# Just a small question about behaviors

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-a-small-question-about-behaviors/67505>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [September 4, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-a-small-question-about-behaviors/67505 "2006-09-04T18:49:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![rane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@rane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rane)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-a-small-question-about-behaviors/67505/1 "2006-09-04T18:49:53Z")

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[http://radiantcms.org/blog/2006/05/02/behaviors/](http://radiantcms.org/blog/2006/05/02/behaviors/)

Is it necessary to register the behavior? I mean, it makes no sense if  
you have add that behavior and select it in the drop down box if you  
want to use one tag you just created.  
What is the whole point?

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**Author:** ![rane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@rane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rane)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-a-small-question-about-behaviors/67505/2 "2006-09-04T19:15:57Z")

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Raine Virta wrote:

> [http://radiantcms.org/blog/2006/05/02/behaviors/](http://radiantcms.org/blog/2006/05/02/behaviors/)
> 
> Is it necessary to register the behavior? I mean, it makes no sense if  
> you have add that behavior and select it in the drop down box if you  
> want to use one tag you just created.  
> What is the whole point?

Behaviors aren’t just for adding tags to a page. If you only want to add  
one tag, you might consider making it global:

Behavior::Base.define\_tags do  
# tag definitions here  
end

–  
John L.  
[http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com)