Tags (UPDATED)

By coryking written 11/3/05 7:15 PM, published 5/25/08 3:42 PM
Hello!

This is a reminder(!).  It is pretty cool watching the tag cloud thingy evolve.  Once we get more stuff tagged, there is all levels of coolness in store for how to navigate this website.  There is no reason we can't pull off some of the stuff flickr does.  But it needs you to work.  What is tagging?

Tagging is a system lets you, the reader and participant of this website, decide how to categorize the vast amount of information at this website.

For example, using tags - Here is a map of all the tags so far.  The larger the tag is, the more popular it is.

The Goal
The goal of tagging is to look at a story and say "wow, I want to see more posts like this one!".  So you view its tags and find a characteristic you would like to see more of.

The Catch
See, the idea behind tagging is that you get to decide what uniquely describes a post.  So the catch is it is up to you to make it work!

This informational reminder has been brought to you buy the letters R, D and J and the number 2.

Thank you,
The Management.

Bumped, three years later, by Cory: A blast from the past and a quick reminder to tag your stories!


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  • Kody 11/2/05 12:25 AM
    Hm, "Show Tags" doesn't seem to work with Firefox for me. Anyone else having this issue?

  • KayN 11/2/05 4:55 AM
    I'm trying to tag stuff, Cory....got a few done...

    - Ms.N


  • jojames1 11/2/05 5:08 AM
    Is the cookie monster here, too? The Count? I love the letter J.

  • codepoit 11/2/05 5:21 AM
    Firefox is working the tags fine on my end. Kody, what extensions do you have?

    - I'm Special!


  • jojames1 11/2/05 6:05 AM
    DONE! Hah! I'm so proud. I'd like to thank the letters D, J and especially R for getting me through this difficult task. Next assignment, sir!

  • coryking 11/2/05 7:47 AM
    If it's been a while since visiting this site, refresh. Odds are good the javascript has been cached. Trust me, when it works, it works on firefox. It's the only browser out there as far as I'm concerned.

    - Random User


  • Kody 11/2/05 8:42 AM
    Hm, strange. Works on my work firefox, but not my home firefox. I'll investigate further tonight... I might have javascript disabled or something...

  • Pyro43 11/2/05 9:45 AM
    R, D, J and 2? I have heard of R2-D2, but where does J fit in?

    - Mmmmmm... Multiplicative


  • lilbit 11/2/05 10:07 AM
    will there be photo organizing here silmilar to what flickr offers when we get everything tagged? because if there is, I'l be taggin' my lil' butt off tonight.

  • austinspace 11/2/05 10:14 AM
    I'm betting that's the idea, Lil...

    - here and there


  • coryking 11/2/05 10:45 AM
    it will be on a story level though, not an image one. So you will have stuff orginized by story. The use of stories as the primary unit of content is what seperates Photographica from the savages.

    - Random User


  • ROCKADEE 11/2/05 11:44 AM
    Tag Question. I Taged My Newest Post Macro. Then After Awhile Four More Tag Names Were Added To It. Where Did The Other Tag Names Come From. Did Someone Else Tag It Too???

    - NATURE RULES!!!


  • coryking 11/2/05 11:48 AM
    Anybody can add/remove tags from any post, so indeed, somebody added tags to your post.

    - Random User


  • ROCKADEE 11/2/05 11:52 AM
    Thanks For The Info Cory!

    - NATURE RULES!!!


  • jojames1 11/2/05 12:24 PM
    (pssst Rocky, I have a secret for you....I'm the secret tagger. By day I am a professional [stop laughing Kay] human resource generalist. But at night I stalk photography sites and identify posts by their content. Don't give away my secret identity as the Tag Hag.)

  • ROCKADEE 11/2/05 1:33 PM
    Tag Your It Jo.....:-)

    - NATURE RULES!!!


  • b1515152004 11/3/05 5:22 AM
    I don't understand what tags do

  • lilbit 11/3/05 10:04 AM
    tags help organize the photos, don't they Cory? so if you like black and white photos for example, you can look through the list of tags to the right and click on black and whites and it brings up photos or stories that have black and white shots in them.

  • austinspace 11/3/05 7:19 PM
    yes! B1515etc, click on the "View all tags" link in the upper right of this page. You'll see all the tags, with their size corresponding to the number of times they've been used. Then go back and look at all your posts and tag them with "Pittsburg" (for your city shots) and "zoo" (for your zoo shots) and etc. Ultimately you will be able to do just as Lil suggests--bring up all the "zoo" shots on the site--and then compare yours to theirs, for instance.

    - here and there


  • Penny 11/3/05 7:27 PM
    Cory I really like the way it looks when you click on all tags. It makes you want to read all of them big and small. Keep up the great work you do. Oh and will you get a kleenex already???

    - Smile


  • dennisjb 11/3/05 8:30 PM
    how do you tag a multiple image post?

  • chef009 11/3/05 8:47 PM
    No fair, beholden is already done tagging.Oh yea, she does'nt have any post ..but shes sweet.

    - time to change


  • lilbit 11/4/05 4:14 AM
    dennis, you do it one photo at a time. For example, if a post has let's say a dog, cat and mouse. Open up where you type in the tag name (Show Tags), type in dog, then add, then type in cat and add, and so on. And if they are black and white's of dog's ect. type in black and white also. Hope I'm explaining this so you can understand...lol I've never claimed to be able to explain the right way, but thought I'd save John some time today, I know he has alot of Photos he needs to be taking and that he is SO excited to be doing it, I thought it would be nice he have extra time to do them all...LOL (John will understand what that means ;0)

  • kwsNI 11/4/05 4:50 AM
    Dirk, the point of tags it to map the content, not the equipment. Unless you're taking photos of your Canon, don't tag them Canon.

    - Contumelious


  • austinspace 11/4/05 7:32 AM
    ha!

    - here and there


  • dennisjb 11/4/05 7:59 AM
    nikon! :(

  • surferguy 11/4/05 8:17 AM
    Im done..... do you know how long it takes to type zoo animals a thousand times.... my fingers are in knots....

    - WoooFrigginHoooo...


  • lilbit 11/4/05 8:50 AM
    ha! ha! (that's a double ha)

  • coryking 11/4/05 9:51 AM
    This whole tag thing is kind of organic and I'm really curious how it will evolve over time. I'd say some kinds of equipment are fine. If you are using a lomo, or some weird exotic pinhole camera or something then by all means tag it. If you are using a fishbowl lens, tag it. But tagging every post "Fuji Finepix" is just trolling to get to the top of the "hot tags" list, even if we all know the FinePix is the best camera on the market :-) So, as for multiple tags, should I let you guys seperate tags out by commas so you can quickly add multiple tags? Flickr does it with spaces, but then you have to remember to put quotes around "multi word tags", which I dont really like. As for the tag cloud - it is getting so big I'm now only showing tags that have three or more stories attached. Bottom line though, the tag system is grown organically. The most important question to ask yourself is "are these tags good ways to find this story?" if they are, and they aren't replicated elseware (like your username) then tag it that way.

    - Random User


  • KayN 11/4/05 11:38 AM
    I'm done, finally!

    - Ms.N


  • Penny 11/4/05 3:02 PM
    Cory you are so right about the Fugi FinePix. I'm with ya all the way on that one!! ;)

    - Smile


  • lilbit 11/5/05 4:52 PM
    organic is good.

  • ROCKADEE 5/25/08 3:49 PM

    My Photos My Storys...So What's Wrong With Using My Name ROCKADEE For One Of My Tags... I Tag My Photos With My Name On Other Photo Sites And There Is No Problem With Doing So On The Other Sites.

    - NATURE RULES!!!


  • coryking 5/25/08 3:50 PM
    I took that comment out :-)

    - Random User


  • ROCKADEE 5/25/08 3:59 PM
    Thank You Sir!

    - NATURE RULES!!!


  • ROCKADEE 5/25/08 4:05 PM
    Cory...Seeing all the comments and names really brings back memories here and I remember all of them in this comment list , Yep I have been around for a while...(:^)

    - NATURE RULES!!!


  • coryking 5/25/08 4:14 PM
    Drop them all a PM, I say.  They need to get their butts back in here ;-)

    - Random User


  • MRQUACKERS 5/25/08 4:20 PM
    A blast from the past.  See all the fun that use to be?

    - A quack with an camera


  • taters 5/26/08 1:04 PM
    I don't understand tags either. I have to ask where do I go to type in the tags?

    - taters


  • The Old Guy 5/26/08 1:58 PM

    Well, I actually did it. I tagged some tags. Not so hard but one can only choose what is offered? Might be more to learn.

    Taters, I don't see where we can do that. Only select what is there. 

    - say it with photos


  • coryking 5/26/08 9:05 PM

    you type them in when you write the story.  Back in the day, anybody could tag a story and I'll probably be bringing that back sometime soon.

     

    Old guy, you dont have to use ones that are offered.  What is offered is kind of a "spellcheck" designed to catch when you type "trees" and there is already a tag named "Tree". 

    - Random User