That's fixed in the new version :)

1.1.3 has been released which fixes showthread ajax bug. Sorry for the trouble.

wow, this sure looks neat *tags*

Major Update - Zoints Tags 1.2

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback for this next version. Special thanks go out to Buro9.

Changelog

2006/10/19 - 1.2.0
* Option to display results as threads
* Advanced search page
* Popular tag cloud pagination
* Popular tags displayed in forums
* Option to display tags in showthread at the top/bottom
* Fix for vbadvanced products navbar links
* Other minor fixes and tweaks

Upgrade Instructions

1. Upload all files
2. Import new product and select "yes" to overwrite.

The new features

When you go to the admincp options for the thread tags, you are now presented with the option to display tag results in a forumdisplay format:

http://img3.zoints.com/forums/tags/t6.png


When that is selected (it is the default now), then your tag results will look much like your forum display as seen below:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2008/05/1.png

This is exciting, because you now have a near infinite number of virtual forums with highly relevant threads within your forum. The SEO implications are enormous.


Two more options in the admincp are shown below.

http://img3.zoints.com/forums/tags/t7.png


As you can see in the dropdown, you now have the option to have a tag cloud above threads on forumdisplay.php, below threads on forumdisplay.php, or off. The same goes for the tags on showthread. The image below is an example of the tag cloud below threads on forumdisplay. Please note that these are tags just for that specific forum. So you now have forum by forum tag clouds :cool:

http://img3.zoints.com/forums/tags/t2.png


We now allow for you to have a "popular tag cloud" pagination. You set the number of pages to display :)

http://img3.zoints.com/forums/tags/t5.png


We have implemented a powerful "advanced" search for tags. This is especially exciting in that the search is very efficient. This was tested on a big board with over 400,000 theads. Each thread was autotagged yet searches took less than a second whereas normal searches bog down. In other words, if your members tag threads well, then you now have a much more efficient, human generated search engine.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2008/05/1.png


You can search to see what tags a member has used, tagged threads with more than X replies, and all the other advanced search functionality. :cool:

http://img3.zoints.com/forums/tags/t4.png

Enjoy!

Wow, the new changes look great.
It's getting hard to resist installing this.

Any chance of letting the admin assign usergroups tag editing permissions?
It seems like a great reward to give to "higher" usergroups.

Yes, i'm sure we'll be able to add that to a later build.

I also would rather my admin / moderation team be in charge of all things to do with tag creation... and not the users.

I am aware that his might be a 'small minded' view... and am willing to review it in future..but the forum I run is a technology based one and I dont want newbies tagging their misinformed posts as 'goldmines' of information.. I would prefer instead to have selected key threads tagged so that newcommers to the site are presented only with high quality, vetted information. I standby eagerly to try this once it can be made admin / moderator only.

Thanks very much

1.2.1 has been released. This is primarly a bugfix release:

2006/10/24 - 1.2.1
* Bugfix: breaking inline moderation when tag cloud below posts
* Bugfix: ajax input not working when tag cloud below posts
* Bugfix: seo hook effective for "results as threads" option
* Bugfix: Autogenerated tags have "quot" removed
* Bugfix: Automated template edit screwing up styles
* Improved instructions for manual template edits

Thanks for the great hack. Looks like this is the perfect hack for what I was looking for. I have a question - How would I add a tag automatically to a new thread link? something like this? what is the right syntax?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/newthread...wthread&f=112&tag=xxx

Also what is the syntax for searching based on a specific tag?

Thanks again for an awesome hack.

Chapman, do you work for Zoints? I've gotten e-mails from them before regarding their services, but this actually looks interesting.