WatchersNET.TagCloud

This DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) Module displays a Tag as an HTML5 Canvas 3D Cloud, WordCloud ("Wordle" inspired Tag Cloud), or as Plain HTML with Skinning as an list of hyper links in varying styles depending on a weight (Like a Standard Web 2.0 Tag Cloud).

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The Tags are generated from...

An List of Custom (Localized) Tags you can define
From the Dnn Taxonomy Terms
Show Tags from Ventrian NewsArticles Module
Show Tags from Ventrian SimpleGallery Module
Show Tags from ActiveForums Module
Show Tags from Core DotNetNuke Blog Module (You can select one or more Blogs, or all Blogs of the Portal as Source)

Features

3D Cloud

By default the Tag Cloud is rendered as a plain HTML 5 3D Cloud, WordCloud ("Wordle" inspired Tag Cloud) or as Plain HTML with Skinning. You can customize the 3D Cloud, you can set...

The Fore Color
Highlight Color
Background Color or Transparent
Speed
Width and Height
Set Text Font of Canvas Tags
Set Weight Method to use for displaying tag weights inside the Canvas Tag Cloud. Should be one of size, colour or both.

Appearance (Html Skins)

This Module is shipped with 15 skins. The skins can be easily switched in the Module Settings. Users can easily create own skins because the semantic markup provides easy and flexible styling using CSS.

Filtering

The Module allows an easy way of organizing the tags, by setting a couple of properties. This way the user can choose which tags and in what order they will appear in the cloud. The items in the TagCloud can be filtered by setting either of the following properties:

Minimum Tag Weight - You can define the Minimum Occurrence of the Word to show as Tag
Minimum Tag Weight - Maximum Number of Items Shows in the TagCloud
Sort Tags - Option to sort the Tags alphabetically or based on their weight, in ascending or descending order, or random.
Render Tag Item Weight - Enabling this property renders a number next to each tag signifying its weight.

Sorting

By default the tags are sorted by Alphabet Ascending. The user can choose to sort them randomly, or alphabetically or based on their weight, in ascending or descending order. Possible options to sort the items in the cloud are: Not Sorted, Alphabetic Ascending, Alphabetic Descending, Weighted Ascending and Weighted Descending.

Excluding of Words

Common Words can be easily excluded based on the Current Language. Custom Exclude Words can be also defined, you can Choose how the Exclude Word Matches the Tag either Equals, Contains, Starts With or Ends Width the Tag.

Basic Settings

You can define some Basic Settings such as...

Define a Tag Separator - Define an Separator between each Tag, for example an '|'.
Option to Render Html Tag Cloud as Unordered List (UL) - Or as simple List of Hyper Links
Cache Tags - If the Tags are Cached, they don't need generate every Time when the Page is loaded this can increase Page Load Time
Tags with Link - The Tag can contain a Link to the Portal Search with current word.
Check Url Visibility - Check Tag Urls if the current User can see Page of the Tag or Tag Link, if Not The Tag is not shown.