Word clouds, label clouds


The features described on this page are part of Plugin Word Cloud (installed by default in the Ametys demo application).

A word cloud is a visual representation of keywords. Words are displayed in larger sizes the more often they are used.

The plugin word cloud provides two services for creating word clouds using two different methods:

  1. Word cloud service
  2. Label cloud service

The"Word Cloud" service is based on article content, while the"Label Cloud" service is based on content labels.

Here's an example of a word cloud:

Word cloud service

Select a site page and a zone of your choice. Go to the "Add a service" menu and click on "Word cloud" to insert the service.

In this service, the contributor selects the words he or she wishes to be displayed.
The words in the cloud appear in different sizes (6 possible sizes) according to the number of times they appear in the content concerned.

Parameters

Description

Mandatory

Title

Service title

no

Keywords

Enter the words you wish to display in the
word cloud, separating them with commas.

From version 1.5.0 onwards, you can enter expressions (e.g. sustainable development, drinking water, ...).
Words or phrases can be separated by commas, semicolons or line breaks.

yes

Max. number of words

Specify the maximum number of words to display in the cloud.
Enter 0 to display all.

yes

Order by

Choose word ordering criteria (alphabetical order or relevance)

no

Search page

Select the page containing the "search engine" service on the site pages.
If this criterion is set, a click on a word in the cloud will redirect to the search engine.

no

Search by category

Select one or more fields to limit the word search to the selected fields.
Leave blank to ignore this parameter.

no

Search by content type

Select one or more content types to restrict the word search to the selected content types.
Leave blank to ignore this parameter.

no

Display

Choice of service rendering.
Depends on the graphic charter used.

 yes

Label cloud service

Select a site page and a zone of your choice. Go to the "Add a service" menu and click on "Word cloud" to insert the service.

This service is similar to the "Word cloud" service, except that the word cloud is no longer based on a list of words, but on one or more content tags.
The words in the cloud are therefore formed by the labels of the content tags belonging to the chosen categories.
The words in the cloud appear in different sizes (6 possible sizes) depending on the number of contents bearing the label concerned.

Parameters

Description

Mandatory

Title

Service title

no

Max. number of words

Specify the maximum number of words to display in the cloud.
Enter 0 to display all.

yes

Order by

Choose word ordering criteria (alphabetical order or relevance)

no

Search page

Select the page containing the "search engine" service on the site pages.
If this criterion is set, a click on a word in the cloud will redirect to the search engine.

no

Search by category

Select one or more fields to limit the word search to the selected fields.
Leave blank to ignore this parameter.

no

Search by labelSelect one or more label categories. A label category is defined as a label that contains daughter labels.
The word cloud will be made up of the daughter labels carried by these category labels.
yes

Search by content type

Select one or more content types to restrict the word search to the selected content types.
Leave blank to ignore this parameter.

no

Display

Choice of service rendering.
Depends on the graphic charter used.

 yes
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