Availability

Available as of blojsom 2.26.

Description

Creates a "cloud" of the tags used on your blog. This "cloud" can be displayed in your template to allow visitors to search among entries based on a given tag.

Installation and Setup

Plugin Setup and Configuration

In your global /WEB-INF/plugin.properties file, add the following line:

tag-cloud=org.blojsom.plugin.technorati.TagCloudPlugin

You may then add "tag-cloud" to one of the flavor-based plugin chains. It must occur after the meta plugin. These plugin chains can be found in the individual blog's plugin.properties file. You should also place this plugin at the beginning of the chain. For example:

html.blojsom-plugin-chain=meta, tag-cloud, ...

Usage and URL Parameters

Sample Style for Tag Cloud

.tagcloud1 {
  font-size: 14px;
}

.tagcloud2 {
  font-size: 16px;
}

.tagcloud3 {
  font-size: 18px;
}

.tagcloud4 {
  font-size: 20px;
}

.tagcloud5 {
  font-size: 22px;
}

.tagcloud6 {
  font-size: 24px;
}

.tagcloud7 {
  font-size: 26px;
}

.tagcloud8 {
  font-size: 28px;
}

.tagcloud9 {
  font-size: 30px;
}

.tagcloud10 {
  font-size: 32px;
}

Sample Template Code to Display Tag Cloud

#if (!$BLOJSOM_PERMALINK && $BLOJSOM_PLUGIN_TAG_CLOUD_MAP)
<div>
<strong>Cloud:</strong><p/>
#foreach($tag in $BLOJSOM_PLUGIN_TAG_CLOUD_MAP.keySet())
<span class="tagcloud$BLOJSOM_PLUGIN_TAG_CLOUD_MAP.get($tag)"><a href="#BlogURL()?tq=$tag">$tag</a></span>
#end
</div>
#end

URL Parameters

The following URL parameters control the operation of this plugin.