TagCloud for phpwcms [Update v1.9]

[Jensensen]

Download the newest version 1.9 below.
The ultimate SEO solution. Unique for easily published tag clouds of --> all NEWS and --> all articles in --> any category --> you want.


There have been many changes in the meantime. Please read this article from start to finish!

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please "RTFM" [and comments in source code]
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Hi folks, friends, people out here,

here comes my first [public] frontend render script written for phpwcms --> TagCloud

[OBSOLETE]
Well, I read a lot of mysql/php code and manuals to cut and paste useful elements after I got an idea [really hard work for me] what happens there. And after some further adjustments - Boom! - v0.1a was ready to go.

How it works:
This script reads and analyzes the content of articles of --> certain site level structures. You can define --> each category by its ID!!!. You can switch on/off further more elements like article title, subtitle, summary, CP HTML, CP Text with image and CP subtitles to match the cloud as well.(with too much cat_ID's it could become a matter of speed, server ram etc. when the page is rendered/parsed out)

After some mathematic operations, counting words etc. there will be a tag cloud in your page, just replacing the RT {TAGCLOUD}. Additionally you can choose to display the occurrence of each tag word and the sorting.

Preparation:
(Please read detailed documentation in the header and the code of the script!)
To get it work [finally] you need a --> Landing Page. This should be a new article anywhere but --> outside the categories to match to cloud! In this article you can/should add e.g. CP HTML (as much as needed) with separate -> anchor tags for each cloud tag which will be linked exactly to its corresponding anchor --> on this landing page. If you don't add a landing page, you will still have the tag cloud but the tags are linked to index.php by default.


Well, it works fine and runs --> exactly [math.] --> without errors but as alpha it has some limitations:

a) you MUST add a landing page by hand
b) you MUST add [after --> fine tuning] the required anchors on the landing page by hand
c) BUT you CAN link all TagCloud links to [any of ] your --> search page [easiest setup]
c) SPEED: the script has to capture THE WHOLE CONTENT of i) public and ii) active articles within the defined categories.
but now saves/recalls {previous=same} results after {just one} first page call [page view] to/from MySQL-QUERY_CACHE
(should work well with MySQL 4.1 and newer]

Tip for --> fine tuning:
1) raise $min
2) add words to $exclude

If you have any idea for optimization, speeding up etc. please go here, PM me or [x] me [x]...

[/OBSOLETE]
Have fun using the newest

[Jensensen]

--> TagCloud v0.2a is ready

Now you only need to add the RT {TAGCLOUD:0,2,17:9} somewhere in your page code e.g. CP HTML or page template...
Desription:

--> 0,2,17 ==> IDs of Site structure levels / categories to 'cloud'
--> 9 ==> Artikel ID of LANDING PAGE

{TAGCLOUD:LEVEL ID,LEVEL ID:ARTICLE ID}

[DF6IH]

Hey there

Perhaps some example would lift the clouds in brain...

[Jensensen]

Hi

guess you are already testing...

well, i tried on [x] [*and it's working as promised*] but due to some kind of SEO --> i avoided --> redundancy and rather used much more [*most*] different expressions as possible [*to be indexed*]
And because there are not that much articles, the tag cloud finally spreads only into a few [*really relevant*] tags....

Meanwhile have a look at your local LAMPP test run....
and play with:
1) raise/decrease $min
2) add words to $exclude

You can have e.g. a TagCloud for each site level/category with only one or separate/several landing pages. Or you just run the script once [maybe around midnight CET/GMT/UTC...] --> then cut, drag and drop the code --> add hardcoded to --> template...edit CSS... and edit one, or more landing pages that suits...


But you should have [some] many! [the same!] --> meaningful words on your site --> to let the font size grow up and to get a cloudy, varying, fluctuating tag cloud...

Actually I can't add TagCloud for phpwcms to demonstrate on any other sites supported by me but....let's see...
} else { I would have done so.

Guess you are not interested in words like "the","for","vista","and" so on, aren't you?
But you can add this to the --> $exclude list...

[Jensensen]

could need some help because neither urlencode(), htmlentities(), htmlspecialchars() OR the phpwcms-built-in html_specialchars() works well to get an (always) correct --> link to landing page. without umlauts and this stuff there's no prob...

[Jensensen]

...Perhaps some example would lift the clouds in brain...

Here we are:
[x]

You'll find the tag cloud RT finally rendered and placed as the last CP HTML in the left column.

{TAGCLOUD:1,3,12..........:40}

I edited / prepared the Landing page [x] with some anchors for demonstration purposes only. Every cloud tag is linked to the corresponding anchor like ...id=0,40,0,0,1,0#TAG_ANCHOR
So just add --> CP HTML: <a name="TAG_ANCHOR" id="TAG_ANCHOR"></a>...... on the landing page.

Tip for --> fine tuning:
1) raise $min
2) add words to $exclude (will not be counted/analysed then)
3) $del (delete unwanted characters --> ?,.-–! and so on

Tip for --> CSS:
.tagcloud { your:styles; }
.tagcloud a { your:styles; }
.tagcloud a:hover { your:styles; }
.tagcloud a:visited { your:styles; }

.tagcloud span { your:styles; } --> affects $showCount ==> how often the expression was found
--> displayed next to the tag --> (24)

[DF6IH]

>Sorry for being not web2.0 compatible .. I didn't even know the meaning of Tag cloud now I know...

[Jensensen]

he, he, i just wanted to push phpwcms....

[DF6IH]

You are right... and this one is good !! Kind of standard in other cms. My fault not knowing these things are called clouds

[Golem]

>Sorry for being not web2.0 compatible .. I didn't even know the meaning of Tag cloud ...

You are not alone...


[EDIT]


My wife was logged in with my computer but I havn't noticed that.

Heiko H.

[/EDIT]

[Jensensen]

--> TagCloud v0.3a is ready

contains some itsy-bitsy changes and:

--> now serves valid XHTML output!
--> encoded as UTF-8 (no BOM) with Unix LF

but still struggles with 'html_specialchars'... [please help]

[marcus@localhorst]

Hi since a hour I do a (not anymore) quick test
here are some thoughs

1. exclude word list: it's annoying to write down 90% of all excluding words that appear in the texts:-)
I've take a quick search and came up with a tagcloud script, which contains a large file of common used english words to exclude:
( http://chir.ag/tech/download/tagline/ download the zip and take a look to the file "ignore-large.php )
didn't find that for german yet :-/

2. i was too lazy to setup the landing page (because i didn't read your post fully ) and i think it would be a better idea, to combine that script with the phpwcms search?! mmh?
so i just change this line in your code:

Code: Select all

$tag_cloud .= '<a style="font-size:'.round(max($font_size,$min_size),2).'%;" href="'.PHPWCMS_URL.$landing.'&amp;searchwords='.html_specialchars($key).'">'.$key.'</a>';

and set the RT to my searchpage, and - voila!
test my cloud here on bottom page: http://www.fieldmuzick.net/

3. specialchars ... i have no idea and the moment, but a solution will be found

so thanks Jensensen for your work - really good work!
I'm looking forward to a further improved version, and I'm sure it will come, because you want to learn php, right? And learning by doing is the best way.
best wishes
marcus

ps: at the moment i didn't undestand your landing page example - but i still not read your post fully sorry if i missunderstand something
edit: for that specialchars stuff and similar (strip RTs or so) you could take a look to phpwcms search logic, it's similar i think?!

[Jensensen]

Hi marcus,
thank you for your quick adoption and your proposals!

...here are some thoughs

1. exclude word list: it's annoying to write down 90% of all excluding words that appear in the texts:-)...

Yes, you are right. That's why I'm searching for other algorithms to include...

...and take a look to the file "ignore-large.php"...

Well, this file contains many expressions as well...


It's not easy for me to improve the development status
but as you already mentioned "learning by doing is the best way".

...2. [] to combine that script with the phpwcms search?!...

Yeah man, excellent! This is the easiest way to get it run because you do NOT need to set up a separate landing page and add the anchors manually!

...for that specialchars stuff and similar (strip RTs or so) you could take a look to phpwcms search logic, it's similar i think?!

Yep, thank you again, will do...


--> TagCloud v0.4a
So, I acted on your suggestion and in a frist step I added optional landing pages:

Use parameters
L ==> LANDING PAGE (separate page outside categories) OR
S ==> for phpwcms SEARCH PAGE

{TAGCLOUD:1,3,12........:L:40}
40 = Article ID of "Landing page"

or

{TAGCLOUD:1,3,12........:S:127}
127 = Article ID of "SEARCH page"

1,3,12... ==> IDs of Site structure levels / categories in all the articles reside you want to match/analyse the cloud (to build the cloud of)

[Jensensen]

--> TagCloud v0.5a

now works well with UTF-8 or ISO latin encoded web sites! I could realise some improvements regarding speed, too. So, this release is the fastest so far....

Use parameters
L ==> LANDING PAGE (separate page outside categories) OR
S ==> for phpwcms SEARCH PAGE

{TAGCLOUD:1,3,12........:L:40}
40 = Article ID of "Landing page"

or

{TAGCLOUD:1,3,12........:S:127}
127 = Article ID of "SEARCH page"

1,3,12... ==> IDs of Site structure levels / categories in which all the articles reside that you want to match/analyse the cloud (to build the cloud of)

[marcus@localhorst]

congratualtions!
was it just the use of this function html_specialchars($key) to get encoding done?
i just take a quick look.

cheers
marcus