Comments on: Acts As Taggable Tag Cloud

By: crunchytoast.com » Blog Archive » Return to acts_as_taggable_on

crunchytoast.com » Blog Archive » Return to acts_as_taggable_on — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:51:32 +0000

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By: rob

rob — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:23:27 +0000

@frederico, What works in acts_as_taggable_on_steriods is:

@tags = Tag.counts(:order => “count DESC, name”,
:limit => 100).sort_by { |tag| tag.name.downcase }

By: küchler blog » Blog Archive » Juixe TechKnow » Acts As Taggable Tag Cloud

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:08:43 +0000

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By: Tagging at AmigoFisher

Tagging at AmigoFisher — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:54:47 +0000

[...] I wanted the tagging to be per user ala deli.cio.us or flickr but then with global tag clouds, etc. I used the standard legacy acts_as_taggable plugin with the per user tagging modifications and the even further mods. I looked at acts_as_taggable_on_steroids but found that the original one suited my needs better. I also used this tag cloud code. [...]

By: Prateek

Prateek — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:44:22 +0000

As rds says, the min value should be initialized to something. I initialize it to tags[0].count.to_i

without that once the tag count for some tag goes above a certain value, wierd things happen (all tags show up with same smallest font)

By: Prateek

Prateek — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:34:16 +0000

I have made a small modification to pull out tags for a particular taggable_type and build a tag cloud only for that type. Useful in applications where multiple kinds of objects are being tracket You can find the write up here

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Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:32:35 +0000

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By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:42:56 +0000

Thanks a lot!

I want to get the number of tags displayed in my tagcloud. Can someone help me out?

By: Stoneageblog.com » Nuage de tag avec Ruby On Rails : acts_as_taggable

Stoneageblog.com » Nuage de tag avec Ruby On Rails : acts_as_taggable — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:04:52 +0000

[...] à notre helpers/cd_helper.rb. Cette méthode n’est pas de moi , je l’ai trouvée sur ce très bon article du blog Juixe [...]

By: Volg

Volg — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:07:46 +0000

You can employ more than one color with discretion.

One way to use colors in your cloud tag:
- select a main color, assign it to the biggest font;
- “blend” this color for smaller fonts.
A “coloring” example at

http://www.featurepics.com/editorial/tag-cloud.aspx

Great article. Thanks a lot!