Tags Feature (discussion)

[Elfangor93]

I would like to pick up the tags topic from #161 again...

I have spent some time researching what would be the best way to integrate tags into our component. It seems, as if the tags from joomla core (the ones based on UCM) are not very liked by the joomla community and his future is uncertain. There have already been some attempts to replace the current tags function with joomla 4.
(https://forum.joomla.de/thread/10337-tags-in-joomla-4-ucm/)

In this regard i suggest to create our own tags functionality for the JoomGallery. Is there anyone around who would be willing to help me with this project?

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[reilldesign]

This does not answer the question of the tags, but can or should indicate a direction. In general it is important to use and support the Joomla core techniques. jDownloads goes an interesting way. in the next version new multilingual association function is integrated directly in jDownloads and joomla custom fields will be supported. It would be desirable if joomgallery also goes in this direction.

[Elfangor93]

I implemented the tags from the Joomla Core into JoomGallery: Elfangor93/UCM_Tags

I am still not convinced whether we should take the UCM tags from the Joomla core or develop our own tag feature.

Pro's UCM-Tags:

• Maintenance and support by the Joomla Core Team
• Easy implementation
• Wide range of functions (nested tags, tag image, tag description, ...)

Con's UCM-Tags:

• mapping of the ucm tables in data base (error-prone when extending #__joomgallery table in the future)
• dependence on the Joomla core (we loose the functionality if the ucm-tags will be removed from the core)
• cannot be customised (features like related tags not possible)

Replacement for the UCM tags was added to the J4.1 milestone:
joomla/joomla-cms#24551 (comment)
--> I believe it is a matter of time until UCM tags will disappear from the core...