Rockytime Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 I guess this is mostly for Travis. I just wondered what the little black tags are like the one lawson56 posted with crosses. The tag said religion. Just wondered what that is for. amazingkevin and OzarkSawdust 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sycamore67 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) Tags are a search tool. You can use them for finding things like for a religious item. Unfortunately, many people do not use them. They are also used with pictures and you can add them to your pictures and makes them easier to search. Edited October 30, 2019 by Sycamore67 Travis and amazingkevin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimErn Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 27 minutes ago, Sycamore67 said: Tags are a search tool. You can use them for finding things like for a religious item. Unfortunately, many people do not use them. They are also used with pictures and you can add them to your pictures and makes them easier to search. I thought that too, but when I click the search thing upper right, there is nothing there that allows me to search tags, everything is title or content. I tried it anyway and no threads or posts with that tag showed in the results How do you use the tag to search? amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sycamore67 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) I think you are mistaken as there is a "Search by Tags" option at the top of the search page on the left. Edited October 30, 2019 by Sycamore67 amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 It would be really nice if they would use them when adding to the pattern library. amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimErn Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Sycamore67 said: I think you are mistaken as there is a "Search by Tags" option at the top of the search page on the left. Search page? I use the search box top right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 Tags are used to assist the search engine to help determine type of content. It will take it into consideration when returning results. Also, content that contain tags, the tag is clickable. Clicking will show the results of items that also contain those tags. You can also search only tags, but that's buried a bit deeper in the search tool. Tags are useful if people use them. They're not widely used on SSV, but I use them when posting. Especially for challenges, SSV updates, announcements, etc. They'd be super useful for patterns. We have probably close to 4000 patterns. It sure would make it easier to find stuff if tags are used in conjunction with a good title. Here's how to use them with search: When you click search, you'll be taken to a results page with additional filtering options. From here, you can click "More Search Options" Then you can "Search by Tags" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimErn Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 Thanks Travis, not real intuitive but nice to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted October 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 Thanks for the explanation Travis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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