Plugin: SimpleTagsPlus

SimpleTagsPlus is a WordPress plugin that will allow you to easily generate Technorati, Flickr, or Del.icio.us tags at the bottom of your blog entries. While there are already several tags availible for Technorati tagging, all (but one) require you to use custom fields, and therefore the WordPress editor. SimpleTagsPlus not only generates Technorati tags, but also Flickr and Del.icio.us tags. SimpleTagsPlus works not only within the native WordPress environment, but also for post-by-email, and external blogging programs like w.Bloggar, Ecto, Etc... SimpleTagsPlus will even work in WYSIWYG environments.

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Usage

FOR TECHNORATI

The main way of using SimpleTagsPlus for Technorati is to enclose your tags within the [tags] tags at the end of eash post. Example:

[tags]WordPress, WordPress Plugins[/tags]

That's it. Whenever someone views the post either on the web, or via RSS/ATOM, the words you marked would be expanded to Technorati tags.

However, SimpleTagsPlus also allow you to tag words within your post. To tag a word/phrase, enclose it within [tag] (note that this does not have an "s" on the end). Words marked this way will appear in the list of tags at the bottom of the post. You can also combine these methods.

EXAMPLE:

Here is how you would write a post using both [tag] (individual words) and [tags] (multiple tags on a single line):

This post demonstrates how [tag]SimpleTags[/tag] work. All the words that are enclosed withing 'tags' will be added to the bottom list of [tag]Technorati[/tag] tags at the bottom of the post. We can also provide a list of additional words/phrases that we want tagged, like the one below.

[tags]WordPress, WordPress Plugin[/tags]

The post would look this this, when viewed:

This post demonstrates how SimpleTags work. All the words that are enclosed withing 'tags' will be added to the list of Technorati tags at the bottom of the post. We can also provide a list of additional words/phrases that we want tagged, like the one below.

Technorati Tags: SimpleTags, Technorati, WordPress, WordPress Plugin

FOR FLICKR

To do flickr tags, you simply change the [tag] and [tags] that you used for Technorati to [flickr] and [flickrs]. In other words, to do a single tag for flickr, within your text, you would do it thusly:

I think [flickr]puppies[/flickr] are really cute.

To do a line of flickr tags, you would do it like so:

[flickrs]puppies, kittens, happy, purple[/flickrs] (NOTE how the tag has an "S" on the end, this time!!)

FOR DEL.ICIO.US

To do Del.icio.us tags, you would use [del] and [dels]. Example:

This is an example of using the del.icio.us tagging [del]feature[/del] in [del]wordpress[/del].

To do a line of tags with Del.icio.us, you would do it like so:

[dels]blogging, taxidermy, wordpress, sex[/dels] (NOTE how the tag has an "S" on the end, this time!!)

USING THEM ALL TOGETHER

You can combine [tag], [flickr], and [del] tags within one post, as well as the [tags], [flickrs], [dels]. Each will show on their own seperate line at the bottom of your post, like this:

This is a [del]test[/del] post, that spoke a bit about [flickr]puppies[/flickr].

[tags]test, posts, puppies, plugins[/tags]
[flickrs]puppies, kittens, drunks[/flickrs]
[dels]blogging, technology, wordpress[/dels]

DOWNLOAD

Download SimpleTagsPlus, Version 1.0, March 1st, 2006.

INSTALLATION

  1. Download the SimpleTagsPlus Plugin
  2. Uncompress the archive and copy/ftp the simpletagsplus.php to your wp-content/plugins directory.
  3. In the WordPress Admin panel, activate the SimpleTagsPlus plugin on the plugins tab
  4. (Optional) If you want to configure the way the tags are displayed, check the Configuration section, below.

UPGRADING FROM SIMPLETAGS TO SIMPLETAGSPLUS

If you are currently running SimpleTags 2.x, then you can upgrade to SimpleTagsPlus simply by deactivating the SimpleTags plugin (in the plugins tab), and then installing SimpleTagsPlus.

If you are currently running SimpleTags 1.x, then please follow these instructions:
  1. Download the SimpleTagsPlus plugin
  2. Uncompress the archive and copy simpletagsplus.php to your wp-content/plugins directory.
  3. In the WordPress Admin Panel, deactivate the SimpleTags plugin on the plugins tab.
  4. In the WordPress Admin Panel, Activate the SimpleTagsPlus plugin on the plugins tab.
  5. Read the db-update.txt file and execute the four sql statements from phpMyAdmin on your webhost. This is required in order to convert the old angle bracket tag format into the new square bracket format.
  6. Note that you should now use [tags] instead of <tags> and [tag] instead of <tag>

CONFIGURATION

By default, the plugin will append the tags with either "Technorati tags:", "Flickr tags:", or "Del.icio.us tags:". Tags will display at the same size text. If you don't like this, you can change it in the code by modifying the following variables:

FOR TECHNORATI: $pre_replacement, $post_replacement
FOR FLICKR: $pre_flickr, $post_flickr
FOR DEL.ICIO.US: $pre_delicious, $post_delicious

QuickTags


If you like writing your posts from within WordPress, itsself, you can modify the quicktags.js file to perform even simpler tagging by selecting a word in your post and clicking the "Techno", "Flickr", or "Del" button. You need to add the following lines to the quicktags.js file:

edButtons[edButtons.length] = new edButton('lang_en','techno','[tag]','[/tag]');
edButtons[edButtons.length] = new edButton('lang_en','Flickr','[flickr]','[/flickr]');
edButtons[edButtons.length] = new edButton('lang_en','Del','[del]','[/del]');

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