The tag cloud is an interactive visual representation of the tags applied to a forum's posts and replies.
On the forum page, the tag cloud appears below the forum title and description and above posts and replies. You can use the options in the tag cloud to filter posts and replies, or to change how tags are displayed in the tag cloud.
How does the tag cloud interact with the word cloud?
Tag cloud and word cloud selections function independently of each other. If you filter forum posts and replies with the tag cloud, you cannot use the word cloud to further filter results, and vice versa.
How does the tag cloud interact with the forum toolbar?
The tag cloud works together with the forum toolbar settings to display a filtered view of posts and replies. If you click a tag in the tag cloud and then select a setting from one of the forum toolbar menus, the forum page only displays posts and replies that meet both sets of criteria. The order in which you make your selections does not matter.
Example: Filtering forum posts and replies using the tag cloud and the forum toolbar
In your forum, you want to see positive reactions to your organization's brand since yesterday, so you do the following:
- In the tag cloud, you click the tag positive reaction.
- On the forum toolbar, you select 24 Hours Ago from the since menu.
The page refreshes and only displays posts and replies that were created in the last 24 hours and tagged positive reaction.