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

[abramelin]

here are the things that i stucked
1-firstly the navbar edits are in the header template in my style. is this okey?
i am making all the edits to header like in the readme file (navbar edits) but the quick search form and nav bar tag link isnt showing
2-there is no $navbar in my SHOWTHREAD template so where will i put the $zointstags
3-i am still having problems with the replacements. turkish chars arent showing well.

[Neal-UK]

Any way I can manually adjust the Tags search box on this skin: http://www.sightings-uk.com/forum.php

It's plonked it under the navbar, to the left.

[magnus]

Hrm. Starting with v1.2.0, when clicking on one of the popular tag links, it correctly displays the threads with the selected tag, however, when clicking on the thread it links to the forum root -- not the respective thread.

This is on a vanilla test board with only Zoints hacks (anon, seo, tags).

[Zoints]

Originally Posted by magnus

Hrm. Starting with v1.2.0, when clicking on one of the popular tag links, it correctly displays the threads with the selected tag, however, when clicking on the thread it links to the forum root -- not the respective thread.

This is on a vanilla test board with only Zoints hacks (anon, seo, tags).

Hi Magnus,

That's due to Zoints SEO (or the lack of a hook in the new display). A fix has been posted here: http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=2103

Sorry for the trouble.

[magnus]

Originally Posted by DChapman

Hi Magnus,

That's due to Zoints SEO (or the lack of a hook in the new display). A fix has been posted here: http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=2103

Sorry for the trouble.

Eeeeeexcellent.

I was deep in the PHP trying to find out why $thread[threadid] wasn't being passed. Of course I went all complex when it could've been fixed with such a simple conditional. :nervous:

Thanks, David.. for your help and for all the great hacks! :up:

[Zoints]

Originally Posted by Neal-UK

Any way I can manually adjust the Tags search box on this skin: http://www.sightings-uk.com/forum.php

It's plonked it under the navbar, to the left.

You'll need to turn off the automatic template edits by the looks of it. Directions from the readme:

The Zoints Thread Tags System tries to automatically apply these template edits. If they
are not working for you (ie: you have a heavily modified style), then you may need to
apply the following changes manually.

If you want to DISABLE the automatic template edits for whatever reason, then you can do so
by going to the Admin Control Panel:

Plugins & Products > Plugin Manager

Find the plugin titled "Zoints Thread Tags (automatic template edits)" and uncheck "Active",
then click "Save Active Status" at the bottom of the page.

Then just follow the manual template edits in the readme.

[abramelin]

Originally Posted by abramelin

here are the things that i stucked
1-firstly the navbar edits are in the header template in my style. is this okey?
i am making all the edits to header like in the readme file (navbar edits) but the quick search form and nav bar tag link isnt showing
2-there is no $navbar in my SHOWTHREAD template so where will i put the $zointstags
3-i am still having problems with the replacements. turkish chars arent showing well.

still waiting for your support dchapman.

[magnus]

Originally Posted by abramelin

here are the things that i stucked
1-firstly the navbar edits are in the header template in my style. is this okey?
i am making all the edits to header like in the readme file (navbar edits) but the quick search form and nav bar tag link isnt showing
2-there is no $navbar in my SHOWTHREAD template so where will i put the $zointstags
3-i am still having problems with the replacements. turkish chars arent showing well.

1. Yes, that's fine.

2. You can put it wherever you want. Fit it in with your style.

3. Ok, you got me there.

[friendly]

Hi David, I went back to the token link and now it says, "You do not have sufficient privileges to view this page."

[Zoints]

Originally Posted by friendly

Hi David, I went back to the token link and now it says, "You do not have sufficient privileges to view this page."

Did you get through the forum registration process at http://zoints.com/forum.z ? I don't show your forum as being registered