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)

[Alfa1]

You said it quite clearly actually. I ran off to post a feature request here:
http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-10460

[sivaganeshk]

how can I post to individual thread ?

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by sivaganeshk

how can I post to individual thread ?

Sorry, I don't understand the question. The tag cloud gets shown on the forumdisplay page, not the showthread page.

[fluidswork]

Really great ............

[qubed]

I have this setup on vb4.1.2 and I turned on the plugin and made the tagbit alteration as well. Visually the tag cloud is working fine, however I am receiving the:

"you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:"

when I click on one of the tags in the cloud.

Any idea what I need to allow permission wise, if anything at all? I am the admin, so I figured there shouldn't be anything limiting being able to view tag searches after clicking on a tag in the cloud.

UDATE: Working fine - for those with similar issue, go to admincp--->vb options----->tagging options----->Enable Thread Tagging and make sure it is on.

[BadgerDog]

Installed 0.5 on vBulletin 4.04pl1 for testing with thanks ... :up:

Version 0.6 would not appear in forumdisplay, whereas 0.5 does ...

Also made change to template and turned ON addtional plugin ...

However, perhaps I'm misunderstanding the purpose of the above option because it doesn't seem to alter the display of threads.

My interpretation was that if I activated that option and a user clicks on a tag displayed within a forum that ONLY threads from that specific forum would be displayed? For us, it still shows threads from ALL forums where that tag appears?

I've checked the "tagbit" template twice and also made sure the plugin is ON, but still it doesn't seem to narrow the search at all?

Thanks for any feedback ...

Regards,
Doug

[Lynne]

On my default 4.1.2 test forum, clicking on a tag in the showthread page when that plugin is on or off, now seems to only show tags within that forum. That is not how it used to be. Just like if I click on advanced search while in a forum, the Search Tag Cloud on the bottom of the page only shows tags from the forum I was in. I'm not sure when this changed.

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by Lynne

On my default 4.1.2 test forum, clicking on a tag in the showthread page when that plugin is on or off, now seems to only show tags within that forum. That is not how it used to be. Just like if I click on advanced search while in a forum, the Search Tag Cloud on the bottom of the page only shows tags from the forum I was in. I'm not sure when this changed.

Interesting ...

I get the opposite on 4.04 where I always see threads from ALL forums for any tag I click, even though it displays at the top different sets of tags for individual forums ...

Regards,
Doug

[BadgerDog]

Also ...

We don't want the vbCMS Comments to show during the Tag Search ....

Someone gave us a variable replacement for the search for NEW posts that looks like this..

do=getnew&exclude=143,x,x,x where x = forum ID's

Would you know how we can use something similar for Tag Search, or alternatively, another method (or mod?) for turning OFF the output of any results for the vbCMS Comments forum?

Thanks for any guidance .. much appreciated ..

Regards,
Doug

[x2002x]

thank you alot