I think what you want could easily be done via a plugin piggybacking on built in category functionality. Email me directly if you want to chat about this.
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On 11/22/05,
Sean Hayford O'Leary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That's what I was saying, but the whole thing about categories having a more tree-like taxonomy-style structure with parents leads me to want them to both exist.
Well, I'm more concerned about people coming to some agreement, it doesn't really matter which version it goes into. I can wait :).On 11/22/05, Aaron Brazell < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I'd agree with Santanu though I think that tags and categories are six of one or a half dozen of another. The functionality of *how* they could be implemented on display should likely be the point of difference ( i.e. category list, tag cloud). Functionally they really are the same thing though.
I also would not hold your breath on getting tags, as a concept, included in 2.0. I think now that we've moved to beta, there's a feature freeze. But I'm not the devs so who knows?
AaronOn 11/22/05, Santanu Misra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Sorry Sean,
I think that will be mistake to mix categories with tags.
They both should be part of the core but should not compliment each other.
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On 11/22/05, Sean Hayford O'Leary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, I always used to do one file per folder (hate extensions in addresses)
> ;).
>
> The general consensus seems that categories should remain more-or-less as is
> and tags should be added, though seperate from categories.
>
> And I agree that both could exist happily together. And that a system of
> both would be ideal. Still, I stand by my point: look at Flickr's sets and
> tags: each image can only exist in one set. Because of the free-form nature
> of categories, they are closer to tags.
>
> -Sean Hayford O'Leary
>
> On 11/22/05, Gregory Wild-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > Only one HTML file per folder? Hardly.
> >
> > It's a grouping system. You group posts by category. Tags allow you
> > finer control over that that doesn't require sub-categories (you can
> > have the same tag across totally different categories).
> >
> > Tags also were intended as a kind of meta information.
> >
> > If people mis-apply categories or tags, that doesn't mean the system is
> > broken. They aren't mutually exclusive either, they can complement each
> > other perfectly.
> >
> > I agree WP is making it easier to mis-apply them though. The comparison
> > to Flickr makes sense if you include their sets - the sets are like
> > categories. It is just that Flickr uses tags as a primary navigation,
> > and sets as a second. WP is the other way around. That makes more sense
> > for publishing, where you'll have a broad area you are writing about but
> > other smaller details that still warrant some kind of mention.
> >
> > "I feel that, especially with "tag" becoming a more widely
> > used term, WP's admin ui should refer to categories as tags."
> >
> > That would be a complete an utter mis-labeling. They are two separate
> > things.
> >
> > -- Gregory Wild-Smith
> >
> >
> > Sean Hayford O'Leary wrote:
> > > I've been toying with this thought since 1.2, but it seems all the
> > > more relevant with 1.6/2.0.
> > >
> > > Categories aren't really categories anymore. Here's the thought: Each
> > > item fits into ONE category, just as an HTML file might fit into ONE
> > > folder (taxonomy).
> > > But in WP (especially with on-the-fly category additions), it's really
> > > more like tags (folksonomy).
> > >
> > > Look at Flickr's tags and look at the traditional directory/file
> > > taxonomy structure. In my opinion WP's categories far better resemble
> > > tags than taxonomy.
> > >
> > > Basic point: I feel that, especially with "tag" becoming a more widely
> > > used term, WP's admin ui should refer to categories as tags.
> > >
> > > What do you guys think?
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