By droople on

Could some please do a favour and write us a step-by-step-guide to creating a tag cloud either as a block or on a full page. for either 4.7.x or 5.x

I have failed to achieve it using the readme files, and the forum search

thank you

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jwilde’s picture

jwilde commented

and find tagadelic module and install it. Add vocabularies, enable content types, tag them, enable tag blocks and you have tag clouds.

jim

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tomsherlock commented

Jim,
I followed your directions too a T, but i have NO tag cloud.

I was expecting to see a tag cloud in the enabled tag blocks. Instead all i see is the default title and a link entitled 'more tags' pointing to a non-existant page: http://www.website.com/tagadelic/chunk/2.

Any clue? Is it possible that the module was installed improperly. I'm using Drupal 6.6.

Or do i have to add more modules? Do i have to add php?

Thanks,
Tom

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tomsherlock commented

Ok. So i looked at one drupal powered website (iheartmets.com) successfully displaying the tag clouds.

From the perspective of html code the main difference between what i have and this website is:
1. on iheartmets, in the div id="tag block-tagadelic-2" the class is class="block block-tagadelic"
on my setup, in the div id="tag block-tagadelic-2" the class is class="clear-block block block-tagadelic"

2. in the iheartmets div there are anchors, which are the tags
in my setup, the div has no anchors.

I am i supposed to add the anchors myself by coding them directly? Or is there a facility to add the tags?

Is there any significant difference between class="block block-tagadelic" and class="clear-block block block-tagadelic"

Thanks,
Tom

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WorldFallz commented

it might be absurdly obvious-- but do you have some taxonomy vocabularies and some nodes with their terms?

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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." - Ben Franklin
"Search is your best friend." - Worldfallz

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tomsherlock commented

I wouldn't consider this absurd, but rather thorough. And thanks for throwing a line, because i'm drowning.

Yes, I already have two test vocabularies and i have three blog entries associated with three different terms.

I get the sense that something just as fundamental is missing.

Please continue the brainstorming.

Thanks,

Tom

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WorldFallz commented

hmmm... i'm kind of stumped. I have it on 3 d5 sites and one d6 and I don't remember having to do anything but enable it and display the correct block. Are you using a customized theme? If so, try it with core garland. Also, it creates a lot of blocks, double check that you selected the block for the vocabulary you used on your test nodes. Also, try clearing the cache.

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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." - Ben Franklin
"Search is your best friend." - Worldfallz

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tomsherlock commented

Clearing the cache did it, WorldFallz. I offer you a global thanks.

At first, i wasn't sure if you meant the browser cache, because i have caching disabled in my website.
Nevertheless, i cleared the cache on my website and Voilà, the tag cloud appears.

We should created a checklist of things to look at when debugging a problem. If there isn't one already, i will start one.

Speaking of Word falls, i wonder if the current economic crisis is due to the banks trying to clear the cash? Hmmmmm.....

Regards agus Shantih,
Tom

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WorldFallz commented

We should created a checklist of things to look at when debugging a problem.

sound like a good idea-- i know there's a troubleshooting FAQ off the main documentation page-- i'm not sure if that's what you mean.

And definitely, clearing the drupal cache AND clearing the browser cache should be steps 1 and 2 for every problem.

i wonder if the current economic crisis is due to the banks trying to clear the cash

yes, it would seem they had the same problem in reverse-- they found it all too easy to clear cash regularly. ;-)

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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." - Ben Franklin
"Search is your best friend." - Worldfallz