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Managing tags in WordPress

As I noted in a previous entry, a default installation of WordPress 2.3+ will not let users exploit tags fully.

One of the problems you’ll run into when trying to tag a post is remembering what previous tag(s) you used. Unfortunately, there’s no built-in tag management right now. You can list edit and delete categories but not tags.

Plugin to the rescue!

There are a couple of different tag management plugins available in the official plugin repository but I went with Christine Davis‘ Tag Managing Thing. It had everything I was looking for and wasn’t bloated with features I didn’t need.
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By Gobi – Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Disgaea: Item World

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness: Vyers
(Image source: Atlus.)

I’ve gone dungeon crawling with a sword in many a game but before playing Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness, I’ve never gone dungeon crawling in a sword.

“Huh, what?” was my initial reaction as well.

In addition to levelling up characters in Disgaea, you can also level up items. You do this by placing the item in your item bag and speaking to Elise who will then whisk you away to Item World. Once there, you can choose to enter any item you have in your item bag.

At this point, I should mention there are creatures living in items.

“Huh, what?” was my initial reaction as well.
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By Gobi – Monday, November 19, 2007

Elsewhere on the web

Kawakami Akiko – Kusari.
The video is nothing more than a fan-created slideshow of images but I absolutely love Kusari, the ending theme of the Disgaea anime.

Fallen angel Flonne.
Be sure to check out raynkazuya’s depiction of Etna, too.

Prinny, dood.
Fanart of the wacky but poignant characters from Disgaea.

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By Gobi – Sunday, November 18, 2007

Creating a tag cloud in WordPress

I fiddled around with my toy link blog, Fanmode, again in a bid to further improve it. This time I added functionality in the form of a tag cloud.
WordPress tag cloud
Tags were introduced in WordPress 2.3 but I didn’t bother with them much because I figured tags were unnecessary when posts were already categorised under categories.

I changed my mind after reading various articles about the differences between tags and categories. I think Lorelle VanFossen put it best when she likened categories and tags to the table of contents and the index pages of a book respectively.
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By Gobi – Saturday, November 17, 2007

Disgaea: Geo Symbols and Geo Panels

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness: Etna
(Image source: Atlus)

As I mentioned in a previous entry, combat in Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness has layers of complexity.

Positioning and height make a difference in combat. As you might expect, whacking the sides or rear of an enemy unit will deal more damage. Similarly, hitting an enemy who’s on a lower level will inflict more damage.

It gets more complicated.
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By Gobi – Friday, November 16, 2007