Creating a tagfield in catalog backend

[webteam]

We want to use the tags extension for creating a tag field in the catalog in a standard way. In the backend there should be a text input field that takes comma-separated tags and stores them in the tags-infrastructure. From this tag content we want to create a tag cloud in the front end.

The standard way of implementing a tag field in a datacontainer as defined in http://de.contaowiki.org/Tags does not work.
There is a catalog_tags extension, but that consists just of a xml file without anything else.

Are we missing something? Has anybody been able to do what we are trying to implement?

Your feedback is appreciated.

Reinhard

[MacKP]

Hi webteam,
the tags-Extension is not made for working with the catalog. You will have to make an Extension for the Extension ;-)

The catalog normaly used taxonomie for that. What you will have to do there is a little work for counting at the tags than...

regards

[webteam]

Hi webteam,
the tags-Extension is not made for working with the catalog. You will have to make an Extension for the Extension ;-)

The catalog normaly used taxonomie for that. What you will have to do there is a little work for counting at the tags than...

regards

Hello MacKP,

At the first thank for your quick reply.
I have seen that you had also discussed in another thread about tag feature for catalog http://www.contao-community.de/showthre ... Cr-Katalog. Do you use a input field on the backend page to input tag values?

Because we don't want to use a preset checkbox lists of tags on the backend, we would like to use a input field with comma-separeated tag values.

Should we define a custom module for our request? Maybe can you give us more suggestions?

Thank you very much


Regards
Webteam

[MacKP]

When you don't want an List (Tags ore Select) you will have to make your own Extension. You could do that with a text-Field.. but that would be the bad way I think.
I'm no developer.. so I can't give a hint what you must do for that.

regards