ActsAsTaggableOn, or ‘acts as taggable on steroids on steroids’, is
now available to the public!
== Overview ==
This plugin is heavily based on ActsAsTaggableOnSteroids by Jonathan
Viney. While
basic tagging functionality is handled expertly as well as tag cloud
calculations, for
many applications there may be a need to have several “tag fields” for
a given model.
For instance, in a social network, a user might have tags that are
called skills,
interests, sports, and more. There is no real way to differentiate
between tags and
so an implementation of this type is not possible with acts as
taggable on steroids.
Enter ActsAsTaggableOn. Rather than tying functionality to a specific
keyword
(namely “tags”), ActsAsTaggableOn allows you to specify an arbitrary
number of
tag “contexts” that can be used locally or in combination in the same
way AATOS
was used.
== Installation ==
The simplest way is just to install straight from the SVN:
script/plugin install
http://svn.intridea.com/svn/public/acts_as_taggable_on
== Example ==
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_taggable_on :tags, :skills, :interests
end
@user = User.new(:name => “Bobby”)
@user.tag_list = “awesome, slick, hefty” # this should be
familiar
@user.skill_list = “joking, clowning, boxing” # but you can do it for
any context!
@user.skill_list # => [“joking”,“clowning”,“boxing”] as TagList
@user.save
@user.tags # => [<Tag name:“awesome”>,<Tag name:“slick”>,<Tag
name:“hefty”>]
@user.skills # => [<Tag name:“joking”>,<Tag name:“clowning”>,<Tag
name:“boxing”>]
User.find_tagged_with(“awesome”, :on => :tags) # => [@user]
User.find_tagged_with(“awesome”, :on => :skills) # => []
@frankie = User.create(:name => “Frankie”, :skill_list => “joking,
flying, eating”)
User.skill_counts # => [,…]
@bobby.skill_counts
@frankie.skill_counts
== Testing ==
Acts As Taggable On uses RSpec for its test coverage. If you already
have RSpec on your
application, the specs will run while using:
rake spec:plugins
Caveats, Uncharted Waters
This plugin is still under active development. Tag caching has not
been thoroughly (or even casually) tested and may not work as
expected.
Resources
SVN - http://svn.intridea.com/svn/public/acts_as_taggable_on
Trac - http://trac.intridea.com/trac/public
Copyright (c) 2007 Michael B. and Intridea Inc., released under
the MIT license
