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How to Fix Tag URLs

tencheesecakes:

archemicstar:

Just posting this because I noticed that the tag links on my tumblr & other blogs weren’t working (for tags with two+ words and “:”, etc.). In case anybody is also interested in fixing them :)

Step 1: Find the problematic code.

In your theme code, look for a section similar to this (containing “TagURL”):

{block:IfShowTags}{block:HasTags}<br>{block:Tags}<div class=”tags”># <a href=”{TagURL}”>{Tag}</a>

</div>{/block:Tags}{/block:HasTags}{/block:IfShowTags}

Step 2: Replace the “TagURL”

Replace the “TagURL” with your “blog URL/tagged/{Tag}”

{block:IfShowTags}{block:HasTags}<br>{block:Tags}<div class=”tags”># <a href=”http://archemicstar.tumblr.com/tagged/{Tag}“>{Tag}</a>

</div>{/block:Tags}{/block:HasTags}{/block:IfShowTags}

Simple change! ♥

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I just want to add that if you’re like me and like to change your url often, you can shorten it down to

<a href=”tagged/{Tag}”> instead of <a href=”your blog url/tagged/{Tag}”>

because it will automatically add in your url and you won’t have to go through the hassle of changing this part of your theme code every time you change urls.

Ok…it took me waaaaay longer than it should have, but dammit, I fixed it!

“tagged/{Tag}” worked like a treat for me.

(Note: for my theme, I had to change it in about five different places.)

One thing I noticed though is that if I click on—for example—the “alex o’loughlin’ tag and am viewing the ‘http://stellar-raven.tumblr.com/tagged/alex%20o%27loughlin” page if I then try to click on another tag (hawaii five-0, let’s say), while still on that page, I get a ‘page not found’ error. However, going back to my main page and clicking the ‘hawaii five-0’ tage works, so it’s not a big issue in the long run.

EDIT: I fixed that by removing the tagged/ part and just using “{Tag}” instead, and now it all works like it should. (Thank you to secretsofpersephone for the idea.)

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