Predefined Tags

You can set different Joomla ACL for adding NEW tags... and adding EXISTING tags. See 2nd and 3rd parameter:

• 2nd parameter "Who can add/remove tags" allows NEW tags for a higher ACL like admins, moderators or article author only. They wil be allowed to add your pre-defined tags.
• 3rd parameter "Who can attach exist/remove tags" could be a lower ACL for your users like registered. Then registered users can just select from those EXISTING tags via "auto-complete" field. Or remove tags.

I purchased the auto complete field. However the tags module does not show this field. How do I get the auto complete field to work with the tag cloud?

enocasino How do I get the auto complete field to work with the tag cloud?

Ther is no autocomplete in tag cloud module. It is only inside the article full view where you can attach new tags.

Do you want to do xomething like stackoverflow where on a side you can select your personal list of tags you prefer? Then you have to create custom module. Because even if you select the tag with autocomplete, you have to assosiate it with the user by saving data in DB, so next time site remembers user's tags.

enocasino I purchased the auto complete field. However the tags module does not show this field

The "Auto-complete field" has nothing to do with the usual "Cobalt tags" feature. It is a seperate field and storage. On first sight, it seems to be similar and it even allows to offer pre-defined values... but this happens on record-submission form only.

I still suggest to have a look into my previous comment above. Try to make use of the ACL parameter. The benefits: You have tagging on record view. Restricted pre-defined tags. Working tags module.

I'm still confused.

If I set the 2nd parameter to "super user" , then the article author can not see the tags feature. But if I set it to 'Article author only" then as the author I can add any tag like "lkajdlkjfkjda"

You have to set Who can add to Superuser and who can attach to author only.

Oh okay, I got it now. I was thinking the tags feature was suppose to show up in the submission form. The author has to create the record, then open the record, then add tags.

So as the super user, do I need to create a dummy record to create the pre-defined tags?

enocasino as the super user, do I need to create a dummy record to create the pre-defined tags?

Yep, think so. Because Cobalt backend has no action to create new tags beforehand. Just edit name and delete. Sorry, forgot about that.

So, you need at least 1 article to add tags via frontend. This might be a hidden/unpublished dummie record.

And you do not need to edit article. Just add tags in full article view. Add and immediately delete. Because there is AJAX which save the tags. When you edit article tags are saved only when article is saved.

Bada Boom. Yes Sir, Saved in the backend. Sweetness!

Thank you