ellipses in tags names breaks my tags

[Ben]

The new tags sacreens don't show the ful tag any more!

This means I can't cut-n-paste the ful names but only the ellisped version.

This change breaks my tree of knowlge and tagging tool.

The names of the tags where not broken before the update and are broken now.

I want them fixed.

Yes I know "Its the lead sled dog that runs into the tree!" but in this case i have bloddied my nose, fractured my cheek bones and there is a tree shaped notch in the front of my skull.

I CAN USE MY TAGGING TOOL UNTIL THIS IS FIXED.

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Ben

PS: "Do you want the red pill or the blue?"

[Ben]

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@Ben wrote:

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I CAN NOT USE MY TAGGING TOOL UNTIL THIS IS FIXED.

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Ben

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Correction.

[Laura F.]

Hi Ben,

Thanks for the update.  I am working with Lithium on this issue and will keep you updated.

Regards,

Laura

[Laura F.]

Ben has also let me know that the tag clouds no longer display the tag count after the tag name.  I found that you can enable this option by enabling "Show tag counts" in My Settings -> Tagging.

Thanks,

Laura

[Ben]

An alternative that could meet OUR needs and make it easier on Lithium.

Lithium can leave the tag cloud screen alone and just give me a "Export tags and counts" button. Whn pressed it will let us specify the save path. The output file should be tab delimitted with a collumn for the tag and another collumn for the counts.

That change will reduce the fix work for Lithium.

I can mod my code to read from the file instead of from the cut-n-paste.

I don't know what to code looks like for the forums but adding a button to spit out a file that does NOT have to under go an astetics commity has to be easier than undoing the work that went into buggering up the tag names.

And before you ask...

While tagging I get a new set of tag exports (well I used too) possibly multiple times while doing the cross linking to enusre I can find the same info using multiple search paths, so it has to be an option that I can invoke while tagging.

So being the type I am I have to let you know about the next best version of the above.

For all of the tags that have a count above "1" there are mutliple URL's associated with that tag. If I could get the export file to list;

1) Tag

2) URL associated with the tag.

So if I looked at the spreadsheet export for the tag "LabVIEW" I would find it list 300 times in collumn 1 and the unique URLs in collumn 2.

This "enhancement" would let me move the Tagging tool to the next level where the tags can be explored via a spider-web not possible with my existing information.

SO;

Minimum required to fix the tagging tool

1) Full tag names

2) Tag counts

If I get that from the screen getting fixed or a file export, I can adapt.

Under the heading of "Never let an emergency go to waste"...

Let us export tags with URLs

Bonus for NI

1) If you give me the data, I'll enhace the code to use it.

2) Once enhanced the CPU required to explore the tag linkages will be on the user machine.

3) All of the substance organized under the tags are still NI content and gives users yet another way to get the most out of NIs web-site.

But for the time being...

Until the names are restored to their full text, the cross linking will be at best hit or miss and I am flying blind.

Ben

[GregFreeman]

Ben was so angry during this post that I count about 4 misspellings. Uncharactarestic! He must really be annoyed.

[Ben]

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@for(imstuck) wrote:

Ben was so angry during this post that I count about 4 misspellings. Uncharactarestic! He must really be annoyed.

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My bad!

Once I get on my horse and take up my lance, I can get carried away. See "Man of LaMancha" for more info on this subject.

Ben

PS Yes I understand that Don Quioti was concidered insane. Do you think sane people would fight for a cloud?

[Ray.R]

Yes, if it is to keep that cloud unpolluted..

[Laura F. · Accepted solution]

Hi Ben,

Please look at the attached tab delimited text file.  I copy and pasted your tags from the Manage Tags page.  You get there by viewing all of your tags and then selected "Manage Ben's tags everywhere" in the Tag Options menu. 

I'm still waiting to hear back from Lithium about the above changes in the tag cloud but perhaps this might help in the mean time as it includes full tag name in alphabetical order and tag count in a list. 

Thanks,

Laura

[Ben]

That page and data meets my minimum requirements so I call this resolved.

My code will have to be updated but at least I have the data to move forward.

Thank you,

Ben