I’ve just installed the tag module in EE (1.6.3 with Multiple Site Manager ).

I can’t find any documentation explaining how to set up a custom field as a ‘tag field’.
I tried creating a preference in the Tag control panel, but when the form for this appears there is no field available alongside the label ‘tag field’ which is where I assume you would choose the relevant custom field?
And does it matter what name I give to the preference?

It is also painfully slow to use the Tag module (takes ages to display) and the Publish/Edit pages now run very, very slowly.

Some more information, possibly explaining the speed issue. The Publish form in EE now displays with 3 errors (there were not any before I installed the Tag module):

1. missing ; before statement
[Break on this error] 51f1\n
index.php (line 1)

2. jQuery is not defined
[Break on this error] jQuery(function($) {
index.php (line 4355)

3. jQuery is not defined
[Break on this error] jQuery(function($) {

Deborah,

You’re definitely seeing problems all centered around one issue. The module can’t find the Javascript files it needs. Please make sure that the url through which you are accessing your CP is the same as what you have set in your EE settings.

mk

Well I have multiple sites set up to operate from the one EE CP (that’s the point of the Multiple Site Manager) so the websites all have different URLs which are not the same as the CP URL.

Which preferences should I be checking? Is there a setting in the tag module that allows me to tell it where the javascript is? I haven’t seen one.

Deborah,

The Tag module is looking at this setting in the Admin > System Preferences > URL to your Control Panel index page

That should remain the same across all sites, unless you really are accessing the control panel differently for each site. I haven’t seen that done with the Tag module yet.

mk

Sorry yes, the CP URL is always the same, and it matches what is specified in the System Preferences>General Configuration>URL to your Control Panel Page.
It is only the site (output) URLs that differ.

However, I can access the CP via two URLs (let’s say www and www2 for argument’s sake).
www reflects our site domain name and www2 reflects the name of the actual server the physical files are on.
Usually we www2 when drafting a site, then www is activated when we go live (and www2 is not used anymore).

I am using www in all my settings and to access all files. But I wonder if the 2 URL setup might be what is interfering?

WDYT?

Yeah that should be it. Tag needs an exact match in the url and in the prefs. It’s a problem that will go away in EE 2.0.

mk

Deborah,

The tag module will work fine for you if you simply make the change you suggested. Which is to temporarily change www to www2. You can revert that back to www once you launch your site.

mk

Thanks for your help, but it has all proved too hard. There are reasons why we need to run with two URLs and the ‘parent site’ that runs the CP is not going ‘live’ for quite some time.

I’m going to find another way to do what I need - I mainly wanted subject categorisation anyway, and only for people who have access to the CP, so will just fiddle with EE categories feature.