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1. trink79
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   I need to include commas in some of my tags, therefore using a comma as a separator will not work. (eg. Early, Family and Adult Literacy).

   How do I change it so the tags are separated by a semicolon instead of a comma? I have searched the forums and plugins and everything seems to be comma based.

   I know how to change it when tags are displayed on the page. I need to know how to alter the core code so I can enter tags with a semicolon separator.

   Any solutions or alternatives would be greatly appreciated.

2. trink79
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   I guess what I should say is delimiter, not separator. I have looked through so many of the files and am just nor sure which ones I need to modify.

   If anyone could point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it. If I know which files need to be modified, I can find the parts to modify.

3. nicknormal
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   hey trink, according to Codex:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_tags

   (near bottom) it actually is 'separator'. "The default is a comma (,) between each tag." Where to change the DEFAULT? I dunno.

   I could use help with this too. I manually inserted a special HTML character, such as "ampersand-pound44semicolon" for a comma, and that worked to display: Lastname, Firstname - however this only worked for one SAVE. save the post again, and the tagging system overwrote my special character, replaced it with the comma, and thus separated the field.

4. Ivovic
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   um... if you need commas in your tags you're using them incorrectly.

   tags should be the sort of things people will search for, you don't group 3 bloody concepts into a single tag.

   your tags should be: early literacy, family literacy, adult literacy, if anything - though really they sound more like categories to me.

   who the hell is ever going to search for 'early, family and adult literacy' - someone who is a baby, an adult and multiple people simultaneously?

5. jonimueller
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   Hey, how do you know me, Ivovic? :-P (My husband and web design partner can both attest that I can be all three things simultaneously!)

   I agree about the commas, now if I can just get Bunny's Technorati Tags to agree..

6. Ivovic
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   muahaha that reply made my day... an adult baby with multiple personality disorder - shame you're married ;)

7. jonimueller
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   ;-) Cujemo se posle.

8. trink79
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   I completely agree lvovic. The people creating the posts don't seem to understand the concept of tags. you should see the tag cloud. It's more lie a rolling fog now. I am working on them to redo the tags using 1 word for each, as they are supposed to be used. some people just need a good slap to get them in the right direction.

9. Ivovic
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   rolling fog!! I love it...

   ok, well at least it's not you driving it...

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