jQuery.SO_Tag

Tagging system based on StackOverflows tags with descriptions.

I found myself in need of a tagging system, so I searched far and wide on the internet for a decent one, and I couldn't find one! The style I was going for was the tagging system used on StackOverflow (hence the name SOTag). And searching StackOverflow there are hundreds of questions asking for tagging systems like it!

So I created SOTag, a simple tagging system that only allows a set of tags hat are stored in a database.

First a little description about what this plugin is for. This plugin is designed to be used with a backend database full of tags, not to be able to tag whatever you or the user wants to. I may add that feature if people want to but you cannot currently let your users add custom tags using this plugin

####Screenshot

Please note the sample data is taken directly off the StackOverflow website and remains their property.

Basic Example

It's easy to get started, first include the JavaScript files and the CSS

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/so_tag.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/so_tag.js"></script>

And then assign sotag(). You'll notice the default tags are written like this: 24_tagname, this is becasue the tags are stored in the database and the first number is relative to the ID of that tag.

<input type="text" value="1_some, 2_example, 3_tags" id="basic_example" />
<script type="text/javascript">
$('#basic_example').sotag({
	description : true
});
</script>

To actually get it to post to the server side just wrap it in a form and add a submit button!

<form action="result.php" method="post">
	<input type="text" value="3_php" name="single_example" id="single_example" />
	<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

<script type="text/javascript">
$('#single_example').sotag({
	description : true
});
</script>

####TODO

• Load with options
• Everything with SO_ prefix
• Max Tags
• Better styled close button