Just a small note to let you know we have released the long awaited update to Joomla Tags.  This update fixes all known and reported issues with Joomla Tags and fixes some core issues in Joomla 1.5.x that were broke following changes to the Joomla 1.5.x codebase.

This version is compatible with Joomla 1.0.15 and Joomla 1.5

Well its Christmas time again And while you are all busy eating left-overs I have been busy improving Joomla Tags with adding the very most requested features!.  I have just released v0.1.1541 which contains the following new features:

• Ability to select, on a per content item basis, whether to hide or show tags
• Ability to set the global value to either show or hide - the above feature can override the above feature
• You can now limit the number of tags in the tag cloud and set the number of tags that will display!
  

We have also fixed every confirmed bug/issue with Joomla Tags, added better non UTF-8 encoding support and even fixed a load of underlying issues with bfFramework.  We have also added the cool codepress plugin which allows you now to edit the components CSS and Layout files with colour syntax highlighted editors! All from within your web browser!

We hope you will like the new features - please feel free to provide feedback on the Joomla Tags forum

Just a small note to let you know that following a server maintenance upgrade we have disabled the server side (our side) of the automatic notification for Joomla Tags updates.

When you load the admin page of Joomla Tags, a quick check is made of the versions XML to check if you are running the latest version, if not a warning used to be displayed. Now you will not receive a warning (for the time being). You may however see a small warning like this:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /path_to_www/mambots/system/blueflame/bfChecks.php on line 126

If you see this notice then simply edit the file at /mambots/system/blueflame/bfChecks.php and change the following line at the top of that file FROM:

define(’_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK’, false);

To make it read:

define(’_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK’, true);

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this outage, but be assured that we will re-add update notification in a later version.

thanks!

This is a very quick note to let you know that Joomla Tags v0.1.1096 Released has been released and can be downloaded by exisitng customers from http://www.phil-taylor.com/cc right away.

This is a bug fix release,  which also contains the foundational database changes and framework work for the ability to tag on non com_content data (For example, tagging of Knowledge base articles or DocMan files) - Note: this is foundational work, these are not features YET!

Once you have removed and installed this new version you will see a database upgrade notice - just refresh the page twice and the tables will be upgraded.

Have fun and please report any issues in the support forum.

Today we have released Joomla Tags v0.1.808 and bfFramework v0.20.

Existing customers can download from http://www.phil-taylor.com/cc

This is a major release with some major underlying code changes and WILL BREAK YOUR SITE if you do not read this carefully.

If you have an older version of Joomla Tags installed you MUST remove the content mambot, and all Joomla Tags Modules for Joomla Tags BEFORE UPGRADING as the new version requires the new code in the new modules/mambots.  You can do this simply by using the toggles in the Addons Page of Joomla Tags admin.

If you fail to do this your site’s front end will result in errors or a blank page!!! If this happens the quick fix is to delete the mambot and modules using the Joomla Admin interface.

Have fun with it and report any issues in the forum please.

Tonight we will be having a huge Joomla Tags bug marathon - it appears that some of you are having issues with the latest build (although 100s are having no issues whatsoever! strange)

Please bear with us just another 24 hours  while we address the issues raised in the forums, and test and debug these issues.

I am personally working onsite for a major customer all this month so will only beable to support and develop Joomla Tags in the evenings - but we will make extra effort to try and resolve all outstanding issues TONIGHT!

Thanks for your patience.

Man are we on fire today!

From Joomla Tags revision version v0.1.607 , OpenSEF 2.0.0-RC5_SP2 is now fully supported !

There are a few additional steps to take to get around “features” (read bugs) in the OpenSEF RC but nothing major:

* Add a link in the Joomla Menu to this component - leave that unpublished (or published if you want)

* In OpenSEF Configuration -> Features: Turn off Enforce Canonical URLs

* In OpenSEF Configuration -> Components: Choose to Alias this component - this overrides a known issue.(Your alias can be whatever you like - as long as the box is checked!)

We are happy to report that Joomla Tags will soon be compatible with Joom!Fish v1.7 !

We spent some time with the core developer of Joom!fish who commented that our bfFramework was “ahead of its time” which was a nice comment from such a noble developer himself He also believed that we would not get Joom!fish working with Joomla Tags/bfFramework

Well we accepted the challenge and thanks to some great code from Alex in JF and from the fantastic bfFramework we are pleased to announce (beta) support for Joom!fish v1.7 in Joomla Tags and all other bfFramework components - soon!

We have done the work and want to test it fully before releasing it - but we wanted to share with you our excitement!

Dear All.

We are pleased to announce the release of Joomla Tags v0.1.586 which is a stability and compatibility release.

There are no database changes - only code changes.

Joomla Tags v0.1.586 addresses conflicts with the following components:
- Fireboard Forum
- SMF Bridge
- A few other minor components…

New features include the ability to specify the default layout templates…

In order to provide this unprecedented level of complex compatibility you will need to upgrade the xAJAX system mambot and follow the prompts on Joomla Tags installation.

Here is the upgrade proceedure from any earlier version of Joomla Tags to v1.0.586:

- If you have modified the layout templates then BACKUP the files in /components/com_tag/view/front/user_templates - If you dont THEY WILL BE LOST!
- Uninstall Joomla Tags.
- Uninstall the XAJAX SYSTEM MAMBOT <–VERY IMPORTANT
- Install Joomla Tags latest version
-  Follow the onscreen prompts to
- Reinstall xAJAX
- Upgrade bfFramework
- Patch for SMF Bridge(If needed)
- Restore user_templates (Optional)

Your tags and tag mappings are not lost when you uninstall Joomla Tags.

Have Fun.

Phil.

The first ever release was Joomla Tags v0.1.424, then came 0.1.518You can now download Joomla Tags v0.1.545 from http://www.phil-taylor.com/cc

This release fixes some basic bugs, has better SEF Advance integration and UTF-8 fixes.

To upgrade Joomla Tags v0.1.424/0.1.518 to Joomla Tags v0.1.545:

• Uninstall Joomla Tags Component
• Install Joomla Tags component
• Select Joomla Tags from the Components Menu
• Click the link to upgrade the bfFramework to v0.5
• Joomla Tags should now work well.

Once you are happy that things are working please manually delete the backup folder:
/mambots/system/blueflame0.4

Have fun