Tagging content

Tags are keywords from a shared tree. Content with the same tag is grouped on the site, for example on the page of the tag, in a tag cloud or in a list of related articles. Tags come with the extension eztags, which a new installation has switched on. Editors tag content; one or two people keep the tag tree tidy.

Tag an item

You need the right to edit the item. Adding a tag that is not in the tree yet needs tags/add.

1. Edit the item.
2. Find the tags field. Its name depends on the class, for example Tags or Main topic.
3. Type part of a tag under Find a tag to add and click a match. Or click one of the Suggested tags, or press Choose a tag to pick one from the tree. The tag appears under Selected tags.
4. To take a tag off, click Remove tag next to it.
5. Press Send for publishing.

The Tags tab of an item in Content structure lists its tags.

On the site, every tag has a page that lists what carries it:

A plain keywords field

Some classes have a simple keywords field instead of a tag tree, for example Tags of the standard Product class. It is a line of text: type the keywords separated by commas, such as garden, tools, spring. Spell each keyword the same way every time; garden and gardens count as two keywords.

Keep the tag tree tidy

The Tags tab in the top menu (or More > Tags) opens the Tags dashboard: the Latest tags, Tags search, the tree on the left and the top level tags with Add tag and More actions.

• To add a tag, open the parent tag and press Add tag.
• To change a tag, open it and use More actions: edit, translate, move, delete, make it a synonym of another tag, or merge it into another tag.
• Latest tags shows what was added recently, often by editors in a hurry.
• Translate the tags into every language the site shows.

The rights are the functions of the module tags: add, edit, delete, merge, makesynonym, addsynonym and more. Give the full set only to the people who keep the tree.

What can go wrong

• The tag you need does not exist and cannot be added. The field only allows tags from the tree, or your role lacks tags/add. Ask whoever keeps the tree.
• Two tags mean the same. Use the main one. Whoever keeps the tree can make the other a synonym or merge them.
• Deleting a tag removes it from all content. Merge it into the right tag instead, so the content keeps a tag.
• A tag shows in English on the German site. It has no German translation. Translate it.

Read more

• How do I tag content?, in the help center.
• How do I keep the tag tree tidy?