Forum Display Enhancements - Tag Cloud on Forumdisplay

This mod was originally written by ThorstenA. The original thread is here.

I have permission to release this upgraded version of the mod from the author here:

Originally Posted by ThorstenA

I'd be very glad if you would publish your changed mod in the vb 4 section. (I wrote that this mod is completely free already here). I am not interested in being named as the author, having the functionality - so that it works with vb4 - is far more important to me

What does this product do?
It displays a tag cloud of all tags used within actual forums on top of FORUMDISPLAY.



How to install?
Just import product. Done.

How to uninstall?
Just deinstall product. If you did either template edit below, then undo the template edit.


Optional: To also only show threads within actual forums once a user clicks on a tag on showthread: (removed since not possible in 4.x).


How to change location of tag cloud box?

1) Find this code from manage plugins > plugin forumdisplay_start (Forum Tags)

PHP Code:

    $find = '<div id="above_threadlist" class="above_threadlist">';
    $vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY'] = str_replace($find,$cloud_html.$find,$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY']); 


and replace with this code:

PHP Code:

    vB_Template::preRegister('FORUMDISPLAY', array('cloud_html' => $cloud_html)); 


2) Put {vb:raw cloud_html} in FORUMDISPLAY where you want to show tag cloud.


Details

* no options available yet
* uses standard tag options made in admincp > tags
* Does not add phrases, templates.
* It uses standard tag cloud template, but shows it on FORUMDISPLAY
* Tag cloud is only shown in actual forum when tags were used
* threads tagged within subforums are not shown
* Tag cloud is automatically placed above the threadlist
* Tag links are altered to let tags be searchable by forum (not possible in 4.x)
* Tags.php has a new option forumid to only show tags from specific forums (not possible in 4.x)
* If you click on a tag, only topics within actual forum are displayed (not possible in 4.x)
* Tag size is dependent on how many threads are tagged only within actual forum
* Adds 1 query to forumdisplay

Version history

2009-12-04 - version 0.4 - First release that works with vB4 by Lynne (pre 4.0.1)
2010-01-26 - version 0.5 - Fixed problem with tags having single apostophes in them. Created a new template to display the tag cloud at the top of forumdisplay (looks the same as bottom templates and will collapse). Fixed issue where css is stored as a file. (4.0.1)
2010-10-22 - version 0.6 - Modified template due to changes in 4.0.8 (4.0.8)

[RedFoxy]

there is a way to have tags on the CMS?

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by RedFoxy

there is a way to have tags on the CMS?

I would guess so. Tags are created by just doing a query. So, you write a php widget with a query in it that spits out a bunch of tags.

[ashley76]

Wow is this something you are planning to do (hint, hint, wink, wink)

[Lynne]

I am not, no. I don't have time at the moment to write any new mods.

[DivineMessenger]

I completed all of the steps but no tag cloud. I even enabled it and added the code in the forumhome file... could it be because I have no posts yet? lol

[Brew]

Your mod is working great

But the cloud only shows in alphabetical order. I know this is a vB thing, but can you tell me how to make it display most used?

Thanks!

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by Brew

Your mod is working great

But the cloud only shows in alphabetical order. I know this is a vB thing, but can you tell me how to make it display most used?

Thanks!

It does display the most used tags in that forum. There is a sort line further in the code that sorts them in the plugin using the forumdisplay_start hook location:

PHP Code:

uksort($tags, 'strnatcasecmp'); 


You can try removing it and see if you get what you want then.

[cagbaazee]

Thanks, will check it and post my review here.

[Dutch_Boy]

Working without problems

Sorry for saying its not working.

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by Dutch_Boy

Not working for 4.0.6 It wont install at all.

I just installed it on my 4.0.6 test site and it installs and works just fine.