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Tags are keywords or categories that are used to organize your links.
In some systems, tags are single words like "Photography",
"Shopping", or "News".
In Linkatopia, you can use single words or short phrases like
"Movie to watch", "Animal Rights",
or "Edgar Allan Poe". Only letters, numbers, and spaces are allowed,
no symbols or punctuation!
Each one of your links can have multiple tags. Simply separate tags with
commas. Extra spaces next to the commas are automatically removed.
If you're having trouble thinking of words to use for tags, take a look at the list
of popular tags and see if one fits. By using the same tags that other people are using
you'll help create a directory of popular links among Linkatopia members.
Most people are used to organizing data into folders. When you have a piece
of paper that needs to be filed away, you put it in a folder. On your computer,
you probably have
everything in folders too. The problem is, when you put something in a folder,
it ONLY exists in that folder. When you want to find it again, you have to remember
WHICH folder you put it in. Of course you could put copies of the item in different
folders but you'll fill up your hard drive with copies instead of new files.
Tags are much better than folders for organizing lists. Since each item can have many tags, the
same item can exist in many categories. An item can be found by remembering any one of its tags.
Look at the diagram above. You'll see that tag A points to item 1, tag B points to all 3
items, and tag C points to items 2 and 3. Each item has 2 tags. The flexibility of this
system is why Linkatopia uses tags to organize your links.
Since the public tags you create help the entire community find what they're
looking for, its a good idea to carefully choose simple but descriptive tags
for your links. Tags are limited in length and sometimes one or two words
can't really describe a category. Other times, a word can have more than one
meaning. For example, does the tag "blues" refer to music or colors?
Linkatopia lets you add descriptions to your tags so people will know exactly
what each tag means to you. For example, you might use "CSS" as a tag. Some
people may not know what that means, so you could add "Cascading Style Sheets"
as your tag description. On your homepage, click [edit tags].
Once the tag editor loads, select a tag, enter a description, and click "Save".
If you edit your links and use different or new tags, you could end up with old tags
that no longer point to any links. Linkatopia automatically
removes rags that are no longer in use. You'll never see a tag in your list
that has zero links. This helps you stay organized and it keeps our database tidy.