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 Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject: Custom Tag Clouds for Boards
Author: Support |
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Now you can add custom tag clouds to any board or forum indexed by BoardTracker - in fact you can add the tag clouds to any site or blog!
Even better, it requires no complicated modding - just a single line of javascript pasted onto any page is all you need like so..
| Code: | <script type="text/javascript" language=Javascript src="http://www.boardtracker.com/cloud/js/?board=588
&items=20&smallsize=6&bigsize=20&hot=e01010&cold=4090a0&days=90&linktype=3"></script> |
That code above creates the tag cloud you can see on the left column now. Just copy and paste onto your site (it should be all on one line with no breaks) and change the params to suit.
The params are very simple..
board= your board id on boardtracker which you can see on your control panel or just ask us if you are not sure. Leave it empty to generate a tag cloud for ALL boards in boardtracker.
items= the number of tags to include in the cloud.
smallsize= the font size for the smallest tags in the cloud
bigsize= the font size for the biggest tags in the cloud
hot= the color code for the 'hot' tags (for example: e01010)
cold= the color code for the 'cold' tags (for example: 4090a0)
days= how many days should be included when selecting tags for the cloud - max is 90.
linktype= specify 1, 2 or 3 - 1 and 2 are local tag links, 1 uses mod_rewrite, 3 uses boardtracker links.
You can customize even further by using CSS instead like the tagcloud on the bottom of this page. That way you don't need to specify visualization parameters in the script URI, but control the visual aspects of the cloud via the CSS file. To do that you just make a stylesheet file called tags_default.css and include the following info..
| Code: | .BT_TAG1 {font-size:10}
.BT_TAG1:link {color:#4090a0;}
.BT_TAG1:hover {color:#60b0c0;}
.BT_TAG2 {font-size:12}
.BT_TAG2:link {color:#607683;}
.BT_TAG2:hover {color:#8096a3;}
.BT_TAG3 {font-size:16}
.BT_TAG3:link {color:#805c66;}
.BT_TAG3:hover {color:#a07c86;}
.BT_TAG4 {font-size:20}
.BT_TAG4:link {color:#a04349;}
.BT_TAG4:hover {color:#c06369;}
.BT_TAG5 {font-size:24}
.BT_TAG5:link {color:#c0292c;}
.BT_TAG5:hover {color:#e0494c;}
.BT_TAG6 {font-size:28}
.BT_TAG6:link {color:#e01010;}
.BT_TAG6:hover {color:#fF3030;} |
Then add a line like this to the top of your page html..
| Code: | | <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.yourdomain.com/tags_default.css"> |
and simply add the following script line anywhere you want the tag cloud to show...
| Code: | | <script type="text/javascript" language=Javascript src="http://www.boardtracker.com/cloud/js/?board=588&items=40"></script> |
Just modify the style settings to suit your needs. Also note that the query string parameters for hot/cold/bigsize/smallsize as shown in the first example will override the css values so leave those blank if you use the css.
Note that if you don't use the board= parameter, the tagcloud will show tags from the entire boardscape and allow your members to see what is hot on all the boards out there 
You can have more than one tag cloud on the same page for example, in different positions. Let's say, one for global boardscape tags and one for your board specifically.
Thats it - cool web2.0 tag clouds for your board or any board or ALL boards with a simple line of code pasted on any page!
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Last edited by Support on Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:11 am; edited 3 times in total |
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:57 am Post subject:
Author: meeciteewurkor |
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Hey, that is really cool.
Did a quick test on it, and it performs great. |
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:04 am Post subject:
Author: sunflyer |
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I added this script to my template, but nothing shows up  |
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:22 am Post subject:
Author: Administrator |
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| sunflyer wrote: | | I added this script to my template, but nothing shows up |
Where? Which URL?
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:13 am Post subject:
Author: Support |
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| sunflyer wrote: | | I added this script to my template, but nothing shows up |
Your board wasn't indexed/activated yet in BoardTracker. It is now so you should start seeing tags appearing soon, as your threads are spidered.
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:16 am Post subject:
Author: sunflyer |
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| Administrator wrote: | | sunflyer wrote: | | I added this script to my template, but nothing shows up |
Where? Which URL? |
www.librarium-online.com/forums |
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:18 am Post subject:
Author: sunflyer |
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| I didnt know about that script. Where can I get it? |
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