What are tags for and how are they used, Karl?

OKies, here is the concept of 'tags'

When a person makes a new thread/topic they are offered many options pertaining to the content, for example they can set a title, body, formatting, tags, poll-creation, etc.

To keep on topic, we'll focus on tags:



When you make a post, you first fill in the 'TITLE area'. Upon tabbing or selecting the body of your thread, a gizmo works in the background searching for similar topics (using words from the title/topic). The body is then filled with whatever content you wish for the subject of said thread.

Moving down, we have a couple of other bits to take note of... but we need only focus on the one - TAGS (hilighted in bluebox)
Think of a FEW keywords that 'summarize' the content, as below:



So, again - just a few keywords that capture the gist of the thread should suffice. In this instance it's all about the health of testicles, so slang words can be used too, just to maximize search potential.


Once the thread has been submitted, you will see at the very bottom of the page a list of the tags used by the author of the post:



If you select one of the tags, it will take you to a generic 'tag search' - where you can find similar orientated threads matched by tags. The difference between this method and the normal "similar posts" found in this forum is the latter is performed by an automated process, whereas the tags function is manually entered (and thus, more accurate) by human hands (well, I'd hope they're human hands.)

Let's select "men" from the above selection of tags for a demonstration:

We are now presented with this page:



You can goto http://antimisandry.com/tags/ you can see the list of most commonly used tags, which are hyper links to search phrases for that tag-word.



When viewing a thread created by another, you can add tags to it if you think they're pertinent to the topic:



Click 'edit tags' and add them, remembering to seperate keywords and/or phrases with commas:



All set now?