[wp-testers] Tags function request

Jennifer Hodgdon yahgrp at poplarware.com
Tue Sep 4 23:31:52 GMT 2007


Mark Jaquith wrote:
> On Sep 4, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Mariusz C. wrote:
> 
>> Will it be possible to adapt a function to the tag-function that suggest
>> previously used tags, when writing posts?
> 
> We're trying to refrain from adding a whole bunch of tags features at 
> first, but this would certainly make an excellent plugin.

I am going to need to create such a plugin, because for a multilingual 
blog (one of my public released plugins) there is no way the existing 
tag functionality will work (you need to be able to edit the tag 
slugs). My plan is to put this on the post edit screen, and use AJAX 
so it's slick. The following functionality will be supported:

* Add a tag to the post -- from drop-down list of existing tags in 
database

* Define a new tag (enter tag text and slug; will also add it to the post)

* Remove tag from post -- from drop-down list

* Edit existing tag -- will affect all posts with this existing tag -- 
can edit the tag text and slug. Possibly this should be on a separate 
admin screen, but I think I'll leave it on the post edit screen for now.

I plan to create this next week, or maybe later this week depending on 
paying client work load... we'll see. Suggestions welcome!

If anyone else has plans to make such a plugin, hopefully we can avoid 
duplication of effort. For my language plugin users, here are the 
essentials:
(a) slugs need to be part of the editing process, not created 
automatically
(b) correct filtering needs to be done in each section of the above screen
(c) the plugin itself needs to be internationalized.

So if you are planning to create something, and would like to make it 
work for my users as well (I'll link to your plugin on my language 
plugin site), contact me off list and we can confer.

If anyone has other must-have features, let me know and I'll see what 
I can do...

     --Jennifer

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Jennifer Hodgdon

Poplar ProductivityWare * www.poplarware.com
Web Databases/Scripts * Modeling/Analysis/Palm OS Software



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