[DRAFT TO CONSIDER] create feature at top of /tags

[ebarry]

Please describe the problem (or idea)

What problem could this idea solve?

Over in #179, I raised the issue of how do we help people subscribe to the right content when there are so many tags compared to the limited number of googlegroups that was easier to choose from. @jywarren suggested that we could create a feature:

Manually choosing a subset of "featured tags" seems like something we could/should do in content, not code. If you have the list of tags, we can make a Feature out of it and display that -- like how we do banners. (this helps us keep the code generalizable so it may be used by non-Public Lab groups in the future, it also makes it easier to change the list of chosen tags without rebooting the server)

This is going to be part of #2104

[ryzokuken]

Hi Liz!
Had been wondering: does "just keeping a list of featured tags that show up at the top of the /tags page" suffice?

[jywarren]

We could follow a similar approach to #208 but inserting the feature code at the top of this template:

https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/views/tag/index.html.erb

with the feature name featured-tags -- and then we can manage that via the features system!

[ryzokuken]

@jywarren I'll take a look at both of these. I am new to features and everything, so I'd have to do a little research. Is there some documentation you could point me to?

[jywarren]

we need better docs, unfortunately. But that linked issue shows how to set one up, and then admins can edit them at the route /features -- they cache and the cache is flushed each time you save the feature. They are nodes!

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[ryzokuken]

That's helpful! I would try to make sense of both of these issues as soon as possible and submit a patch.

[jywarren]

awesome.

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On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 2:58 PM, Ujjwal Sharma ***@***.***> wrote: That's helpful! I would try to make sense of both of these issues as soon as possible and submit a patch. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2110 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AABfJ0bZlOV--9tCS-I_WXBIRKRdzarxks5tONzrgaJpZM4Rs6ny> .

[jywarren]

Just realized there's some documentation here! https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/doc/DATA_MODEL.md#nodes

[jywarren]

Made into a first-timers issue in #2260 !