ZenTagCloud -> Alpha for review

[madteckhead]

ZenTagCloud

ZenTagCloud is in development right now, its open source and I’d love input / contributions.

(example: on my test photography site with only 4 categories)

What is a Tag Cloud?

A tag cloud (or weighted list in visual design) can be used as a visual depiction of content tags used on a website. Often, more frequently used tags are depicted in a larger font or otherwise emphasized, while the displayed order is generally alphabetical. Thus both finding a tag by alphabet and by popularity is possible. Selecting a single tag within a tag cloud will generally lead to a collection of items that are associated with that tag.

Note: the current version is not recommended for live online stores (where you have something to loose), however by all means try it out on you test site, have a look at the code and give me feedback.

p.s. Don’t hold me responsible if something breaks.

Features:
2/June/07: Displays category titles with random weights
3/June/07: Tags links to you Zen Cart site category pages.

Install:
1. Copy the code from this file to one of the Defined Pages using: Tools > Defined Pages Editor.
2. Ensure that the Defined Pages module is enables under: Tools > Layout Box Controller
3. Visit your site, and go to the defined page you pasted the code into. You should see a list of your sites categorie, with random sizes assigned to each one.
4. The next step it to attempt to put the code somewhere useful. I haven’t got this far yet. I’ll keep you posted though.

Download:
Version 0.1 - alpha


Todo / Wish list:
- Save weights to database
- Add code to ?category’s page? so that visits to category’s changes weights
- Incorporate some noise in the category’s weights to enable new category’s a fair chance.
- Option to read tags from meta data
- Option to weight tags my relevance to current tag. (If you like a, you might like b type of thing)


Security Note: I’ve copied and modified a zen cart function to retrieve data from the db, and I think that by leaving the function embeded with the code if may pose some security risk. I’m open to advice on where to put it for best security practice.

[madteckhead]

ZenTagCloud Beta Available Today

I’m pleased to announce that ZenTagCloud Beta (v0.2) is now available for trailing.

Available Here

Current Features Include:

• Category tag link to you Zen Cart category pages.
• Product meta keyword tags link to a search for the tag in question.
• Displays tags from product meta keywords.
• Displays tag sizes with either random weights OR custom weights OR proportional to the number of times the tag appears.
• Uses CSS for formatting.

This is my first Open Source project so I appreciate your feedback and suggestions.

Available Here

[kimsonvu]

I would like to see some review to know how it look like in Zencart.Does anybody install this module?