vBulletin CMS Widgets - Animated Flash Tags Widget , Flash Tag Cloud

Flash Tag Cloud

Released 6/3/2010
By Vikas - http://www.ngcoders.com
Demo - http://www.roboticsindia.com , Look at left sidebar

Installation

• Goto Admincp->vBullietin CMS->Widgets->Create New Widget
• Choose PHP Direct Execution as Widget's Type
• Place a Title. eg Upcoming Events. Keep it short as this is what will appear as title on your pages.
• Click Save
• Click Configure on the right of the new created widget.
• Remove the default code that appears. Be sure to not leave behind even a single letter.
• Copy and Paste the code that you can find below.
• Leave the template name as is (vbcms_widget_execphp_page)
• Click Save
• Goto Admincp->vBullietin CMS->Layout Manager
• Click Go on the Default Layout
• Add the Widget to your Layout
• Click Save
• Download the attached tagcloud.zip and extract it.
• Upload tagcloud.swf to root directory of your vbulletin install
• That's all !!

PHP Code

PHP Code:


$flashWidth  = 330;
$flashHeight = 330;
$flashPath = 'tagcloud.swf';
$flashBackgroundColor = 'ffffff';
$tagCount = 30;
$tagMaxSize = 16;
$tagMinSize = 8;

// Colors are in hex
$data['tcolor'] = '0x000000';
$data['tcolor2'] = '0x336699';
$data['hicolor'] = '0x000000';
$data['speed'] = 100;
$data['distr'] = 'true';
$data['mode'] = 'tags';

$contentTypes = array(2=>'tags.php?tag=',15=>'blog.php?tag=');

/* No Editing Below This Line*/

global $vbulletin;

// %d

$query = sprintf("SELECT Tag.tagid, Tag.tagtext, TagContent.contenttypeid, COUNT( TagContent.tagid ) AS count FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."tag AS Tag LEFT JOIN ".TABLE_PREFIX."tagcontent AS TagContent ON ( Tag.tagid = TagContent.tagid ) GROUP BY TagContent.tagid ORDER BY count DESC LIMIT %d",$tagCount);

$qtags = vB::$db->query_read($query);

while($tag = vB::$db->fetch_array($qtags)) {
    $tags[] = $tag;
    $tagSize[$tag['tagtext']] = $tag['count'];
}

// largest and smallest array values
$maxQty = max(array_values($tagSize));
$minQty = min(array_values($tagSize));

$spread = $maxQty - $minQty;
if ($spread == 0) {
        $spread = 1;
}

$step = ($tagMaxSize - $tagMinSize) / ($spread);

// make the tag cloud
$tagsHTML  = "";
foreach ($tags as $tag)
{
    $size = round($tagMinSize + (($tag['count'] - $minQty) * $step));
    $text = $tag['tagtext'];

    $url = $vbulletin->options['homeurl'].'/'.$contentTypes[$tag['contenttypeid']].urlencode($tag['tagtext']);
    $tagsHTML .= "<a href='$url' style='$size'>$text</a>";
}

$data['tagcloud'] = '<tags>'.$tagsHTML.'</tags>';

$flashVars = "";

foreach($data as $var=>$val)
{
    $flashVars .= (empty ($flashVars))?'':'&amp;';
    $flashVars .= "$var=".urlencode($val);
}

ob_start();
?>
<embed width="<?php echo $flashWidth;?>" height="<?php echo $flashHeight;?>" flashvars="<?php echo $flashVars;?>" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" bgcolor="#<?php echo $flashBackgroundColor;?>" name="vbCloudFlash" id="vbCloudFlash" style="" src="<?php echo $vbulletin->options['homeurl'].'/'.$flashPath;?>" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"/>
<?php

$content = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

$output = $content;

It is based on WP-Cumulus , to change settings please refer to this page -

http://www.roytanck.com/2009/03/11/h...us-shortcodes/

[dealzoid]

as the title states, tag cloud in sidebar, animated, forum page, getting tags from threads.
I hope others find this useful.

www.dealzoid.com

[webmaster74]

Originally Posted by dealzoid

as the title states, tag cloud in sidebar, animated, forum page, getting tags from threads.
I hope others find this useful.

www.dealzoid.com

yes, but only using ascii chars.........

[webmaster74]

dealzoid wrote : just curious, what do you want it to display?

well non-ascii characters.... such as : J'aime la langue de Moli?re ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[trophyrider]

You can add this as a forum block as seen on my website:
http://www.sporttouring.us

Go to forum block manager in admincp, add a forum block, paste the php code into the block, make sure php/direct execution is ticked, save. Upload the swf file to your vb root directory.

[SSG.D]

Works as is out of the box on 4.0.8 Thank you for your work. http://www.masterofwar.net/content.php All I had to do was adjust the size from 330 to 200

Just on 4.1.0 and up I get all the errors . But then again that's building a site from scratch with not much of any tags to draw from.. So I will give it another go on 4.1.2 after I build more content with tags.

Thanks again for your work and to the crew that made the swf file!

[SSG.D]

Update: The Number of tags you have associated with your forum is everything and can produce many types of errors. So if your building a new forum adjust your tag count, as your forum grows and tags grows you can always adjust it up. See tagCount below

PHP Code:

$flashWidth  = 200;
$flashHeight = 200;
$flashPath = 'tagcloud.swf';
$flashBackgroundColor = 'ffffff';
$tagCount = 8;
$tagMaxSize = 16;
$tagMinSize = 8; 


This Mod works just fine with VB 4.1.1 and 4.1.2

Remember you may need to clear your CMS cache and Clear your Browser History after you make adjustments. This Prevents Hair Loss

[WNYorker]

Thanks jpwilliams! Worked for me 2.

[cuocsongso]

It's blank.
When I right click on flash. It say "movies not loaded".
What happen. I use 4.1

[amd2010]

thanx man

but i think this mod don't work in Arabic forums

can use other Character

[nick221]

Any sites that have this on that I could take a look at? Thanks