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 /WEB-INF/classes/blojsom-plugins.xml file, add the following:

<bean id="tag-cloud" class="org.blojsom.plugin.technorati.TagCloudPlugin" init-method="init" destroy-method="destroy">
        <property name="fetcher">
            <ref bean="fetcher"/>
        </property>
    </bean>

You may then add "tag-cloud" to one of the flavor-based plugin chains.

Usage and URL Parameters

Sample Style for Tag Cloud

You may add the following to the CSS file in use on your blog.

.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.