I have this installed and working on my live board but I'm not seeing any changes in popular tags. Anyone else having this issue?

I have specifically searched and clicked tags over and over trying to get specific ones to grow in size and they wont change. The display seems to change on the default VB location for the tag cloud but doesn't seem to change on the cloud produced by this hack.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What are the custom styles and custom hooks that you specified in the settings for this mod?
Have you tried changing back to the default mod settings or reinstalling this mod (with allow overwrite)?

Hi vbboarder!

I specified my hook in this post. And I am using the latest version of your hack.

The hook you're using is a html comment in the forumhome template. It works fine for me.

If you want the tag cloud to go into the "what's going on" stats section, you need to specify this hook:
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If that doesn't work, then I need to know the custom style that you specified in this mod's settings page.

Important Note: If the syntax is invalid/ incorrect for the tags' custom styles, then the tags will not be styled correctly (ie: different sizes/ colors for popularity).

Does this mod create it's own template? I'd like to modify the look of the Tag Cloud a bit, if possible.

I just don't get it. I did every step, but nothing shows. I just don't understand what you mean by option 1. Can you make a specific example to explain what we do for step 1?

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Revised: So freakin' weird. I disable every piece of the tag cloud, then suddenly it starts to appear. So, I guess it's working now, but I don't understand how...

If you want to custom style the tag links, then enter the CSS styles in the VB Options page for the Forum VBA Tag Cloud settings.

If you want to custom style the box in which the tags are located, then edit the template 'tag_cloud_collapsedbox'. It's essentially the same as the VB template 'tag_cloud_box' but the tags are contained in a collapsible box.

If you want to change the words "Active Tags" & "Preferred Tags", you can use VB Phrase Manager to change them to whatever you want.

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If you want the tag cloud to appear in a specific location, make sure you read my 2nd post for detailed instructions.

Actually, I read your instructions, read every post, and still was confused at first. Honestly, in order for people to understand right away, you should make a specific example. I can understand why even a programmer would be confused at first.

Putting that aside, thank you for making this mod. It adds a little something. And thank you for answering the posts. :)

Hi!
2 Questions, I upgraded from tag cloud 1.0 and now I got the tag cloud over forum home even when its disabled (i disabled it to show only one tag cloud box), how can I fix that?
Second, how can I change the preffered and active clud color because it cand be read in my site color scheme (http://www.astrodestino.com.ar)
Thank you!

I still really don't get the whole hook location system. Can you give me an example of how to set a new hook up in a theme and attach this MOD to it?

you can find a hook in any template like -> $template_hook[forumhome_wgo_pos5]

I found a hook, and tried to enter it as an option. But then it wouldn't come up at all.

Make sure you read the 2nd post for hook selection tips & instructions. The first note says:

"You can find and place hooks in adv_portal, FORUMHOME, FORUMDISPLAY, & SHOWTHREAD templates. The hook must be $navbar, $template_hook, or a HTML comment (ie: $template_hook[place] or <!-- comment -->)."

This means that you go the VB Styles > Edit Templates > then review either the adv_portal (for vbAdvanced), FORUMHOME, FORUMDISPLAY (for pages listing threads), or SHOWTHREAD (for pages listing posts) for hooks that you can use.

As stated, the hook must be $navbar or something that starts with $template_hook or an html comment (which starts with <!-- and ends -->). Examples that were recently posted were: $template_hook[forumhome_wgo_pos5] and <!-- what's going on box --> These are FORUMHOME hooks so they won't work in the other pages (you must select different hooks for them).

The 2nd post give reasons to why a certain hook may not work (ie: if it occurs between <if> and </if> tags that evaluates to false). Hope these examples help.... don't know how else to clarify.

You can change the tag colors in VB Options > Custom Tag Clouds settings page using CSS styles syntax. For further help, you need to click "Marked as Installed" on this page.

Is this MOD working on vBulletin v3.8.0?

Yup, workin' fine without any problems ;)

Does this work with 3.7.4PL1? Cuz one of my MODs is apparently giving my members token errors, and this is one of them. I'm going to disable it and hope for an update for now.

Don't know how this mod is giving token errors, 'cause it uses VB's built-in tag cloud function to build the tag cloud (in other words, this mod calls a function that's written by VB). Also, I haven't received any other reports of token errors due to this mod.

NEW FEATURES: Social Group Tag Cloud (VB 3.8.0 or higher required)

1. A tag cloud for social group categories can be displayed anywhere in the site homepage (vbAdvanced) or forum homepage (forumhome). Similar to the forum tag cloud, the social group cloud resides in a collapsible box and the links can be custom styled to draw focus to specific groups (ie: if you have a new group that you want to promote).

2. Both the forum tag cloud and social group cloud can now be positioned in the left, right, or center blocks (download the VBA xml files). In earlier versions, the tag cloud could only be hooked to the adv_portal template.

To download, go to: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=201692

New version 2.0.5: Optimized code to create tag links. Created preselected hooks for forumhome.

This is not a critical update, but it will speed up creating tag links a little. Also, if you are having trouble selecting hooks for the tag cloud in forumhome, you should update since preselected hooks are now included for forumhome.

Updated: version 2.1.0 was just released. Fixed a potential conflict with other mods. It is recommended that you install this update.

How can i put the tag cloud in other sections of my site, for example, my index (which is not vbadvanced), wordpress blog, vbulletin archive, etc. it would be very helpful

You can not put the tag clouds in other parts of VB without customizing the code.... sorry, I do not support custom codes.

To put the tag cloud in non-vba portal pages, you need to enable tag clouds in VBA in VB Options > Custom Tag Clouds (even though you're not using VBA) and output globalize the variable $tag_cloud, similar to what VBA does. Don't know how you would do that in wordpress since I don't use that.

helo, i want to ask something.
tag cloud in forumdisplay,
is it display all the tag used in whole forum at forumdisplay OR display all tag used in CURRENT Forum at forumdisplay?

example:

tag cloud: global tag, tag from all forum
or
tag cloud: tag used in this forum, tag1 this forum, tag2 this forum