Build rich tag pages with Advanced Tag View

Advanced Tag View turns XenForo's plain tag pages into wiki-style pages. Each tag can have its own tabs of formatted text and a gallery of images, shown above the content that uses the tag. There are no permissions to grant and no widget to place: once installed, you fill in the tags you care about in the Admin CP. It needs XenForo 2.3.

Add tabs and images to a tag

1. In the Admin CP, go to Content > Tags and click the tag you want to improve.
2. Under Tabs, click Add tab, give it a Tab title and write the content in the editor. Add as many tabs as you like, for example an overview, a history and useful links. Tabs left empty are not shown.
3. Under List images for this tag, click Add image. Switch between URL and Upload to link an image or upload one from your computer. JPG, PNG, GIF and WEBP are accepted.
4. Save. Open the tag on your forum to see the new layout.

The first image in the list is also used as the page's share image, so it is the picture people see when the tag page is posted on social media. Put your best image first.

Tip: Start with the tags your members use most. A tag page that explains what the tag means and shows a few good images is far more useful to visitors from search engines than a bare list of threads.

Set the maximum image size

Uploaded images are resized so that neither side is larger than Maximum tag image size, which is 1200 pixels by default. This option sits in XenForo's own tagging options, not in a group of its own: Setup > Options > Content tagging. Set it to 0 to keep images at their original size.

Resizing keeps tag pages quick to load, so only turn it off if your images are already sized for the web.

Tags with no content yet

Normally XenForo shows an error for a tag that no visible content uses. With Advanced Tag View, the tag page still opens and shows your tabs and images. That lets you prepare a tag page before the first thread uses the tag, or keep a page useful after its threads are moved or deleted.

If your style changes tag pages

Advanced Tag View replaces XenForo's whole tag_view template with its own layout. That has two consequences worth knowing:

• Changes your style or theme made to tag_view no longer show, because the add-on's layout is used instead.
• Another add-on that also changes tag_view may not apply its change. You can see this in the template modification log.

If a tag page looks wrong after installing, template modification errors and outdated templates shows how to find what did not apply. If it looks unchanged, clear any cache in front of your forum first: changes not showing?

Where the images are stored

Uploaded tag images are saved under data/dc_tagview/images, in a folder per tag. The web server must be able to write to your forum's data folder, which it already needs for avatars and attachment thumbnails. If uploads fail, ask your host to check the permissions on that folder.

Uninstalling the add-on removes the tabs and image lists from your tags. Disable or uninstall an add-on explains the difference between switching it off and removing it.

See screenshots and the version history on the Advanced Tag View page.

Still stuck? Open a support ticket with your XenForo version, the name of your style, and a link to a tag page that does not look right.