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.
