Joomla! Documentation™

How to Access

• Click the Global Configuration button in the Control Panel and click the Tags button on left side panel, or
• Select Components → Tags → Options from the drop-down menus.

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Description

• Details on Tagged Items Options
• Details on Item Selection Options
• Details on List All Tags Options
• Details on Shared Layout Options
• Details on Data Entry Options
• Details on Integration configuration
• Details on Permissions configuration

Toolbar

At the top left you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

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• Save. Saves the global configuration settings and stays in the current screen.</translate>

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• Save & Close. Saves the global configuration settings and closes the current screen.</translate>

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• Cancel. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.</translate>

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• Help. Opens this help screen.</translate>

Tagged Items Options

• Default Tagged Items Layout. Choose a default layout to for tagged items. This layout will be used when a user clicks on a tag that doesn't have a menu item defined.
• Show tag name. For a layout with one tag, show the tag name.
• Tag Image. For a layout with one tag, show the image for the tag.
• Tag Description. Show or hide a description for the tag (only used when a single tag is selected).
• Image. Show the tag image (full image).
• Show number of items. Show the number of items with a given tag.
• Order. Order items will be displayed in.
• Direction. Sort order. Descending is highest to lowest. Ascending is lowest to highest.
• Table Headings. Show or hide the headings in list layouts.
• Show Date. Whether to show a date column in the list of articles. Select Hide to hide the date, or select which date you wish to show.
• Item Images. Shows the first image for each item in the list.
• Item description. Whether to show or hide the description for each item in the list. The length may be limited using the Maximum Characters option.
• Maximum Characters. The maximum number of characters to display from the description in ach tag.

Item Selection Options

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