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Tags

Also known as Freetags are the folksonomy (external link) implementation of TikiWiki. The name is based on the name of the underlying library from Gordon Luk: http://www.getluky.net/freetag/ (external link).
Freetags is a feature in TikiWiki>=1.10
Multilingual freetags was added in 1.10 around March 2008

Tags are similar but different than categories




Basically folksonomy tagging means/is based on:
  • everybody can assign keywords to anything
  • bottom-up instead of top-down categorization
  • from chaos comes order
  • emergent patterns are more powerful than imposition of categories

What can I tag within Tiki?

You can currently tag:
  • Wiki pages
  • Blog posts
  • Images galleries
  • Images
  • File galleries
  • Trackers
  • Tracker Items
  • Quizzes
  • Polls
  • Surveys
  • Directory
  • Faqs
  • Sheets
  • Articles

Modules

  • freetag : that allows to add and remove tag from a current object
  • freetags_current: that displays the current tags of an object. Only for a wiki page.
  • freetags_prefered: Shows the favorite tags of a user. The number of tags is the value of the parameter rows defined at the module assigment.
  • freetags_most_popular: Shows the most popular tags. The number of tags is the value of the parameter rows defined at the module assigment.
  • freetags_morelikethis: Shows the objects that have the same tags than an object. Only for a wiki page. The number of objects is the value of the parameter rows defined at the module assignment.


User

When offered to do so (for instance, editing wiki pages), just enter your tags into the textfield separated by spaces.



You can browse the available tags by clicking on one, when seeing it somewhere.



It will take you to tiki-browse_freetags.php with the tag centered in the morcego browser, if that feature is enabled.



The syntax of a tag is defined by the admin setting. Tags are separated by space(s). If you want to enter a tag with a space - if the admin setting allows it, you must enclose it into double quotes. Example: in the module freetag, if you enter: "computer science" ibm pc, you will add 3 tags "computer science", "ibm" and "pc"

Note about usage in features different than wiki pages:
For the moment, you can only use freetags in module - the module finds out for what object the freetag has been added looking at the url param.


Admin

In order to go to the admin screen, use this url: tiki-admin.php?page=freetags

Freetag Browsing


  • Only accept alphanumeric ASCII freetags (no accents or special chars): If checked all non-alphabetical characters are withdrawn in the tag. Example: free_movie will become freemovie.
  • Or valid characters pattern: It is possible if the previous box is not checked to explicitly tell what characters are not wiped off. Only alphanumeric freetags is the pattern a-zA-Z0-9. If you want to include space and _, the pattern can look like a-zA-Z _0-9. For more option http://www.php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.syntax.php (external link). The character double quote " can not be included in the pattern as it is the character to delimit tags with space.
  • Only accept lowercase freetags Each uppercase character are replaced byt the lowercase character. Example: FreeMovie will become freemovie

Tag Management



Freetag 3D Browser Configuration

There is an admin screen, which currently only accepts configuration of the morcego browser for browsing the freetags.



To use the morcego 3D-Network-Browser, you'll have to activate the features:
  • Morcego? and
  • Ajax?

Perms

  • tiki_p_view_freetags: to view tags
  • tiki_p_freetags_tag: to add tags

More information


Contributors to this page: marclaporte1646 points  , ricks99469 points  , sylvie863 points  , xavi1064 points  and amette8 points  .
Page last modified on Tuesday 24 June, 2008 18:21:07 UTC by marclaporte1646 points .

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