Limiting Tagging to Admins

MySong
MySong
@mysong
10 years ago
155 posts
A nice feature in jrTags would be a way to limit tagging only to admins. Purpose of this feature would be to enable uniform and consistent tagging throughout the site.

Often one user gets 'tagging happy' and can create dozens of different tags for his items. Also there are just different spellings and ways to tag things which can produce many unwanted tags.

Currently if 'Allowed to Add Tags' is not checked for a quota, then even the admin can not add tag to items owned by this quota. Also tag labels are not displayed under item on detail pages of this quota (if already added), although they do exist in cloud.

Know that tags are made for 'crowdsourcing navigation'( https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/forum/suggestions/8482/tag-creation-item-create-update-form)
but see above reasons why some might prefer otherwise. Also know that a custom keyword field can be added with form designer but JRtags has many useful features.

An idea might be to have three check boxes in JRtags quotas page
1 - Show on Detail Pages
2 - Allow tags to be added to items
3 - Allowed to Add Tags (would work slightly different then now; admin would still be able to add tags to items owned by quota even if unchecked and tags would display on detail pages even if unchecked).


updated by @mysong: 10/27/14 04:55:26PM
michael
@michael
10 years ago
7,744 posts
Currently the tags are limitable by quota. Put all your admins in a single quota, then you have this feature.

Seams like adding another checkbox would add an extra level of confusion.
MySong
MySong
@mysong
10 years ago
155 posts
I tried that but when 'admin quota' has 'Allowed to Add Tags' checked
and 'artist quota' does not, then even the 'admin quota' can not add tags to items owned by 'artist quota'.

Thanks,
michael
@michael
10 years ago
7,744 posts
MySong:... when 'admin quota' has 'Allowed to Add Tags' checked
and 'artist quota' does not, then even the 'admin quota' can not add tags to items owned by 'artist quota'....

This seams like a bug. I'll check it out.

Should be the two permissions:
* Allowed to Add Tags
Quote: If checked, users in this quota will be able to add tags to items that have an add tag form.

* Show on Detail Pages
Quote: If this option is checked, a Tags section will show at the bottom of Item Detail Pages for profiles in this quota.

so setting "allowed to tag" to off and "show on details page" to on, should give you what you want.
michael
@michael
10 years ago
7,744 posts
Got this fixed up in the next core version 5.2.10

Thanks.
updated by @michael: 09/03/14 12:02:26AM
MySong
MySong
@mysong
10 years ago
155 posts
Updated to 5.2.10

Now existing tags are showing on item pages even if owner quote has 'Allowed to Add Tags' unchecked, which is good.

However it still does not let 'admin quote' (who has 'Allowed to Add Tags' checked) to add new tags to the item.