Tech Note: LGF Pages, Now with Tags

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Did I mention that LGF Pages is turning into a full-featured blogging tool for any registered LGF user? I did?

Well, it took another step in the mutational process today, with the addition of a free-form tagging system.

“Tags” are words or phrases associated with an LGF Page; there are very few rules on what can be a tag. For example, in a page about Sarah Palin, you might want to use the tags “Alaska” and “Death Panels.” It’s completely up to you which tags you assign to your pages.

Tags can contain more than one word; the only rule for entering tags is to separate them with commas. For example, here are the tags I assigned to a page about the recent British election results:

British National Party, BNP, Nick Griffin, Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, Britain, Searchlight

Tags aren’t much good unless there’s also a way to use them for searching and displaying pages, so there’s a new text input field in the right sidebar labeled “Tags.” You can enter a tag in this field and hit Return to display all pages tagged with that term.

And you can enter more than one tag, separated (again) with commas. If you enter more than one tag, you can use the popup menu next to the “Tags” field to choose between “AND” and “OR” modes; “AND” mode shows pages containing all the tags, and “OR” mode shows pages containing any of the tags.

A page’s tags are displayed below the “Text” field; clicking on a tag will put it in the “Tags” field and reload the page, to quickly display all pages with that tag.

You can combine all of the controls; for example you can show all pages by a certain Name with certain Tags, within a certain range of dates, in a certain Category. The possibilities are endless.

And one more biggie: the “Text” character limit of 2048 has been raised to 16K, to allow you more freedom to express all the verbosity within you.

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36 comments
1 jamesfirecat  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:28:38pm

How nice, now every night I can let everyone here at LGF know how create Jon Stewarts bits were last night!

(I kid, I kid)

2 McSpiff  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:29:30pm

Charles, you really do blend powerful features with a nice clean interface. Awesome site to use, even overlooking the great content and community.

3 freetoken  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:29:31pm
And one more biggie: the “Text” character limit of 2048 has been raised to 16K, to allow you more freedom to express all the verbosity within you.

My inner verbosity thanks you.

4 Dancing along the light of day  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:31:21pm

Charles is "it"!
Runs away!

5 SteveC  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:32:46pm

re: #4 Floral Giraffe

Charles is "it"!
Runs away!

*trips Floral G... but makes it look as if she fell into my arms* :)

6 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:35:43pm

Oh, sure, LGF has tags...

But does it have

Super cleaning boosters?

Tasty crunchy bits?

Extra minerals and vitamins?

7 Dancing along the light of day  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:36:16pm

re: #5 SteveC

*trips Floral G... but makes it look as if she fell into my arms* :)

Uh, oh. Cooties!
;)

8 SteveC  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:36:52pm

re: #6 EmmmieG

Oh, sure, LGF has tags...

But does it have

Super cleaning boosters?

Tasty crunchy bits?

Extra minerals and vitamins?

All that, and a bag of chips!

9 Oh no...Sand People!  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:36:57pm

So does this mean I can delete my blog?
/I think...?

10 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:37:23pm

I wonder how many people will use "douchebag" as a tag. (Prolly not allowed)

11 SteveC  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:39:04pm

re: #10 Cannadian Club Akbar

I wonder how many people will use "douchebag" as a tag. (Prolly not allowed)

This is why we can't have nice things! *Stomps off*

12 Ojoe  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:40:45pm
13 Mark Pennington  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:41:19pm

I'm loving this. You rock, Charles!

14 freetoken  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:41:24pm

re: #6 EmmmieG

High Fiber?

Vitamin D added?

15 McSpiff  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:41:49pm

Question to Charles, how 'freeform' are we allowed to go with content? I know that the threads tend to cover just about every aspect of the human experience... is it expected that Pages will too? If I find a neat programing article or something else related to my field is that a cool thing to post? Properly tagged of course.

16 Charles Johnson  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:42:52pm

re: #15 McSpiff

Question to Charles, how 'freeform' are we allowed to go with content? I know that the threads tend to cover just about every aspect of the human experience... is it expected that Pages will too? If I find a neat programing article or something else related to my field is that a cool thing to post? Properly tagged of course.

Pretty much anything goes. Programming articles are very welcome.

17 McSpiff  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:45:57pm

re: #16 Charles

Pretty much anything goes. Programming articles are very welcome.

Awesome. I'm really excited to see how this turns out!

18 Eclectic Infidel  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:46:58pm

Must the tags be pertinent to the article posted?

I mean, if I posted an article about Sarah Palin, should all the tags be about her and the subject matter or could the tags include something random?

19 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:48:14pm

re: #17 McSpiff

Awesome. I'm really excited to see how this turns out!

Turns out this is the best blog ever. EVAH!!
(before this blog, I didn't know shit about HTML, and still know very little, but it's a start)

20 Killgore Trout  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:48:20pm
British National Party, BNP, Nick Griffin, Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, Britain, Searchlight

Ron Paul!

21 What, me worry?  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:48:57pm

Tagging is a great feature, Charles. I just did a few!

22 What, me worry?  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:50:05pm

re: #18 eclectic infidel

Must the tags be pertinent to the article posted?

I mean, if I posted an article about Sarah Palin, should all the tags be about her and the subject matter or could the tags include something random?

Think in terms of how you want another person to find the article if they search for it. Palin would be appropriate, but if she was commenting on immigration say, you may want to use "immigration" too.

23 McSpiff  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:52:27pm

re: #19 Cannadian Club Akbar

Turns out this is the best blog ever. EVAH!!
(before this blog, I didn't know shit about HTML, and still know very little, but it's a start)

Not even just HTML. Having things like tagging and searching already done for you makes something like this 100x more useful. Its also really, really hard to do right.

I see this as potentially a great source of relatively sorted 'specialist knowledge'. Need to refute the latest talking point from the high Lord denier and LVQ isn't around? Put some keywords into Pages and bam, get the info you need straight from the horses mouth, thanks to LVQ submitting it the night before.

24 Eclectic Infidel  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:52:31pm

re: #22 marjoriemoon

Think in terms of how you want another person to find the article if they search for it. Palin would be appropriate, but if she was commenting on immigration say, you may want to use "immigration" too.

Yeah, I know. I'm just...tired...and on my second glass of Black Mountain 2006 Zinfadel and the tag "nipple clamps" came to mind when thinking of McCain's former running mate and well, here I am. Never mind.

25 lazardo  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:52:48pm

And now for some OT IRL FML.

BEIJING—A Chinese man who spent nearly 10 years in jail for murder has been cleared after the supposed victim reappeared alive and well.

Zhao Zuohai was jailed in 2002 for murdering one of his neighbors in a village in the central province of Henan in October 1997, Xinhua news agency reported late Saturday, quoting a court statement.

SNIP

26 What, me worry?  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:55:12pm

re: #24 eclectic infidel

Well, hey, ya just never know do ya.

27 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:56:02pm

re: #23 McSpiff

Yes. I love the fact that I come here, ask a question, and someone knows the answer. Now, with the tags feature, I can do it myself without bothering a running thread.

28 McSpiff  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:57:10pm

Not to steal any thunder from Charles, but if you like this and also want it on the go, [Link: evernote.com...] has a great mobile app for note taking that includes tagging. You can also upload images that get scanned for text that you can later search. Syncs with a desktop client and website. Very powerful stuff. I'm not associated at all, just been a satisfied user.

29 SteveC  Sun, May 9, 2010 7:57:55pm

re: #24 eclectic infidel

Yeah, I know. I'm just...tired...and on my second glass of Black Mountain 2006 Zinfadel and the tag "nipple clamps" came to mind when thinking of McCain's former running mate and well, here I am. Never mind.

"You're so bad," he whispers in a husky voice.

30 What, me worry?  Sun, May 9, 2010 8:00:01pm

Now I'm gonna have to search for nipple clamps.

31 SteveC  Sun, May 9, 2010 8:04:15pm

re: #30 marjoriemoon

Now I'm gonna have to search for nipple clamps.

"We were sitting there talking about links and someone said `nipple clamps' and BAM! Suddenly there were lizards everywhere!"

32 jamesfirecat  Sun, May 9, 2010 8:05:46pm

re: #31 SteveC

"We were sitting there talking about links and someone said `nipple clamps' and BAM! Suddenly there were lizards everywhere!"

And in short Doctor Giseman, that's why I need your expert services as a Proctologist....

33 NJDhockeyfan  Sun, May 9, 2010 8:10:07pm

I'm back. Did someone say nipple clamps?

34 What, me worry?  Sun, May 9, 2010 8:10:38pm

re: #33 NJDhockeyfan

I'm back. Did someone say nipple clamps?

It's all his fault ---->

35 Dark_Falcon  Sun, May 9, 2010 8:10:49pm

re: #10 Cannadian Club Akbar

I wonder how many people will use "douchebag" as a tag. (Prolly not allowed)

It should be if you're talking about Rush Limbaugh. :D

36 Dancing along the light of day  Sun, May 9, 2010 8:11:06pm

re: #5 SteveC

*trips Floral G... but makes it look as if she fell into my arms* :)

*SMOOCH*


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