OK, I’m still messing around with my tag cloud code. As previously mentioned, I took a bit of code from this page, and have been messing around with it. I just added a couple of minor things that I wanted.
First, I now have a [Home] link at the end of the tag cloud, if we’re not actually on the home page. Second, I now change the link into just text if we’re on the page for a given label. None of this was a big deal, but it did serve to remind me of a few JavaScript basics, such as how to do RegEx matching in JavaScript, and how to get the URL of the current page. Here’s the code:
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| <!– originally taken from http://phydeaux3.blogspot.com/2007/05/automatic-list-of-labels-for-classic.html –> | |
| <div id="labelList" class="BlogBody"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> | |
| //<![CDATA[ | |
| function listLabels(root){ | |
| var baseURL = '/search/label/'; | |
| var baseHeading = "My Tags"; | |
| var isFTP = false; | |
| var llDiv = document.getElementById('labelList'); | |
| var entry = root.entry; | |
| var h1 = document.createElement('h1'); | |
| h1.className = 'sidebar-title'; | |
| var h1t = document.createTextNode(baseHeading); | |
| h1.appendChild(h1t); | |
| llDiv.appendChild(h1); | |
| var ul = document.createElement('not-ul'); | |
| ul.id = 'label-list'; | |
| var category = entry.category; | |
| labelSort = new Array(); | |
| for(p in category){ | |
| labelSort[labelSort.length] = [category[p].term]; | |
| } | |
| labelSort.sort(function(x,y){ | |
| var a = String(x).toUpperCase(); | |
| var b = String(y).toUpperCase(); | |
| if (a > b) | |
| return 1 | |
| if (a < b) | |
| return –1 | |
| return 0; | |
| }); // http://www.java2s.com/Code/JavaScript/Language-Basics/CaseInsensitiveComparisonfortheArraySortMethod.htm | |
| // where are we? | |
| var pageaddr = document.location.href; | |
| for (var r=0; r < labelSort.length; r++){ | |
| var li = document.createElement('not-li'); | |
| var full_link = baseURL + encodeURIComponent(labelSort[r]); | |
| var re = new RegExp(full_link + '$'); | |
| if (pageaddr.match(re)) | |
| { | |
| // just show the text | |
| abnk = document.createTextNode(labelSort[r] + ' / '); | |
| ul.appendChild(abnk); | |
| } | |
| else | |
| { | |
| // show the link | |
| var a = document.createElement('a'); | |
| if(isFTP){ | |
| a.href = full_link +'.html'; | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| a.href = full_link; | |
| } | |
| a.innerHTML = labelSort[r] + ' '; | |
| li.appendChild(a); | |
| ul.appendChild(li); | |
| abnk = document.createTextNode(' / '); | |
| ul.appendChild(abnk); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // add a home link. | |
| if (pageaddr != "<$BlogURL$>") | |
| { | |
| var li = document.createElement('not-li'); | |
| var a = document.createElement('a'); | |
| a.href = "<$BlogURL$>"; | |
| a.innerHTML = '[Home]'; | |
| li.appendChild(a); | |
| ul.appendChild(li); | |
| } | |
| llDiv.appendChild(ul); | |
| } | |
| //]]> | |
| </script> | |
| <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13487006926024246136/blogs/3059692?alt=json-in-script&callback=listLabels" ></script> |