[wp-hackers] Creating Custom Taxonomies on the fly

[Dion Hulse (dd32)]

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:33:50 +1100, Haluk Karamete  
<halukkaramete at gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you see some value in this approach? Or are there easier/smarter
> ways to address the problem I'm trying to solve with less hassle?

How many posts are we talking here?

Whilst your proposed selection would work, it does sound like a lot of  
processing to ensure that the terms are kept in sync..

My method would be:
Generate tag cloud
  - Are we on a category view?
   - No: Generate as normal
   - Yes: Filter the terms:
    - We want Tags which are attached to <list of posts in category>

You'd have to add some caching to that, and theres a good chance you'd  
have to filter some SQL there for best performance.
I've done something similar (intersections of terms) for navigational  
elements of a custom taxonomy, ie. Site has multiple sections, and a set  
of navigational elements to drill down, In the drill down, you only want  
elements selectable which the section of the site has available


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