I've found out, over the past 7 years or so, that you can offer somebody the EXACT same thing as what someone else is offering but, if you can make it LOOK easier to use your version, guess what? You win!
So I've put this into a new category called "Presentation Modules" because even the best content needs to be displayed well.
On to our topic of conversation... tagadelic.
Tagadelic, by itself, allows you to add a block of the most popular tags on your web site. Great for visitors to see what you / your users write about most.
I think it makes surfing a site a little more fun as it kinda gives you an idea of where you should be looking for the good stuff.
It becomes a lot more powerful, however, when you start working with the API. Then you can show them which tags are the most popular -- by visits to articles in that category. Now that's WAY more useful and fun but it requires some coding.
I've used tagadelic on Free Articles' home page. I just use the "normal" version but I'm quite happy with the results so far. Give it a go, ESPECIALLY if you've got a busy blog :)
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Chris Luckhardt is a Canadian web media specialist, working in industry since the late 1990s. Over the course of his career in Canada, Chris has worked with countless technologies, equally splitting his time between the worlds of design and development.
Daryl James (not verified) | Sun, 11/16/2008 - 21:53
Hey guys,
@ if you can make it LOOK easier to use your version..you win! - isn't that what makes Drupal (and similar CMS) so popular. As a writer/designer who has gone the CMS route, it's the simplicity that won me over. Content presentation is everything...perception is the true value!
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