Topic: Webcomic Tagging - Beta

New Feature. The ability to tag webcomics with your own custom tags. This a webcomic is funny? Tag it with 'Funny.' Like a comic cause its had dogs in it? Tag it with 'dogs.' This a comic is stupid? mark it as 'stupid.' Its that simple

As a security feature, a tag will not become visible to the public until a certain number of visitors have put the same tag on a comic. So no one user has the power to label a comic with a paticular tag.

As an example, feel free to go and mark The Zombie Hunters with the tag 'zombies'. If enough people do it, The Zombie Hunters will be tagged as a comic with zombies in it.

Be sure to visit the public webcomic tag cloud.

You can also view your own from the account drop-down or in the control panel on your accounts page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. An FAQ is in the works, as I now have a number of features that need some explaining.

So test out this feature and let me know if there are any bugs. For some reason, despite my testing, I think there will be. I've been a bit distract while working on this one, so I apologize in advance.

Wow... already found some flaws in my cloud generation code.

I want the cloud to only display tags that have comics in it that have been tagged more than a particular number of times with that particular tag. (...confusing, I know). Right now, if a tag has atleast ONE comic that has been tagged that number of times (which is twice for the time being, btw) with the same tag, it shows ALL comics that have that tag, no matter if it has been tagged once, twice, three times, etc.

This shouldn't stop you from going ahead and tagging, as there is no reason that won't work just fine. I'll keep you updated as i work out what seems to be some complex recursive logic. Yay programming!!

Jeez, it sounds like a hassle. Good luck with getting the kinks worked out. =)

So, even in its flawed functionality (which, I am still working on) how's everyone liking it so far. Any comments, suggestions, feedback?

Thanks.

I like the idea of tagging comics, although I do see a problem with it currently. Because more than one person has to tag it with the same tag before that tag becomes official it can lead to a long drought of tags that are confirmed.

Perhaps you can try making it go through based on one input alone, and if problems occur start to limit it to two as it is now. I don't see too much chance of an abuse.

I guess its worth a try. Things have run pretty smoothly as it is. Very little modding needed on my end. Granted, the site's still general small, but its still refreshing.

We'll see how this works out.

One thing i may add, is the ability to make a tag public or private. Maybe.