[wp-hackers] Change Tag Delimiter from a comma to a semicolon

Thomas Belknap dragonfly at dragonflyeye.net
Tue Aug 24 16:51:13 UTC 2010


Why wouldn't you use "locations" and then cities and states as their own
tags? That way, you can use the intersection of two tags to determine
precisely what the user wants.

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Nathaniel Taintor <
goldenapplesdesign at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know, I had this same issue trying to use "cities" as a custom
> taxonomy, where entries like "Washington, DC" constantly gave me problems.
> I
> think its a valid question. I took the lazy way out and renamed all my city
> tags without commas, but I'd like to hear from anyone who took the time to
> think it through and came up with a solution.
>
> Than
>
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Jeremy Clarke <jer at simianuprising.com
> >wrote:
>
> > This is pretty wacky man. I suggest you reconsider your decision to
> include
> > commas in tag names. Is it absolutely necessary? Would the text content
> > really not make sense without the comma? If you're tagging book/movie
> > titles
> > or something why not just skip commas, are you afraid of the hipster
> > title-spelling police?
> >
> > Have you considered using categories instead?
> >
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