Add Newsroom tags to articles to organize them on the Homepage or other Pages into different sections via the Newsroom modules or Archive Pages. For example, car brands can tag articles based on a model, and make them appear in a Headlines module on the Homepage or on a Tag Archive. This article explains how to add, edit, and remove tags.
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Managing tags in the Tags manager
The Tags manager is where you can view and manage all your Newsroom tags. This area is only accessible for users with the corresponding granular user rights.
Managing tags can be done via the Tags manager.
- Open the Newsroom tab in the navigation bar, choose Tags Manager.
- On the Tags manager you see an overview of existing tags.
- Each tag has two labels:
- Tag Label - How the tag is shown on the front-end. The label supports non-Latin characters (such as Chinese, Korean, Arabic) but also special Latin-alphabet characters like accents and umlauts, as well as the ampersand sign (&).
- Tag URL - How the tag is saved in the backend and shown in URLs. It cannot contain special characters. This field must be unique; you can not have two tags with identical Tag URL values.
The tag URL and tag label can be identical but it is not necessary.
Example: A German tag, "präsentation". In the Label field it would say 'präsentation', and in the URL field it would say 'praesentation'.
Adding tags
Tags can be added via the Tags manager or tags widget in Newsroom modules.
In the Tags manager
- Click Add tag in the top right.
- Fill out the Tag form.
- Click Create tag to confirm the changes.
Re-adding tags
Adding a recently deleted tag recovers it to its previous state. This means that the tag will then re-appear in all articles and modules it was previously connected to.
Managing tags
The kebab (three dots) icon to the right the tag gives you additional options to manage the tags:
- Edit - Editing a tag edits the tag at all locations where it is used, so all connected articles and modules.
- Merge - This is useful for when you have duplicate tags and want to keep only one. Choose merge on the tag you want to merge into the second tag. Then, choose the second tag from the drop down menu. The first tag will be merged into the second tag.
- Delete your tag - Remove a tag from all connected articles and modules.
Newsroom modules supporting tags
The following Newsroom modules / areas support the use of tags:
- News Carousel Module
- Headlines Module
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Search Module (exclude tags only)
Tags added to articles are not included in the queries of the Search module. - Featured Article
- Tagcloud Module (exclude tags only)
- Create links to archive pages with specific tags
- Create RSS feeds that only include articles with certain tags.
Include vs. Exclude tags
Most modules work with include or exclude tags. You can add one or the other to control how the module filter articles, but you cannot add both at the same time.
Include tags
Let's say you have a Headlines module with the include tag 'example' configured. The Headlines module will then only show articles with the 'example' tag. If an article doesn't have that tag it will not show up.
Exclude tags
You can also add exclude tags. Articles with these tags will not be included in the modules mentioned. For example, if you add an exclude tag 'example' to the Headlines module, articles with that tag will not be included in the Headlines module. Exclude tags only work if no other tags have been configured.
Multimedia tags
Similarly, you can also tag images and videos which doesn't only help with finding them if you have a lot of multimedia assets, you can also organize your Media Library with it using categories and subcategories. See the linked article for an in-depth explanation.