Probably newbie question about tags in stories

[Jivaroo]

Greetings,

I'm currently writting my first story and have some questions about tags, so I figured this would be a good place to ask.

First, I can't seem to be able to add tags. Everytime I try to add one in the appropriate field, he disappear when I click "Save as draft". Then I don't see the tags appear ; at least I don't see it in the "About" section on the right, like in the published stories. Is it an issue with the story still being a draft ? Do I have to add tags once the story is published ?

Additionnaly, I would guess that each chapter is supposed to contain like 3-4 tags, and a few thread in this forum seems to confirm it, but then I assume that all the tags that people see in the above-mentionned "About" section are the sum of the tags in all the chapters.

Sorry if these are stupid questions but I haven't found answers in the guide available.

 

[insertnamehere]

First, I can't seem to be able to add tags. Everytime I try to add one in the appropriate field, he disappear when I click "Save as draft". Then I don't see the tags appear ; at least I don't see it in the "About" section on the right, like in the published stories. Is it an issue with the story still being a draft ? Do I have to add tags once the story is published ?

Tags won't appear in the "About" section of a draft story. I suppose this is so that tags from draft chapters on a published story aren't visible to users; every chapter within a draft story is, naturally, a draft chapter, so no tags appear. However, the tags are still there, and should persist when the story is published. You can check this by re-opening the chapter you added tags to and looking at the field where you added the tags originally - they should still be there.

I assume that all the tags that people see in the above-mentionned "About" section are the sum of the tags in all the chapters.

Technically, it's the union, but yes.

 

[TheLowKing]

First, I can't seem to be able to add tags. Everytime I try to add one in the appropriate field, he disappear when I click "Save as draft".

You also have to hit Enter after each tag. If you see a nice little blue box around it, you're golden.

 

[Jivaroo]

You also have to hit Enter after each tag. If you see a nice little blue box around it, you're golden.

Oh right, thanks a lot, works much better that way indeed !

Tags won't appear in the "About" section of a draft story. I suppose this is so that tags from draft chapters on a published story aren't visible to users; every chapter within a draft story is, naturally, a draft chapter, so no tags appear. However, the tags are still there, and should persist when the story is published. You can check this by re-opening the chapter you added tags to and looking at the field where you added the tags originally - they should still be there.

Thanks for the explanation. The tags weren't staying but that was because I was too dumb to hit enter after finishing typing them, it works fine now.

 

[Zingiber]

The magic on the having to press enter (or maybe "tab") is so that you can have tags that have a space inside them, like "gone fishing", and then add another tag after that, like "instead of just wishing".