Is this possible to do?

[XYZ500]

Originally Posted by Lynne

If you want to add your own tags and make them 'stay' there, you would need to edit the template and add them manually.

To find the template to modify, do this - vboptions > General Settings > Add Template Name in HTML Comments > set to Yes . Then go back to your page and view the source code and you will see the name of the template called around your part of the code. (Sometimes the template is the one mentioned at the very top of the page source.)

I did this part: "To find the template to modify, do this - vboptions > General Settings > Add Template Name in HTML Comments > set to Yes ."

I couldn't understand how to do the rest. So I went to adminCP > vBa CMPS > Edit modules > Popular Tags. And I took screenshot of everything on that page. Please let me know what to edit to make the tags permanent on the homepage.

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--------------- Added [DATE]1415799014[/DATE] at [TIME]1415799014[/TIME] ---------------

Originally Posted by Lynne

If you want to add your own tags and make them 'stay' there, you would need to edit the template and add them manually.

To find the template to modify, do this - vboptions > General Settings > Add Template Name in HTML Comments > set to Yes . Then go back to your page and view the source code and you will see the name of the template called around your part of the code. (Sometimes the template is the one mentioned at the very top of the page source.)

I guess this is the tags template that needs to be edited to add my own tags that stay there.

This is tags.php file.

Where to enter my own tags here?

PHP Code:

<?php
/*======================================================================*\
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|| #################################################################### ||
\*======================================================================*/

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'tags');
define('CSRF_PROTECTION', true);
define('ALTSEARCH', true);


// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array('inlinemod', 'search', 'prefix');

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(
    'tagcloud',
    'iconcache'
);

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
    'humanverify',
    'optgroup',
    'search_common',
    'search_results',
    'search_results_postbit', // result from search posts
    'search_results_postbit_lastvisit',
    'threadbit', // result from search threads
    'threadbit_deleted', // result from deleted search threads
    'threadbit_announcement',
    'newreply_reviewbit_ignore',
    'threadadmin_imod_menu_thread',
    'threadadmin_imod_menu_post',
    'tag_cloud_link'
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(
    'cloud' => array(
        'tag_cloud_box',
        'tag_cloud_link',
        'tag_cloud_page'
    ),
    'tag' => array(
        'tag_search',
        'threadadmin_imod_menu_thread',
        'threadbit',
        'search_resultlist',
        'search_threadbit'
    )
);

if (empty($_REQUEST['do']))
{
    if (empty($_REQUEST['tag']))
    {
        $_REQUEST['do'] = 'cloud';
    }
    else
    {
        $_REQUEST['do'] = 'tag';
    }
}

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions.php');
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_bigthree.php');
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_forumdisplay.php');
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_search.php');
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_forumlist.php');
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_misc.php');
//new search stuff.
require_once(DIR . '/vb/search/core.php');
require_once(DIR . '/vb/legacy/currentuser.php');
require_once(DIR . '/vb/search/resultsview.php');


if (!$vbulletin->options['threadtagging'])
{
    print_no_permission();
}

($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('tags_start')) ? eval($hook) : false;

// #######################################################################
if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'cloud')
{
    require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_search.php');

    $tag_cloud = fetch_tagcloud('usage');

    $navbits = construct_navbits(array(
        '' => $vbphrase['tags'],
    ));
    $navbar = render_navbar_template($navbits);

    ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('tags_cloud_complete')) ? eval($hook) : false;

    $templater = vB_Template::create('tag_cloud_page');
        $templater->register_page_templates();
        $templater->register('navbar', $navbar);
        $templater->register('tag_cloud', $tag_cloud);
    print_output($templater->render());
}

// #######################################################################
if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'tag')
{

    $vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('r', array(
        'tag' => TYPE_NOHTML,
        'pagenumber' => TYPE_UINT,
        'perpage' => TYPE_UINT
    ));

    if (!$vbulletin->GPC['tag'])
    {
        standard_error(fetch_error('invalidid', $vbphrase['tag'], $vbulletin->options['contactuslink']));
    }

    $search_core = vB_Search_Core::get_instance();
    $current_user = new vB_Legacy_CurrentUser();

    $criteria = $search_core->create_criteria(vB_Search_Core::SEARCH_TAG);
    $criteria->add_tag_filter($vbulletin->GPC['tag']);

    $errors = $criteria->get_errors();
    if ($errors)
    {
        standard_error(fetch_error($errors[0]));
    }
    $results = null;
    $searchstart = microtime();
    if (!($vbulletin->GPC_exists['nocache'] AND $vbulletin->GPC['nocache']))
    {
        $results = vB_Search_Results::create_from_cache($current_user, $criteria);
    }

     if (!$results)
    {
        $results = vB_Search_Results::create_from_criteria($current_user, $criteria, 
            $search_core->get_tag_search_controller());
    }

    $base =  'tags.php?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] .
        'tag=' . $vbulletin->GPC['tag'] . '&amp;pp=' . $perpage;

    $navbits = array('search.php' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl_q'] => $vbphrase['search_forums']);
    $view = new vb_Search_Resultsview($results);
    $view->showpage($vbulletin->GPC['pagenumber'], $vbulletin->GPC['perpage'], $base, $navbits);
    exit;
}

/*======================================================================*\
|| ####################################################################
|| # Downloaded: 11:00, Thu Aug 14th 2014
|| # CVS: $RCSfile$ - $Revision: 54782 $
|| ####################################################################
\*======================================================================*/

[Lynne]

That templates are found in Style Manager > find your style > Edit Templates. I don't know they name of the group to expand if this is a vBAdvanced template.