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

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by Zoints

Version 1.2.3 has been uploaded. Adding new tags should now work with the CSRF protocol. Please post if you have any issues.

Also...some reported problems with the AJAX addition/deletion of tags on showthread form for vB 3.7...this was working fine for me with 3.7 Gold. If you are still having issues with vB 3.7 gold, please let us know.

You can add and delete tags ok on 3.7, but the AJAX part does not work...it simply does a full page reload.

PS the file attached is still 1.2.2.

[Zoints]

Sorry - I am rewriting the JS and then will reupload

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by Zoints

Sorry - I am rewriting the JS and then will reupload

Excellent - thanks. It'll be good to get the AJAX working again, gives it a professional edge.

I'm afraid the default tag system in vb 3.7 is simply not as effective as the Zoints one. Primarily it lacks the ability to automatically tag old threads, vital if you have users who would never add tags themselves in a million years.

[balance12]

IM Still with the problem , i upgrade the zoint xml. But when i click on a tag it dont shows me the related threads...

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Originally Posted by balance12

I have two problems, first in my navbar, the tag buttom is show badly, how to say, like no other button on the templeto so it looks ugly.. its a bigger sqare than the others.

Second when you click a tag in the popular tag or any tag, it dont shows you any thread.. it goes to other page , and shows you the search tag box...

Hi balance,

Log-in to your vB Admin CP. From there go into the style manager and select to Edit Templates of your desired style. Scroll to the bottom of the templates to $zointstags_searchform

At this line:

		<div><input type="text" class="bginput" name="search" size="25" />$gobutton</div>

Edit the 25 number until you hit upon the right size. I can't tell you want that number is as I don't know what it looks like (and even then, it would be guesswork. But just play with it until you get it.

Originally Posted by balance12

IM Still with the problem , i upgrade the zoint xml. But when i click on a tag it dont shows me the related threads...

Your problem is unrelated to the need for an upgrade. Please submit a ticket at http://zoints.com/support.z and we can then try to poke around to help you out and see what is wrong.

- Reid

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Originally Posted by Mark.B

Excellent - thanks. It'll be good to get the AJAX working again, gives it a professional edge.

I'm afraid the default tag system in vb 3.7 is simply not as effective as the Zoints one. Primarily it lacks the ability to automatically tag old threads, vital if you have users who would never add tags themselves in a million years.

Thanks for the feedback Mark, we appreciate it. If you have any ideas of how to make Thread Tags better, don't hesitate to share them with us at network.zoints.com in our Feedback forum. Like I mentioned, we will likely be putting out a small features upgrade after we complete our current project, but we're always looking for what is truly needed by the average forum admin and what he would need to make his forum better with tags.

- Reid

[balance12]

Thanks for the Quick help , I have created a support ticket.

But related to the button, whatever the number I put, nothing change in the button, even if i put 0....

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hmm. Maybe I am a bit fuzzy on that. It would be best if someone other than myself helped you with the ticket you opened, but I usually resolve most style issues so if you opened up a separate ticket that also provided account details for a temporary admin account with style permissions, I could try to resolve that for you later today.

- Reid

[balance12]

ready... read the support ticket.... you hace the user!!! Pls chek why is not showing the threads.

[balance12]

Fixed b me jajaj.. i just change to Basic URL Structure and work, but the button is still wrong...