Sorry Evoir,

If the search capability is critical then we’re not in a good place with the software for you. I can, however, help you build a page that will show regular search results along with a separate section for tag results.

mk

Evoir, you owe me a beer.

Try the attached plugin. It should work for you as long as Solspace’s Tag Module stays more or less the same (database structure wise).

Mitchell, feel free to take this and distribute as needed.

Note: You’ll need to create a new custom weblog field and grab the field_id_# for one of the parameters. Otherwise it should be straightforward.

Mitchell,
Sure. I’m sure it would help others, too. Sorry, I don’t mean to be crabby. Thanks!

Whoa. that is so cool, Wonder Monkey! I’ll give it a whirl tomorrow. Wowza. I’ll report back.

No no, you must try it right now! I was feeling bad for you!

ok… I have 10 minutes! 

WM: where do I put the following:

{exp:tagsynch entry_id=“some entry_id” custom_field_id=“the field_id_# that corresponds to your custom field”}

{/exp:tagsynch}

Sorry, on whatever page it is that returns your tag list. So if you are using AJAX then put it on the return template, otherwise just put it on any entry’s page.

Evoir, did it work for you?

I just implemented it on our site last night and it’s working great.

Beautiful EE search results cascade and abound… :D

Shortly. I have been swamped, and I’m still a bit fuzzy on it. Can you explain how this works? Is it that any time the page gets loaded with those tags, it syncs the database with the custom field? I suppose I don’t need it to be on every page with tags on them….

Right, it synchs them every time the page is loaded. It returns only “Updated” on a successful synch, so you might want to put that into a hidden div or something.

Here’s a scenario that, I’m imagining, might work for you. You probably have a SAEF for your clients’ blogs, so on the page returned on submit of the SAEF form, pop the tagsynch code in there somewhere. If it ends up being on every page then, well, c’est la vie. The plug-in is short, sweet and, I believe, low overhead.

I have a few things going on….. I have a tagcloud in a sidebar. I have the ability to add tags on the fly…. when viewing an entry. (It’s for a closed community, or I’d show you the blog)

When I place it in the sidebar,  it spits out “no tags”.  So, that’s not right. 

I do use the SAEF, but not solely (some are added via the admin).  I suppose I could put it on each entries page…. 

If I put it on every entry’s page, does it just sync that entries ID upon page load? It does not seem to be working…. Does it need to be within certain tags?

It sounds like you should put it on an entry’s page then.

As long as you feed it the entry_id and field_id_# (you know how to do that right?) it will work for you. You’ll see “Updated”

Wonder Monkey, I appreciate your patience!  So, here’s what I have done:

I’ve opened the template for comments (that’s the entry template) and put the following:
{exp:tagsynch entry_id=“{entry_id}“ custom_field_id=“7”}{/exp:tagsynch}

And when it prints to the page, it says “no tags”.

Okay, try