I really want a tag cloud solution too.

devguru
04-21-2006, 02:00 PM
thanks all of your support , i like to release this plugin for your testing and helping in this week, and thank SHANE-D-PAIN for your message to tell me about that, i almost forget it.

I have released it as version 0.1.0 at :

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=113746

, thank all of your support .