# Acts\_as\_taggable issue

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-issue/80461>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 27, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-issue/80461 "2006-12-27T05:05:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![boboroshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@boboroshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boboroshi)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-issue/80461/1 "2006-12-27T05:05:21Z")

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This won’t post with a full code paste, so I’ve got to link it to  
another forum where I’ve posted it.

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Can’t get the acts\_as\_taggable plugin to play nice. Works in console,  
not in teh view.

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**Author:** ![boboroshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@boboroshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boboroshi)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-issue/80461/2 "2006-12-27T18:19:04Z")

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On Dec 26, 2006, at 11:03 PM, boboroshi wrote:

> This won’t post with a full code paste, so I’ve got to link it to  
> another forum where I’ve posted it.
> 
> [http://www.railsweenie.com/forums/1/topics/1053](http://www.railsweenie.com/forums/1/topics/1053)
> 
> Can’t get the acts\_as\_taggable plugin to play nice. Works in console,  
> not in teh view.

You’re not showing your routes.rb, so I can’t be sure, but it looks  
like you need to setup a route for this…

= in config/routes.rb

map.connect ‘/elements/tagged/:tag\_name’, :controller =\>  
‘elements’, :action =\> ‘tagged’

= end

Alternatively, you could use params[:id] instead of params[:tag\_name]  
in line 4 of your controller, but changing the route will make it  
clearer that you’re not expecting a numeric id there.

-JD Harrington

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**Author:** ![boboroshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@boboroshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boboroshi)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-issue/80461/3 "2006-12-27T18:41:12Z")

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Thanks JD. I actually do have this, but I don’t call the controller

map.connect ‘:controller/tagged/:tag\_name’, :action =\> :tagged

Also, this could cause a lot of issue - I’m using RC1 for 1.2 and  
everything is restful.

So in trying to go for semantic urls, is

[http://tld.com/elements/tagged/tag\_name](http://tld.com/elements/tagged/tag_name)

not a good way to go? Here is the full routes file with all comments  
removed:

ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|  
map.resources :element\_types  
map.resources :elements

map.connect ‘:controller/tagged/:tag\_name’, :action =\> :tagged

map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> “element”

map.connect ‘:controller/service.wsdl’, :action =\> ‘wsdl’

map.connect ‘:controller/:action/:id.:format’  
map.connect ‘:controller/:action/:id’  
end

I appreciate the help,  
John

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**Author:** ![boboroshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@boboroshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boboroshi)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-issue/80461/4 "2006-12-27T18:47:12Z")

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AH! using the symbol for :tagged in the routes breaks it. Not sure why.  
But it does. Changing the route to

map.connect ‘:controller/tagged/:tag\_name’, :action =\> ‘tagged’

made it work

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**Author:** ![boboroshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@boboroshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boboroshi)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-issue/80461/5 "2006-12-27T18:51:14Z")

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On Dec 27, 2006, at 12:45 PM, boboroshi wrote:

> AH! using the symbol for :tagged in the routes breaks it. Not sure  
> why.  
> But it does. Changing the route to
> 
> map.connect ‘:controller/tagged/:tag\_name’, :action =\> ‘tagged’
> 
> made it work

Interesting. Glad it’s working for you now.

-JD