Tag Search

[huike]

Originally Posted by Videx

No, I think post tags are mostly supposed to assist a forum search. e.g. A post about a red impala might never be found unless it had a tag that doesn't appear in the post itself - "chevrolet".

But it takes a lot of work to think about tags as you make a post. I've tried to add them to my stickys, but without an integrated search I don't know that they help.

Thanks. My concern is for the users who find the tag box to fill, wonder what it is for and why are they supposed to do the supplementary work... I've disabled it.

[ihstiv]

This is a critical feature for my forums. We have the option to do a regular search, and a tag search - how hard could it be to include the 'tag' DB field in the regular search? I'm not an SQL guru so maybe it is hard?

[Videx]

Originally Posted by huike

Thanks. My concern is for the users who find the tag box to fill, wonder what it is for and why are they supposed to do the supplementary work...

Yes, if your members are mentally challenged the tags box may send them over the edge.