WordPress.com Forums » Tag: tag list - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/tag-list WordPress.com Forums » Tag: tag list - Recent Posts en Sun, 26 May 2013 02:48:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 justpi on "Tag list widget instead of tag cloud?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/tag-list-widget-instead-of-tag-cloud#post-879313 Sat, 05 May 2012 09:41:06 +0000 justpi 879313@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ In wordpress.com blogs you can't use plugins.

]]> nicefirework on "Tag list widget instead of tag cloud?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/tag-list-widget-instead-of-tag-cloud#post-879306 Sat, 05 May 2012 09:26:10 +0000 nicefirework 879306@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ try this:
http://www.ethitter.com/plugins/taxonomy-list-widget/

]]> billdek2 on "Tag list widget instead of tag cloud?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/tag-list-widget-instead-of-tag-cloud#post-861743 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:48:26 +0000 billdek2 861743@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you both for your replies!

]]> justpi on "Tag list widget instead of tag cloud?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/tag-list-widget-instead-of-tag-cloud#post-861512 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:56:17 +0000 justpi 861512@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can create a custom menu, add all your tags to it, save the menu, add a Custom Menu widget to your sidebar, select the menu you created, save. See here:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/custom-menus/

]]> raincoaster on "Tag list widget instead of tag cloud?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/tag-list-widget-instead-of-tag-cloud#post-861312 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:16:55 +0000 raincoaster 861312@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There isn't such a widget in WP.com. If you want a linear list, use Categories or make a text widget and put the tag list in by hand..

]]> billdek2 on "Tag list widget instead of tag cloud?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/tag-list-widget-instead-of-tag-cloud#post-861290 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:12:49 +0000 billdek2 861290@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Isn't there a "tag list" widget I can use instead of the "tag cloud"?
What's the matter with this "tag cloud" craze, anyway? A simple list, ordered by tag popularity would do just fine and would not spoil the neat, uncluttered appearance I want to achieve (as a tag cloud would).
I would appreciate any help on this, especially since I'm a newbie in WordPress.

(NOTE: my blog is NOT a self-hosted blog, so I suppose I cannot use plugins).

]]> mmadfan on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-655085 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:41:13 +0000 mmadfan 655085@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Oh, and you have to close the entire thing with </div> -- I thought I'd included the closing tag, but forgot to.

]]> mmadfan on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-655079 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:32:25 +0000 mmadfan 655079@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ And I made the box 164 px, but 150 is fine, too, just as you have it.

]]> mmadfan on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-655077 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:31:12 +0000 mmadfan 655077@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Here is an example of my tags list. Be sure you don't put in any extraneous punctuation (it was hard to tell in your example, because of the way it appeared, but it looked as though you had extra quotation marks in there).

It can be easier to make your tags list in the visual editor in a draft post, then go to the html editor & cut & paste the html from there into the widget.

Anyway, here's a snippet from my tags list. You would substitute your url and your tag name, etc., for mine:

<div align="center" style="height:164px;overflow:auto;padding:3px;"><a href="http://mmadfan.com/tag/admm-fanfic/">ADMM fanfic</a>
<a href="http://mmadfan.com/tag/alastor-moody-fanfic/">Alastor Moody fanfic</a>
<a href="http://mmadfan.com/tag/alex-kingston/">Alex Kingston</a>
<a href="http://mmadfan.com/tag/angus-og/">Angus Óg</a></div>
<a href="http://mmadfan.com/tag/au-hp-fanfic/">AU HP fanfic</a>
A bunch more tags here . . .
<a href="http://mmadfan.com/tag/wicked-tinkers/">Wicked Tinkers</a>
<a href="http://mmadfan.com/tag/writing/">Writing</a>

Obviously, the list is much longer than this, and I cut out the ones in the middle. But if you do exactly this, but substitute your own URLs and tag names, it should work fine.

If you aren't used to writing html, I recommend doing this in the visual editor first -- but be sure to cut & paste from the html editor.

Hope this helps! (BTW, if you don't have a "test blog," that's a good way to test out things like widgets w/o having them go live on your real site -- just start a second blog called something like zireaestestblog.wordpress.com, and you can even import your blog posts from your main blog in order to see what they look like in the test blog. It's a good way to try out new themes, too.)

]]> zireael07 on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-655034 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:39:47 +0000 zireael07 655034@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <div style="overflow:auto;height:150px;"><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/character-amycus-carrow/”">character: Amycus Carrow</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/character-evan-prince/”">character: Evan Prince</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/character-ginny-weasley/”">character: Ginny Weasley</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/character-harry-potter/”">character: Harry Potter</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/character-jaheira/”">character: Jaheira</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/character-khalid/”">character: Khalid</a><br /> <a>character: Severus Snape</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/character-teddy-lupin/”">character: Teddy Lupin</a><br /> <a>fandom: Baldur's Gate</a><br /> <a>fandom: Children of Hurin</a><br /> <a>fandom: Dune</a><br /> <a>fandom: Forgotten Realms</a><br /> <a>fandom: Harry Potter</a><br /> <a>fandom: Inheritance</a><br /> <a>fandom: Lord of the Rings</a><br /> <a>fandom: Silmarillion</a><br /> <a>fandom: Star Wars</a><br /> <a>fandom: Temeraire</a><br /> <a>fandom: Witcher</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/game-angband/”">game: Angband</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/game-nwn/”">game: NWN</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/game-oolite/”">game: Oolite</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/game-roguelike/”">game: roguelike</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/game-sacred/”">game: Sacred</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/pairing-harryginny/”">pairing: Harry/Ginny</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/pairing-jaheirakhalid/”">pairing: Jaheira/Khalid</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/rp-dd/”">rp: D&D</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/story-era-during-dh/”">story era: during DH</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/story-era-post-dh/”">story era: post-DH</a><br /> <a href="//zireael07.wordpress.com/tag/story-status-drabble/”">story status: drabble</a></p> <p>-----------------------<br /> <br /> Tag List<br /> </div><br /> </p> <p>Note: what is <a> in front of the fandom tags was </a><a href="the right link to the tag taken off the tag cloud"> For some reason, all the others worked fine and those ones disappeared.<br /> Strona Tag List jeszcze nie istnieje...</a>

]]> thesacredpath on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654756 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:23:39 +0000 thesacredpath 654756@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can also post the code that you tried to use with the scroll box here in the forums and we can take a look at it. Put it between code tags.

<code all the code here </code>

]]> zireael07 on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654754 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:14:14 +0000 zireael07 654754@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Okay, trying to make a scrollbox didn't exactly work. I got what I wanted, but I can't make fandom: something links work.

Thanks thesacredpath for the tip, I'll try it now.

]]> thesacredpath on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654750 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:30:47 +0000 thesacredpath 654750@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can make a second custom menu and use it in the custom menu widget. That does not count in the "only one custom menu" thing. You can actually have as many custom menu widgets as you want.

]]> thesacredpath on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654749 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:30:39 +0000 thesacredpath 654749@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can make a second custom menu and use it in the custom menu widget. That does not count in the "only one custom menu" thing. You can actually have as many custom menu widgets as you want.

]]> zireael07 on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654748 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:26:33 +0000 zireael07 654748@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for all the tips. I'll try mmadfan's. I already have Custom Menu and it's a theme that allows only one Custom Menu.

]]> thesacredpath on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654392 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:45:00 +0000 thesacredpath 654392@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Holy duplicates Batman, what happened there?

Moderator, please remove the duplicates for me. TIA

]]> mmadfan on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654391 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:44:58 +0000 mmadfan 654391@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @tsp: I think that the WordPress Forum must have a mind of its own -- and think that your post is really worth reading. And rereading. A few times! (I hope it doesn't repeat my post 4 times!)

]]> thesacredpath on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654386 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:42:14 +0000 thesacredpath 654386@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The thing with tags, if you write about a variety of subjects is that your list can get quite long quickly. One of my clients has over 400 tags in her site, so a list of tags in the sidebar is not something I would do. The top 45 tags in my opinion is a good number, but sadly with the tags displayed in the posts going to the global tags pages, anything past that 45 is not easily accessible by a visitor.

]]> mmadfan on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654356 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:19:36 +0000 mmadfan 654356@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I bit the bullet and removed stuff that wasn't being used, too -- I can easily become too fond of my widgets! But when I evaluated my site with a cold heart when I revamped it, I took out pretty much everything that wasn't useful & being used -- although I did add back my blogroll links, which I'd removed earlier. They may disappear eventually, though, since they aren't popular click-throughs -- I like the interconnectedness, though, and so I may leave them anyway.

I find that now that the tags are in a list, they actually do get used occasionally -- despite being at the bottom of the page -- whereas when they were in the tag cloud in the sidebar, I don't think they were ever used. (I got rid of the tag cloud ages ago because I figured that if I didn't like the way it looked and no one was using it, it shouldn't be there.)

]]> timethief on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654334 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:48:02 +0000 timethief 654334@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I used to have such a Tag list in a text widget with a scrollbox way back in 2008 http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2008/08/17/adding-scroll-bars-to-text-widgets/ but as it was not being used I removed it.

]]> wpgaurav on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654306 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:41:02 +0000 wpgaurav 654306@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Fortunately it is possible on WordPress.com! You can create a custom menu, only with tags, and then put this menu into either sidebar or navigation.
A link How to Create Custom Menus
Note: At default, in Menus option, tags are not present. You can use them by clicking "Screen Options" tab and then ticking the 'tags' boxes.
Go ahead! Explore it.

]]> mmadfan on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654304 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:36:49 +0000 mmadfan 654304@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you want to see my text scroll box tags widget, it's in the footer widget area of my blog.

]]> mmadfan on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654301 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:35:43 +0000 mmadfan 654301@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I did that with my tags (manually created a list), and I think it works better for me -- and I don't find it unsightly. I also find that now that I have the full list of tags to refer to myself, I'm not inadvertently creating new versions of already-existing tags -- ones that are just slightly different. Before, I only looked at my "most used tags" when I tagged my posts, and since that also only shows a limited number -- probably the same 45 -- there were many occasions when I would create a new tag when one I'd already used would have suited just as well, and which would be preferable to having a bunch of singleton tags. In addition, because I know I have to update my tags list manually, I think I'm more thoughtful about adding a particular tag -- will it add value to the post and for any readers?

I used a scroll box to keep the tags list from being impossibly long. Panos has the basics for creating a scroll box here: http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/codes-useful-for-text-widgets/ (Tons of great tips there!)

]]> timethief on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-654298 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:27:58 +0000 timethief 654298@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The Tag Cloud widget will display the 45 Tags you most frequently use in a cloud format and it cannot be configured to provide the display you want.There is no other widget that will do what you want either. You can manually create a list if you wish and place it in a text widget but it will not automatically update. You will have to edit it to keep it current. http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/

]]> zireael07 on "How to change tag cloud into tag list?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-change-tag-cloud-into-tag-list#post-652933 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:13:23 +0000 zireael07 652933@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I want to change my tag cloud into a tag list (so that all tags are the same size, one under another). It would look more orderly.

I know it is possible on a website, and certainly in LJ - see for example here (The Only Exeption part): http://snarkysweetness.livejournal.com/.

Is is achievable on WordPress?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Zireael

]]> timethief on "Why is my post not showing up on the tag list page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-my-post-not-showing-up-on-the-tag-list-page#post-651466 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:46:16 +0000 timethief 651466@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Best wishes for a happy ending.

]]> imacrafter on "Why is my post not showing up on the tag list page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-my-post-not-showing-up-on-the-tag-list-page#post-651460 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:41:25 +0000 imacrafter 651460@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I contacted support.
Thank you for trying to help.
:)

]]> timethief on "Why is my post not showing up on the tag list page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-my-post-not-showing-up-on-the-tag-list-page#post-651451 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:32:46 +0000 timethief 651451@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello there,
I cannot help you beyond the assistance I have already offered. I suggest that you contact Staff and have them address your issues. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/

]]> imacrafter on "Why is my post not showing up on the tag list page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-my-post-not-showing-up-on-the-tag-list-page#post-651421 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:53:29 +0000 imacrafter 651421@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Apparently, I'm not understanding what the problem is. I'm careful with my tags and only choose the ones that are relevant. I only have 9 tags, so that is just confusing to me why that's a problem.
I don't have my post listed in 10 Categories, I have it listed in 2 categories and should have listed it in one more the 'gardening & yard'

So, if I take the spaces out between the tag words, then my post will show up in the listings?
But what if someone types in 'those words with spaces' in my search box, the post won't show up in the search list because the words won't match one un-spaced string word.
If it's the spaces between words, then the search box for the 'visitors to use' needs to have directions on it telling them not to put in spaces.

At this point, I'm not sure what I should do. If it means my visitors can find what their searching for easier, I guess I'll just have to remain banned from the listings,

WordPress.com, you are the best. (You need to work on the tag/search/listings, but other than that you're super.) I thank you for being here and a fun 7 months. Keep up your great service.

Thank you Timethief for responding so quickly. I really do appreciate it.
I apologize for breaking so many rules.
I'll move my blog to another blog-service.
:)

]]> timethief on "Why is my post not showing up on the tag list page" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-my-post-not-showing-up-on-the-tag-list-page#post-651373 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:09:15 +0000 timethief 651373@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Please consult this entry > missing posts > http://en.support.wordpress.com/global-tags/#missing-posts
Also note that Categories and/or tags ought to be single keywords wherever possible, 2 - 3 key word phrases are barely going to make it. A combined total of more than 10 relevant Categories and/or tags on any single post is considered to be excessive.

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