Yep, I would agree in that case.  acts_as_taggable_on_steroids sounds very
useful.  Does it have the JS to display the tag cloud as well, or are you
using something else?  That would be a great recipe for us.

-Owenb

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:24 PM, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote:

> In my personal project, I'm going to have to have most things be
> commentable and ratable, lots of things being taggable.
>
> For comments, I made a show comments tag that listed comments for an
> object, a entry field if logged in, along with ajax to avoid reloading
> page after submit.  Then just stuck it in the show-page after content
> if the context responded to comments.  Did something similar with tags
> and ratings.  Given I'm probably going to have 20-30 models (and
> possible more in future) responding to this, really saves me time.
>
> acts_as_taggable_on_steroids worked well too.  In that case, the
> polymorphism is hidden away and the added methods (tag cloud
> generation, etc.) outweigh any disadvantages even for only one thing
> being taggable IMHO.
>
> On Apr 2, 9:09 am, atmorell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Thanks for clearing thinks up.
> >
> > Best regards.
> > Asbjørn Morell
> >
> > On Apr 2, 4:49 pm, Tom Locke <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > All right. I will only have comments for a few models, so dedicating
> a
> > > > table might even be an advantage. Comments on users might get a few
> > > > extra fields etc. How would you build a tagging system without using
> > > > polymorphic associations? It makes sense to use the same tables for
> > > > tagging multiple modules :/
> >
> > > I would only go polymorphic if you need to be able to tag multiple
> kinds of things. Often you're only tagging one thing.
> >
> > > Tom
> >
> >
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Hobo Users" group.
> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> [email protected]<hobousers%[email protected]>
> .
> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
>
>


-- 
Thanks,
- Owen

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo 
Users" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.

Reply via email to