Forum Display Enhancements - Tag Cloud on Forumdisplay

vbulletin 4 version




What does this product do?
It displays a tag cloud of all tags used within actual forums on top of FORUMDISPLAY. If a user clicks on tags, only threads within actual forums are displayed then.

How to install?
Just import product. Done.

Optional: To also only show threads within actual forums once a user clicks on a tag on showthread, change template tagbit to

<a href="tags.php?$session[sessionurl]tag=$tag_url<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread'">&forumid=$threadinfo[forumid]</if>">$tag</a>

How to uninstall?
Just deinstall product. Done.

How to change location of tag cloud box?

• Replace this code from manage plugins > plugin forumdisplay_start (Forum Tags)
  

  $vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY'] = str_replace('$navbar','$navbar'.fetch_template('tag_cloud_headinclude').'$cloud_html' .'<br />',$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY']);

  with
  

  $vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY'] = str_replace('$navbar','$navbar'.fetch_template('tag_cloud_headinclude'),$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY']);

• Put $cloud_html in FORUMDISPLAY style 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 automaticely placed below navbar template
• Tag links are altered to let tags be searchable by forum
• Tag.php has a new option forumid to only show tags from specific forums
• If you click on a tag, only topics within actual forum are displayed
• Tag size is dependent on how many threads are tagged only within actual forum
• Adds 1 query to forumdisplay

Version history

• 30.7.08 version 0.1
• 31.7.08 version 0.2 Templates are cached
• 24.8.08 version 0.3 Pagenav bug resolved
• 9.1.09 New description how to change location of tag cloud box (solved bug)

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by pipin

Solved it by myself.

The plug-in for the hook forumdisplay_start has execution order of "2" and the plug-in for gars which kicks in on the same hook has "5".

Changed 2 to 6 and all was fine.

That's great! Hope you'll like this Tag Cloud product

[pipin]

Originally Posted by ThorstenA

That's great! Hope you'll like this Tag Cloud product

I do. No ive to figure out a way to force our users to use the tags.

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by pipin

I do. No ive to figure out a way to force our users to use the tags.

You can motivate your moderators using them by installing mass tag product. This way they can tag multiple threads very easy.

[SevgimBoard]

thak you!

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by SevgimBoard

thak you!

If you have installed it, please click on "Install" This way install count increases. Thank you.

[vktechnology]

Originally Posted by ThorstenA

How to change location of tag cloud box?

• Delete this code from manage plugins > plugin forumdisplay_start (Forum Tags)
  

  $vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY'] = str_replace('$navbar','$navbar'.fetch_template('tag_cloud_headinclude').'$cloud_html' .'<br />',$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY']);

• Put $cloud_html in your style to show tag cloud.

thank you
It work but tag diplay only one level
or mean words in tag are disply in same font size.
how it can be solved this ?


1.before




2.after place this tag

$cloud_html'

font size in tag has same level

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by vktechnology

thank you
It work but tag diplay only one level
or mean words in tag are disply in same font size.
how it can be solved this ?


1.before




2.after place this tag

$cloud_html'

font size in tag has same level

How to change location of tag cloud box? (new description from 9.1.09)

• Replace this code from manage plugins > plugin forumdisplay_start (Forum Tags)
  

  $vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY'] = str_replace('$navbar','$navbar'.fetch_template('tag_cloud_headinclude').'$cloud_html' .'<br />',$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY']);

  with
  

  $vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY'] = str_replace('$navbar','$navbar'.fetch_template('tag_cloud_headinclude'),$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY']);

• Put $cloud_html in FORUMDISPLAY style to show tag cloud.

[vktechnology]

Hello ThorstenA
Thank you very much
It work now

[ThorstenA]

Re-Use: This code may be used in other modifications as long as the original author is credited.

[Allan]

How put tags in sidebar ?