Edit Tags in Sidebar?

Kinda new here. I've read the helps and tried to look hard before searching but I'm having a hard time finding anything.

Maybe I'm just barely missing it but I was trying to figure out how to have the sidebar only show certain types of tags whether I'm in the post search or individual post areas.

Like For example, If I search for Pokemon, I don't want any of the blue tags to show up. Those are the "General" tags right? I only want either all of the "Character", "Artist" or "Copyright" tags to pop up when I search for Pokemon. That way I can browse each tag if I want to without trying to hunt down all of the Pokemon character tags.

When I search I see a few "Copyright" and "Character" tags but I know that there are more but there are too many "General" tags in the way.

Is what I'm asking possible? If not, then is there a way to lengthen that sidebar so I can see all of the tags associated with what I search for? I rarely search by "General" tags.

Also if there is a way and it's listed somewhere, can you please direct me to it? Thank you.

That's not supported at the moment. The related tags shown in the sidebar are essentially fixed. You'd have to ask albert or Toks about whether customization would be feasible performance-wise.

Oh I see. Also, I'm not familiar with CSS. I'm not going to ask you to explain it to me, but you're also saying it's not possible that way either right? Or is that a question that should also be directed towards Albert or Toks?

Thanks for the quick reply.

Put this in your Custom CSS style (My Account -> Settings -> Advanced Settings -> last box)

section#tag-box li.category-0 { display:none }

For the record, next time please ask CSS-relatd questions in the CSS thread. That way avoids duplicate questions and makes the answers easier to find.

Like For example, If I search for Pokemon, I don't want any of the blue tags to show up. Those are the "General" tags right? I only want either all of the "Character", "Artist" or "Copyright" tags to pop up when I search for Pokemon. That way I can browse each tag if I want to without trying to hunt down all of the Pokemon character tags.

It sounds like what is really needed is for the related tags list in post listing pages to be categorized by Artist / Character / Copyright / General tags, like the way the tag list is sorted on individual post pages. That wouldn't be a bad idea, actually.

Also if there is a way and it's listed somewhere, can you please direct me to it? Thank you.

You can go to an individual post page, click Edit, then highlight a tag, then click one of the Related Tag / Artist / Character / Copyright buttons beneath the tag edit box. This will bring up a list of artists / characters / copyrights related to the highlighted tag. Right click tags and open them in new tabs (left click will add the tag to the post. You don't want that.)

Yes, this is horribly awkward, but I believe it's currently the only way to look up related tags. But it is possible, there's just not a good interface for it currently.

You can also try the wiki, which if you're lucky someone may have made a list of related characters or copyrights for the tag you're interested in.

Ironbottom said:
For the record, next time please ask CSS-relatd questions in the CSS thread. That way avoids duplicate questions and makes the answers easier to find.

Thanks for the answer. I'll give that a try.

Sorry. I didn't know it would turn into a CSS question. My question was about tags because I thought that's where I would find my answer

Update: Thanks. It got rid of the "General" tags but it didn't give me a full list of the other tags associated with it. This is still handy if I don't want to see the "General" tags. Thanks again.

evazion said:
You can go to an individual post page, click Edit, then highlight a tag, then click one of the Related Tag / Artist / Character / Copyright buttons beneath the tag edit box. This will bring up a list of artists / characters / copyrights related to the highlighted tag. Right click tags and open them in new tabs (left click will add the tag to the post. You don't want that.)

Thanks. I'll also give that a try as well. I appreciate the help so far guys.

Update: This is what I was looking for! Yeah it is a little clunky but I don't mind it too much. I'd rather have the clunky way than no way. If only this could be on the post listing page. Thanks, I really appreciate it!

Update 2: One question though. It doesn't seem like this is a full and complete list. I tried a "Character" related tag option with several anime and the usual amount of character tags it gives me is 20 - 25 and I know there should be a whole bunch more considering they are big name anime with a whole bunch of characters.

Does this have something to do with the single post and it's tag limits or something? I'm just guessing. I don't know if posts have tag limits but I would assume that they do.

Oops, I missed the part you said you wanted it in individual post areas as well. This does the individual posts:

section#tag-list li.category-0 { display:none }

The one I first gave removes it for the search pages.

Ironbottom said:
section#tag-list li.category-0 { display:none }

The one I first gave removes it for the search pages.

Thanks. I'll keep both. :)

Update 2: One question though. It doesn't seem like this is a full and complete list. I tried a "Character" related tag option with several anime and the usual amount of character tags it gives me is 20 - 25 and I know there should be a whole bunch more considering they are big name anime with a whole bunch of characters.

The number of related tags is limited for performance reasons. I wouldn't hold my breath on that limit being raised. Even if it were raised, the list wouldn't be fully accurate because of how it's automatically generated. The site doesn't actually know that pikachu is a pokemon character. It just sees that the pikachu and pokemon tags are used together frequently, so it guesses that they're related.

The only way to have a 100% complete character list is to manually make one in the wiki. If a particular series you're interested in doesn't have a list already, you're welcome to make one. Just be sure to ask for feedback on the forum if you do.

evazion said:
The only way to have a 100% complete character list is to manually make one in the wiki. If a particular series you're interested in doesn't have a list already, you're welcome to make one. Just be sure to ask for feedback on the forum if you do.

Oh Ok. I'll look on the wiki. I have no clue how to make anything XD. I don't know anything about this stuff. I may try to learn how sometime.