Remove related Topic

[Kerry]

My bad. I do have SMF 2.07.

What happened was I tried to upgrade my TP 1.107 to  TP 1.0 using Package Manager but I got error messages, so I uploaded TP 1.0 manually and made the code changes. I'm not seeing where to validate that I have TP 1.0.

Re: "You need to remove the tags from all items." I've tried but obviously I'm doing something wrong. 

This is what my Package Manager looks like. When I try to uninstall either version I got error messages. (see attachment).

Thanks, Kerry

[Yorel]

No it's not impossible. The link you are seeing, is the other topic that has the same tag. All links that are in the related section are items that are tagged with the same tag. You need to remove the tags from all items.

I deleted the 2 tags I created. Nowdays there are no tags configured:

However, there are topics that still have them:

I dont know how to delete them.

[ZarPrime]

Guys,

We are talking about this on the Team Board here now.  I am not entirely sure that the code is not working the way it was intended to work.  For instance, who is to say that just because an Admin has turned off the option to add new global tags, and even deleted the old tags, that 2 topics that were originally related through the tag system when the tags option was turned on should not remain related after that option is turned off?  In a way, that makes sense.

Please give us time to talk about this and make some decisions about it.

ZarPrime

[Kerry]

Thanks ZarPrime,

If you wish I can email you my log on info for you to test with my board. It's that important to me.

I believe I only have one topic that has the "Related" window above the "Poll" window and I don't know how it got there.
Kerry

[IchBin]

Let me see if I can explain this so that you guys will understand. When you create a tag, and entry is made in the tp_variables to save your tag.

Now when you tag a topic, a separate entry in the tp_variables table is made. This entry points to the first entry you made where you created the tag.

So now let's say you remove the tag from tags in the TP admin center. Once you remove the tag, it only deletes the entry in the tp_variables table that you created. It does not delete any topics that you have tagged, because they have separate entries in the database.

When you go to the topics that have related tags associated with them, they still display.

So in order to remove them you have to do the following:
1. Turn on both tagging options in the TP Admin > Settings and Frontpage > Settings.
2. Now go to a topic that shows you that it has related items.
3. Uncheck the tag at the top of the topic page to remove the tag, and click send.

You must do this for every single topic that has been tagged. Removing the tag in TPadmin will not remove related items from any topics.

[Kerry]

Hi IchBin,

I did Steps 1 & 2 but when I got to Step 3,
"3. Uncheck the tag at the top of the topic page to remove the tag, and click send." I couldn't see where to ". . . uncheck the tag at the top of the topic page, . . ."  (see unchecktag.JPG attachment).

After trying your suggestion I turned both tagging options in  TinyPortal  > Settings > Settings to OFF.

Kerry

[IchBin]

You need to unshrink the block area so it will show you which tags are there. Click the icon.

[Kerry]

I'm not seeing a block are to unshrink. Here is the topic (see noseeblockareatoshrink attachment)

[IchBin]

You just posted a picture with the place I'm talking about. Here's the image with an edit I made to show you.

[Kerry]

I have no idea what's happening. That option is not there now when viewed with IE, FF, or Chrome. I've refreshed the cache. What it looks like now is in the (see noseeblockareatoshrink attachment).

Let's take a rest.

Thank you.

Kerry