Tag Types and Tags can be created on the Author Site using the Tag manager interface.
Tag Types allow you to categorize the Tags that you want to create e.g. a Tag Type could be Subject and the Tags would be Math, English etc.
In order to create a tag, we need to create a Tag Type first.
- Navigate to Tags found in Authoring | Banks
- Click on the
Edit Action icon to the right of the Bank receiving the Tags - Click on Tags found on the left side of the Bank Config page
- For this example we will create Tags for school subjects. In the New Type...entry field enter Subject
Figure 1: Adding a new Tag Type.
- Choose a color for the Tag using the color picker
- Press the
button
Figure 2: Adding a new Tag to a Tag Type
You will now see the Tag Type on the left side of the page. You will also see the Tag Type on the right side of the page where you will add Tags to the appropriate Tag Type. You will also set if the Tag can be used in Items, Forms and Passages.
- Type the name of your Tag in the Name...entry field next to the Tag Type.
- Add check marks to set if the Tag can be used in an area
- Press the
button
NOTE: The Tag Type will not be retained with at least one Tag associated with it.
- Repeat this for each subject.
- Remember to click after each Tag.
Figure 3: Delete A Tag
If you want to delete the Tag, click on the delete button to the right of the Tag.
If you delete the only Tag associated with a Tag Type...the Tag Type will also be deleted.
