Integration with vBulletin - Zoints Thread Tags - GREAT for SEO

Demo:

http://network.zoints.com/tags

If you choose to send tags to Zoints (optional) you can see what we do with them and how we send you traffic and nice inbound links: http://zoints.com

A great article on the importance of tagging can be read here.

The Zoints Thread Tags System will improve forum side search, SEO, and traffic for forums that choose to utilize it. And in my opinion, it's just plain cool

When a member creates a new thread, they can now input a series of "tags". Tags are simply keywords that describe the thread.



If you then go to your-forum.com/tags you will be presented with what is called a "tag cloud". The more times a tag is used, the larger the text grows. As you can see, the tags are also searchable.



Clicking on one of the tags in the cloud then lists all of the threads that are tagged with that particular keyword. The default option lists tags in a forumdisplay format. There is an option in the admincp to use a simple format.



Clicking on the thread title of one of the above threads then takes you to the thread. If you have the option on, the tags the thread are tagged with are also listed above the thread. Clicking one of those tags takes you to all the threads on the forum tagged with the same tag. Search engine spiders are going to have a field day with this



The thread starter and moderation staff have a slightly different view which allows for administration of tags:



The forum's tags are also searchable via the search dropdown. The advanced search option allows for a variety of additional criteria to be seached for. Your members create a whole new (and highly efficient) forum search engine!



If you have the option on in the admincp and register your forum, once every hour, your tagged threads in publically viewable forums are linked via the corresponding interest tag on the Zoints Forum Network. For example, if you go to http://zoints.com/tag/children you will see what is pictured below. Not only is this a great relevant inbound link for SEO, but you will get traffic from Zoints direct to these threads!

Another example of this in action: http://zoints.com/tag/music




The admincp options

















Official support for this modification will be at http://network.zoints.com in this forum.


Change log:
2008/05/01 - 1.2.3
* vBulletin CSRF Protocol Compatible
2007/12/24 - 1.2.2
* Security patch

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

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

2006/10/02 - 1.1.2
* Bugfix: Foreign language characters in thread description
* Bugfix: Commas showing up when removing first tag in showthread via ajax
* Removing some redundancy in the tags AJAX removal

2006/09/30 - 1.1.1
* Bugfix: Preventing all HTML from being parsed inside tag descriptions

2006/09/30 - 1.1.0
* Adding and deleting tags from showthread via AJAX
* Mass-deleting single tags from entire cloud for admins
* Automatically generate tags for older threads (with option to show or hide on main cloud)
* Automatically stripping out tiny (2 or less characters) tags

2006/09/28 - 1.0.8
* Minor bugfix

2006/09/28 - 1.0.7
* Bugfix for required tagging

2006/09/28 - 1.0.6
* Character replacements
* Tag limit per thread
* Option to require tags for a thread
* Bugfix where stopwords may not have worked properly
* Bugfix for vBSEO / main cloud not showing up

2006/09/xx - 1.0.5
* Unreleased dev build

2006/09/23 - 1.0.4
* Ability to add multiple tags via showthread.php
* Ability to exclude certain forums from utilizing tags
* Addition of custom hook for developers to change thread urls

2006/09/21 - 1.0.3
* Ability to add and remove tags from showthread.php
* Bugfix for older versions of mysql

2006/09/21 - 1.0.2
* Small bugfix

2006/09/20 - 1.0.1
* Showing tags list on showthread.php

2006/09/20 - 1.0.0
* Initial release

[perfphysio]

Originally Posted by SaN-DeeP

2 questions:
Where are tags stored ? In case we might require to uninstall the modification in future.

How can you add tags to old threads ?

Thanks

Yeah I dont understand the concept of tagging old threads? With what? As each thread would require individual tags (words) I am not sure what this means? Can you please provide a better explanation on this one before I click on this option in the admin.

many thanks

[wcbryant]

Originally Posted by NeutralizeR

Plugin Manager > Zoints Thread Tags (automatic template edits) > Disable

Follow README.TXT file.

Doesn't directly address my question, but I'll infer from the simplicity of the response that "tries to automatically apply these template edits" implies that these edits are done on the fly somehow, and therefore don't appear in the templates. Rather than the more obvious read on it that at the time of installation, the actual templates are edited with the new code.

Thanks, I guess, if I'm understanding what you're not saying.

[NeutralizeR]

Originally Posted by wcbryant

Doesn't directly address my question, but I'll infer from the simplicity of the response that "tries to automatically apply these template edits" implies that these edits are done on the fly somehow, and therefore don't appear in the templates. Rather than the more obvious read on it that at the time of installation, the actual templates are edited with the new code.

Thanks, I guess, if I'm understanding what you're not saying.

It's better to disable the auto template edits and apply them manually if you have a heavily customized style. You can find more information about them in the README file.

Sorry, i was sleepy last night.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

yikes...got this error when I try to view a thread after upgrade!!
runing vb3.6.0

had to disable zoints tags system to work again.
heaaallpp!
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Fatal error: Call to undefined function: init() in /home/clantsu/public_html/forums/showthread.php(2006) : eval()'d code on line 37

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

yikes...got this error when I try to view a thread after upgrade!!
runing vb3.6.0

had to disable zoints tags system to work again.
heaaallpp!
=====

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: init() in /home/clantsu/public_html/forums/showthread.php(2006) : eval()'d code on line 37

nvm. I'm a moron. forgot to upload some of the new
files.
doh!

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by DChapman

1. It is sent every hour via cronjob. Check zoints.com/tag/Your-Tag-Here and see if the thread is listed.

2. That would require disabling the automatic install and doing manual templates.

3. Not at this time. Maybe in the future, i'm not sure yet.

2. its already there. I want to move it. can you tell me what to look for and which template?

[AyeCapn]

:banana:

1.1.1 looks awesome! Thanks Dave

[Zoints]

Sorry for the delay in responding folks. I've been a bit under the weather lately.

NeutralizeR, your bugs will be fixed in 1.1.2 which should be up in a few hours. Good catch on the first tag removal bug, I totally missed that one

[Zoints]

1.1.2 is now available for download.

2006/10/02 - 1.1.2
* Bugfix: Foreign language characters in thread description
* Bugfix: Commas showing up when removing first tag in showthread via ajax
* Removing some redundancy in the tags AJAX removal

Please overwrite files and product to upgrade.

[perfphysio]

My Tags plug is the only thing that does not display on the migration of my navbar to display on vBadvanced. Has anyone else had a problem with getting the tags links to display on the navbar and in the search drop down when using the vBadvanced interface?