A tagging plugin for Rails applications that allows for custom tagging along dynamic contexts.
Plugin Installation
script/plugin install git://github.com/mbleigh/acts-as-taggable-on.git
Gem Installation
gem install mbleigh-acts-as-taggable-on --source http://gems.github.com
Auto Install
include following line in environment.rb
config.gem "mbleigh-acts-as-taggable-on", :source => "http://gems.github.com", :lib => "acts-as-taggable-on"
Post Installation (Rails)
1. script/generate acts_as_taggable_on_migration
2. rake db:migrate
Usage
Add following line in your model for which you wanted to be tagged.
acts_as_taggable_on :tags
Example
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_taggable_on :tags
end
In your View for Post
In your controller create action
@post = Post.new (params[:post])
# Or just hardcode to test
@post.tag_list ="awesome, slick, hefty"
@post.save
What are the methods provided ??
@post.tag_list = "awesome, slick, hefty"
Post.tagged_with("awesome", :on => :tags) # => [@post1, @post2]
Post.tag_counts # => [,...]
Named Scope
class Post "created_at DESC"
end
Post.tagged_with("awesome").by_creation
Pagination can be added on list of tags using will_paginate plugin
List Of Tags .paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 20)
@post.find_related_tags # => will give related posts having related tags. [ @post1, @post2, ...]
Tag Owners
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_tagger
end
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_taggable_on :tags
end
@some_user.tag(@some_post, :with => "paris, normandy", :on => :tags)
@some_user.owned_taggings
@some_user.owned_tags
@some_post.tags_from(@some_user)
Cheers !
$@ndip
Josh Software 
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