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Joomla 3.x. How to work with article tags

Lana Greene March 9, 2015
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This tutorial shows how to use new Tags in Joomla 3.x.

Joomla 3.x. How to work with article tags

Tags enable you to add a keyword or words to an item, and tags can be displayed in a few different ways.

In order to create a tag in Joomla, you should perform the following:

  1. Go to the Components menu and select Tags from the list;

  2. In the Tags window that opens, click on the New button:

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  3. The Tag Manager: Add New Tag window opens;

  4. In the Title field enter a name for your Tag;

  5. Click the Save button;

When you create an article, the field to assign Tags is located on the right side of the Edit Article screen.

Click in the field and start typing the name of the Tag you want to add to the article.

When you enter a certain number of characters, one or more Tags will appear, just click the one you want.

You can add as many Tags to the article as you want using the same method:

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How to display the Tags:

Once a Tag has been added to an article, it will display automatically under the article title.

They can also be added using the Popular Tags and Similar Tags modules.

To choose one of the modules, go to the Extension menu and select Module Manager.

Click the New button and the following two modules will be available:

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  • Popular Tags – the Tags are displayed in a cloud like arrangement, they run on and they have a colored background.

  • Similar Tags – tags will be displayed as a standard list.

Tags can be used in Articles, Category Manager, Featured Articles, Contacts, Newsfeeds and Weblinks, so they are quite wide ranging.

Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:

Joomla 3.x. How to work with article tags

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