Tagging

[mific]

Hi everyone - just a brief resource and discussion post about tagging our posts. As you know we recently introduced artist tags, and we have challenge and fandom tags as well. I wanted to explain how I go about adding tags, as it's not quite so easy in Dreamwidth to do that - but that may just be me doing it wrong, so comments are welcome! 

I haven't been able to find an interface/device that will show me all the available tags for the drawesome comm at the time that I'm writing a new post - say, when I'm posting an artwork. Mobile interfaces are no good for that (IOS or Android pads etc), but even a normal PC interface doesn't let me access a drop-down list of tags so as to select the ones I want. If I can remember them perfectly and I write them in just right (and the tags are already in the system) then they will show up, but I usually can't manage that. 

So what I do is finish and post the post, then I hit "edit tags" for the new post and hey presto - a drop-down list appears. I then select multiple tags, as appropriate, by holding down "control" on my HP laptop while I add them. goss and I can add new tags to the comm just by typing these in, and we will see your posts pretty soon and will add any tags if needed - for a new fandom or a new artist. After that, those tags will be in there for everyone to use. 

So that's how I do it and it's pretty quick and easy. Let me know if you've found any other or a better way to do tagging!

Comments

[goss]

When you're posting, do you select which account you're posting to before adding tags? For me, once I select the destination (eg. fanart_recs) I'm posting to, I then hit "browse" in the Tags section, and all the community tags pop up.

ETA: Here's a screencap...

[mific]

Yes I usually do, although it's easier just to hit "post" on my DW journal, and then to alter the comm I'm posting to in the drop-down box up top, rather than actually posting to my journal (as that way I don't have to locate the comm's URL so as to post). But I tried going to the Drawesome comm just now and doing a new post and there's still just a blank "tags" field - there's no "browse" option. Is that something that you're seeing beside that field?
Maybe it's my browser? I always use Chrome these days. What interface and browser are you using?
Ah - I just saw the screencap. No, I don't see that at all - it looks completely different on my system:

[goss]

I'm using Chrome as well. Over at DW, I switched to the beta-testing version of the Post page, so that could be it..?

[mific]

OK, yes, I checked and it's the beta-testing version of DW that has that interface that makes tagging easier. Problem is that you can't flip between HTML and Rich Text when writing posts in that beta-testing mode and I like doing that (to save the draft, check appearance and fix errors) more than I like having a drop-down list of tags!

[goss]

Ahhh. Yeah, I still code everything by hand in HTML (I am an old fossil. LOL).

[amberdreams]

Oh I do that as well, and LJ have just introduced a beta posting that removes that option - I hate it!
Re DW tagging, I do it the way you described above, I haven't found a better way.

[alias_sqbr]

I don't know if this is easier, but if I want to see all the tags for a community I open the tags page in another tab.

[mific]

That's a good tip!