In this tutorial I will explain in 5 easy steps how to setup a tag cloud for your drupal site, like the one you see on the left side of this page. It isn't difficult to setup, but I spend some time finding out how to do it. It should work for drupal 5.X

UPDATE:For a very nice 3D flash tag cloud, check out the cumulus module here. It's supported by drupal 5.X and 6.X and it's easier to set up than the methode below.

here are the steps:

1. The modules we need

For a drupal tag cloud, we need 3 modules:

-views
-tagadelic
-tagadelic views

http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/views-5.x-1.6.tar.gz
http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/tagadelic-5.x-1.0-rc1.tar.gz
http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/tagadelic_views-5.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz

if the links don't work any more, just search for them on http://drupal.org

it could be that the last one isn't necessary.

2. Install and enable the modules

extract the archives and sftp (or ftp) them to the 'modules' directory of your webroot. Log into your drupal site and go to

administer > site building > modules

and enable all the new entries.

3. Create a vocabulary category

Go to

administer > content managment > categories

and add a vocabulary.

-Give it a name (I named mine 'Sudosys')
-select a type (Mine was 'page')
-select 'free tagging'

submit

You have just created a vocabulary category!

4. Edit or create new content

When you edit or create content of the type you selected before -in my case 'page'- you will see a new textfield with the name you just gave to your vocabulary category. In my case it was 'Sudosys'. In there you have to put your tags, separated with a comma, to describe your content.

submit

5. Put the tag cloud on your page

Go to

administer > site building > blocks

and find the block with the name 'tags in _the_name_you_gave_it'. For me it was 'tags in Sudosys'. Place it in the region you prefer to enable it. You can also rename it, like I did (=> Sudosys tags)

Don't forget the 'configure' option to , well you know, configure it.

You're done!