blocktags fix

[caparuni]

last night when take closed look on block tags module, i found out that this module maybe need a little fix

blocktags.php (original)

function hookLeftColumn($params)
   {
       global $smarty;

       $tags = Tag::getMainTags(intval($params['cookie']->id_lang), intval(Configuration::get('BLOCKTAGS_NBR')));
       if (!sizeof($tags))
           return '';
       $maxFontSize = 18;
       $minFontSize = 10;
       $maxNumber = intval($tags[0]['times']);
       $classPrefix = 'tag_level';
       for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($tags); ++$i)
       {
           $tags[$i]['fontSize'] = floor(($maxFontSize * $tags[$i]['times']) / $maxNumber);
           if ($tags[$i]['fontSize'] < $minFontSize)
               $tags[$i]['fontSize'] = $minFontSize;
           // 2nd version: use CSS class
           $tags[$i]['class'] = $classPrefix.$tags[$i]['times'];
           if ($tags[$i]['times'] > 3)
               $tags[$i]['class'] = $classPrefix;
       }
       $smarty->assign('tags', $tags);
       return $this->display(__FILE__, 'blocktags.tpl');
   }

change it to

function hookLeftColumn($params)
   {
       global $smarty;

       $tags = Tag::getMainTags(intval($params['cookie']->id_lang), intval(Configuration::get('BLOCKTAGS_NBR')));
       if (!sizeof($tags))
           return '';
       $maxLevel = 3;
       $minLevel = 1;
       $classPrefix = 'tag_level';
       for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($tags); ++$i)
       {
           $tags[$i]['class'] = $classPrefix.mt_rand($minLevel,$maxLevel);
       }
       $smarty->assign('tags', $tags);
       return $this->display(__FILE__, 'blocktags.tpl');
   }

since in blocktags.tpl only use css class to define font size, so i remove all thing related to $tags[$i]['fontSize'] such as $maxFontSize, $minFontSize, $maxNumber etc...
well thats it, now we get smaller and simplify block tags with a random font size handled by css




ps: if u want to made random tags just read my old post

[redfordnl]

Thanks very much for this solution!

[Patrick_64]

Thank you for your help,

have a nice day

[villagedefrance]

Works perfectly in 1.3.3! much better than the default code.
Thank you.

[amanuensis]

Hi

 

I am trying to reduce the clumsy looking text in the Tag Cloud - I have PS v 1.4.9 installed and the blocktags.php file has been changed a lot since your recommendation - any ideas as to how I can achieve the text reduction in the new version.

 

Many thanks