Miscellaneous Hacks - Global Tag Cloud in Side Bar or Anywhere

What this plugin does

This plugin lets you call the tag cloud on any page. We wanted a tag cloud in a side column on our forum, and also the freedom to call it from within any template.

Live Demo

You can view the plugin in action on AdminFusion

Installation Instructions

1. Login in to the AdminCP -> Plugins and Products -> Manage Products
2. Click the Add/Import Product link at the bottom of the page and browse to the plugin's xml file.
3. Add the following variable where ever you want the tag cloud to appear:

$vbcloud

4. If you want to display just the cloud (i.e. without the category) open up the tag_cloud_search template and replace everything with the code below:

 
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != tags">
$cloud[links]
<else />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat">
		<div class="smallfont" style="float:$stylevar[right]"><phrase 1="$cloud[count]">$vbphrase[these_are_the_x_most_used_thread_tags]</phrase></div>
		$vbphrase[tag_cloud]
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="alt1" style="text-align:justify">$cloud[links]</td>
</tr>
</table>
</if>

Version Information:
1.01 -- Updated to make compatible with Vbulletin Blog
1.02 -- Script rewrite. Fixed time stamp issue, blog issue and other minor problems.
1.03

Now returns the most popular tags as opposed to the most searched for tags.
Some minor optimizations made.
Instructions revised (uses tag_cloud_box template instead of tag_cloud_search)

[Baldilocks]

You would have to make it part of the header like I have.....

[dSpotter]

Installed product...then put the code in one of the blocks in ultimate side columns and nothing shows up for me?

What am I doing wrong?

[Baldilocks]

I don't think Ultimate Side Colums recognizes PHP variables, only Javascript.

[markblair]

Originally Posted by TechGuy

I'm not sure if it's appropriate to upload this, so Mods feel free to delete it if it's not. I cleaned up the code a bit and managed to get the timezones to work. I won't promise that I didn't break something else in the process, and I don't claim to be a vB hack expert.

Mike, I had been having the same problem with the timezone being off and whatever you did fixed that. Thanks a ton!

[dSpotter]

Originally Posted by Baldilocks

I don't think Ultimate Side Colums recognizes PHP variables, only Javascript.

Oh okay...what a shame... Had wanted to use this...

[CThiessen]

Hi,
I did not managed to put at in one of the "usc_block" Templates.
But is is working in the "usc_sidecolumn_left" Template so I add the code there.
I do have now the Blocks on the left side and under that a "Free flying" Tag Cloud. But I think it is looking good in my Style.

The Code in the End of the "usc_sidecolumn_left" Template:

........
$tag_cloud 

</tbody>
</if>
</table>

<br>

<td width="0" valign="top"><img src="clear.gif" border="0" width="0" />
</td>

See how it looks like: http://brasil-web.de/forum

Grrtings
Christian

[jhamaican]

This hack is working great, except that when the new tags are posted, the links go to blizzardforums.net/tags.php instead of blizzardforums.net/forums/tags.php. What would i edit to fix this problem? I am using automatic tags if that makes any difference.

[jhamaican]

It works great when you are at my forums in blizzardforums.net , but I am used VBAdvanced and it the my main index.php is in my root directory and not my /forums/ directory so on my blizzardforums.net main page the tags point to blizzardforums.net/tags.php instead of blizzardforums.net/forums/tags.php.

Any help appreciated, thanks!

[lafsunlmtd]

new version should be uploaded soon

[jhamaican]

would it be possible to have the links redirect from the base so /../forums/tags.php because i use this outside of my forums directory and this causes the tag links to not work