Questions tagged [acts-as-taggable]
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How to add tagging with autocomplete to an existing model in Rails?
I'm trying to add "tags" to an Article model in a Rails 3 application.
I'm wondering if there is a gem or plugin that has adds both the "tagging" functionality in the model and also the auto-complete helpers for the views.
I've found…

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How can I delete the tag from the tag list of the act_as_taggable plugin?
I have tried to destroy tags from the given code but it's not working. How can it be accomplished?
@tag = Tag.find_by_name(params[:name])
@tag.destroy
render :update do |page|
page[:divtag].innerHTML = render :partial =>…

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Exclude from array doesn't work as expected
I'm trying to use ransack gem with acts_as_taggable. I have a simple Job model that configured acts_as_taggable in a default way and has tag_list property.
When I run:
Job.ransack("tags_name_in"=>["eum", "sint"]).result.to_sql
It generates SQL as…

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Thinking Sphinx and acts_as_taggable_on plugin
I installed Sphinx and Thinking Sphinx for ruby on rails 2.3.2.
When I search without conditions search works ok. Now, what I'd like to do is filter by tags, so, as I'm using the acts_as_taggable_on plugin, my Announcement model looks like…

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Sphinx - When to use 'has' and 'indexes' for fields
I installed Sphinx and Thinking-Sphinx some days ago on my ruby on rails 2.3.2, and basic searching works great. This means, without any conditions. Now, I want to filter the search with some conditions.
I have the Announcement model, and the index…

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How to get *ALL* tags on an acts_as_taggable object regardless of its contexts
First things first.
This is NOT a duplicate of Get all tags on taggable object - no matter context. I am looking for all tags on a specific model object. Not for all possible tags in my entire rails app.
This is NOT a duplicate of Listing all tags…

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How can I scope acts_as_taggable_on_stereoids by Account?
If I have my website logically split into accounts (eg. acme.mywebsite.com, xyz.mywebsite.com), how can I implement act-as-taggable-on-steroids and have the tags scoped by the current account ?
To give little more details, if I am accessing acme I…
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Rails tagging gem that supports tagging a model with other models?
Most Rails tagging gems support tagging an object with arbitrary strings. (In addition to this) I'd like to tag an object with other objects.
Imagine I am building a Q&A site for Dog Lovers: I want a person to be able to ask a question. The person…

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How to search by context using acts-as-taggable-on
I'm having trouble understanding how the "tagged_with" method would work in the case where I wanted to search "by context".
For example, if I have the following @user:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_taggable_on :skills, :interests
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activeadmin and acts_as_taggable_on generates ambiguous_column_name error
I am using active_admin and acts_As_taggable_on and I am trying to make a filter. Here is the model code:
class Person < ApplicationRecord
acts_as_taggable_on :expertise, :industry
end
Here is the filter:
filter :industry, as: :select,…

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weird behavior with acts_as_taggable_on
Edit
The instructions on Github instruct you to use the gemcutter source for the gem. Currently, this installs version 2.0.5 which includes the bug I've detailed below.
@Vlad Zloteanu demonstrates that 1.0.5 does not include the bug. I have also…

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Sort tag cloud alphabetically in acts_as_taggable_on_steroids
I got the acts_as_taggable_on_steroids plugin to work fine. The tag_cloud method in my view create and formats the cloud properly however the tags are listed in order of 'count desc'.
How to I present my tags in the cloud in alphabetical order?

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Saving tags with acts_as_taggable and activeadmin
I'm using ActiveAdmin and acts_as_taggable in a rails 3 app, and I can get the tag list to show fine as a checklist on edit pages, and I can add tags using the console and then remove them using the form, but it errors on saving the form if I try…

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how to find number of tag matches in acts as taggable on
I have two entries in my database
Obj1 is tagged with "hello, world, planet"
Obj2 is tagged with "hello"
if I do modelName.tagged_with(["hello", "world", "planet", "earth"], :any=>true)
I want to sort the returned objects in order of highest to…

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acts_as_taggable undefined method 'each' error
I am trying to use acts_as_taggable plugin to include tag functionality in my ruby on rails application. I have attached the code. I have installed the plugin and also run the migrations.I am getting the following error.
undefined method `each' for…

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